Monthly Archives: July 2009
Cowabunga Bay Water Park – Thumbs Down
The Cowabunga Bay Water Park recently sprouted up near my house. It is on a frontage road in Draper, UT, just north of 123rd South. It looked like a lot of fun, with a giant maze of a tower and multicolored sliders sprouting in all directions:
Unfortunately it isn’t nearly as fun as it looks.
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LOST: Mid-summer Comic-Con update
I haven’t written anything about Lost since the season finale. Frankly, I’m still digesting it and trying to figure out if I like the latest game-changer. I’m still undecided. Part of that depends on how the final season kicks off. Which brings us to the Lost panel at this year’s Comic-Con.
(Actual spoilers and potential ones below. If you don’t want to know anything about how season six ended or anything revealed at Comic-Con, don’t join us after the jump.)
SYTYCD: Final 8
OK, normally I hate Mia as a judge. But she was really helpful tonight. I don’t have a lot of time, so chime in with your thoughts.
Missing Lebron dunk video surfaces
For those of you who don’t follow this kind of stuff, a few weeks back there was a controversy about some confiscated video coverage from a pickup game at Lebron James’ basketball camp. Some college kid reportedly dunked on Lebron. That is pretty cool and all but no biggie. But what made the story big is that the Nike folks (who sponsored the camp) went around and confiscated the video of the dunk. So rather than giving a few people a chuckle the dunk took on epic and scandalous proportions with the conspiracy theorists whispering that Lebron had told his cronies to destroy the evidence.
Anyhow the footage finally surfaced today and as it turns out it was a nice little dunk but not much to get super excited about.
I mean it was clearly no Vince Carter hurdling a seven foot French guy in international play. Now that was a dunk for the ages. Check it out below — for some reason it is all the more awesome with the French announcers reacting to it:
Anyhow, the moral of the story is release the tapes early before the event takes on mythic proportions.
Robot Cake
It seems cake making has developed into a pop-culture trend. At least, that’s what I learned channel surfing of the Food Network. When not hosting celebrity chefs, reality shows, or travel programs featuring massive amounts of heart-unhealthy restaurant fare, the subject de jour seems to be cakes (see, e.g., Ace of Cakes). And the whole internet seems to enjoy looking at Cake Wrecks.
But really, this post is just using an excuse to show off a cake that Allison (erstwhile Kulturblogger and commenter) and I created for our three-year-old son. Behold, the robot cake:
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Impressions of a Second Viewing: Lost, Season 3
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- The 3rd season was essentially two mini half-seasons, the first of which was terrible and the second of which was brilliant. It was also during the second half of this season that the creators determined the series would go six seasons, thus rediscovering their focus. Read the rest of this entry
Comics: Explain this to me #1
OK, I’ve not really read comics much since I was about 13 during what I consider the “Golden Age” of Marvel Comics. (The Byrne era of X-Men and the Fantastic Four) I’ve checked out the occasional comic since then. So yes, I’ve read Watchmen and a few others like The Killing Joke. But while I enjoy some superhero movies I can’t really be called a comic book fan. My problem was always that comic book authors’ idea of making them “adult” consisted of making them “dark” and adding in lurid and nasty crimes. But overall they didn’t make them more believable or logical. Which means they really aren’t any more “adult.” Contrast this with some of the movies, especially the recent Batman films. (Although there were some campy unbelievable plot points even in Nolan’s films)
Anyway, I’ve decided to start up a semi-regular series asking people who do read comic books to explain points to me that make zero sense.
Movie Review: (500) Days of Summer
Note: once again (sigh!), Supergenius was not able to personally attend this screening, so Friends of Supergenius agreed to review.
“(500) Days of Summer†is easily the romantic, feel good movie of the year with definite indie undercurrents. I can sum up my reaction to the movie with my recommendation to “Go see it”. While I could go on and critique the various artistic merits of this film, the fact of the matter is that seeing (500) Days Of Summer is a thoroughly enjoyable experience and probably the best movie decision you will make all year. It’s the classic tale of young love with all the spontaneous romance and heartache that comes with being a “y generation” young professional. It is laced with an amazing soundtrack that includes The Smiths, Temper Trap and Kings of Leon, and which will have you looking for the it immediately on iTunes. Read the rest of this entry
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