I saw this a couple of days ago as an afterthought in a Salt Lake Tribune article entitled Paul Rolly: Vouchers help all Sudanese Hispanics.  (Check the very last paragraph, it’s there.) That, and a really brief mention on KSL, were it. Kevin Prusse, a principal at Muir Elementary in Bountiful Utah, misused the district email system to warn parents that the movie The Golden Compass is out to get their children.

The book the movie is based on is written by an atheist and contains anti-religious themes. Which, according to Prusse (and The Catholic League) means it must be banned.

It concerns me that a principal in a public school doesn’t think about how inappropriate it is to use his position for religious purposes. Even after the fact I doubt he understands it was wrong. The KSL article on it mentions that there was only one complaint and several thank-yous which sounds like justification. Just because most of your constituents agree with you (or just don’t care) does not mean it’s OK to push your view on others.

I expected to see more about this (maybe a real article) but nothing materialized. I assume that this antipathy is a product of the religious climate in Utah and the fact that people just don’t bother complaining when they should. The Catholic League is perfectly justified in pushing a boycott of this movie, the public school system is not. I plan on seeing this movie (it looks GOOD) and will probably check out the books as well.

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This is Huxley a Bichon Frisé / Poodle mix whom we adopted from the Humane Society last week.

He’s a year and a half old, house-trained and very, very snuggly.  This is good until you have to leave at which point he barks hysterically. He never barks otherwise. Unless the doorbell rings (on TV or otherwise.) Or he sees a rabbit… rabbits are awesome.

He’s a eunuch now, though he doesn’t know it and will happily try to take over the territory of another dog. He runs into issues proving his manhood when he walks, since he prances like a poodle.

He has yet to figure out that he’s my dog and follows my wife around adoringly. If I walk out the door he looks for my wife.  If she walks out the door he sits by it and whimpers softly.

He’ll play fetch but he won’t give you the ball; you have to take it. He does, however, throw the ball to himself by tossing it backwards over his back.

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I’ve got to hurry and post this before I read a review of this show with the same title of this post. Before I plagiarize it.

Fall TV is ramping up quickly and has more than the usual complement of good shows (I usually count on maybe two a year.)

CW’s entry into the ‘Best Show of the Season’ contest is a little fantasy entitled ’Reaper.’ The pilot episode is directed by Kevin Smith (warning, Kevin Smith’s blog is rather offensive) he of the Dogma, Clerks I & II and other assorted movies fame.  Who in the world is better qualified to make fun of the Devil and Hell than Kevin Smith? Nobody!

This show is very, very funny. Snort beverages out your nostrils type funny.

Sam is a 20 year old slacker. A community college drop-out who excels at exactly nothing. He and his best friend Bert “Sock” Wysocki work (as it were) at the local Work Bench, a Home Depot type hardware store where Sam and Bert are pretty much the worst employees.

Sam has a crush on his extra cute co-worker Andi, though he can’t quite ask her out even though she’s obviously interested.

Never fear though, Sam has a secret (though he doesn’t know it yet) that’s cool enough to win the girl as long as she doesn’t know the details: Sam’s parents sold his soul to the devil, and on Sam’s 21st birthday the devil is here to collect.

The devil (brilliantly played by Ray Wise) wants Sam to help him out by being Hell’s bounty hunter “...not forever, you’re done when you die, right!” All Sam has to do is capture souls that have escaped from hell and in return the devil won’t, well, “take you’re mother.”

Not entirely perfect (it bogs down a bit when it’s not trying to be funny) but there’s more than enough to like in this twisted comedy.

Given that the show is on the CW, this might be a good time to get involved because I’d be willing to bet it’s going to be around for awhile and that’s a very good thing.

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I’ve just updated the about page after a few years of sameness.  Turns out I’ve changed a bit in the intervening time and things should reflect that.

About Me

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Ok, Mr. Johnson (and no Casey, even though I know sharing a last name with ‘The Rock’ gives you tinglies inside, I don’t mean you) I’m interested. Yes, the title of this post is true, there is a movie starring Dwayne Johnson that I actually want to see. I know I have made fun of professional wrestling in the past and I know I’ll make fun of it in the future, I’m making fun of it right now (look, there goes Santa Claus!) but I’m serious.

Mr. The Rock seems to have fallen into a movie created by Richard Kelly. Richard created a little (very little) film called Donnie Darko. I have a serious man-crush on the film Donnie Darko (see the Donnie Darko trailer) which gives him a free pass to cast whomever he wants in his latest movie. (Yes I know I said man-crush and referenced a film that starred a star of Brokeback Mountain so go ahead, insert offensive gay joke here, haha you’re funny...)

This includes casting Dwayne (...ayne...ayne) ‘The Rock’ (...ock...ock) Johnson (...son...son) and Seann William Scott in his movie. He can also cast Mandy Moore and Buffy the Vampire Slayer too for all I care. While he’s at it, he might as well throw in Justin Timberlake for good measure. (Wait a minute...)

He can even name the movie Southland Tales when there’s a better name right in his trailer such as, maybe, ‘This Is the Way the World Ends.’

In any case, it looks good, click the Southland Tales link above to watch the trailer.

P.S. Please avoid the OTHER Dwayne Johnson movie, the one that involves football. Your brain cells will thank you.

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