We’re off on our annual year-end visits to family and friends and then we’ll be spending several days on retreat in a 1776 colonial farmhouse. I most likely won’t be online again until 2012. So, this blog will continue after the calendar page flips. I hope everyone has a safe and happy rest of 2011.
Archive for December, 2011
See You on the Other Side
Posted in Other Stuff on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“The Hobbit” – Production Video #5
Posted in Other Stuff, tagged movies, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on December 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Peter Jackson and Co. posted another installment of their video blogs on the making of “The Hobbit.” This is the first of two that focus on location shooting. It starts with a few shots of the dwarves practicing for their river scenes. The rest is all about Hobbiton and features a lot of footage of [...]
Some Holiday Laughs
Posted in Other Stuff, tagged cartoons, Christmas on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a few seasonal cartoons I gathered to add a laugh or two (I hope) to your day. Enjoy.
Christmas in a Minor Key
Posted in Faith, Other Stuff, tagged Christmas, Faith, music, U2, Winter Solstice on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Winter Solstice, all. Things get lighter from here, which always seems strange to me since we are just starting Winter where I live. I feel that the darkest day should be in the depths of Winter. Late January. Early February. Something like that. But I’m not in charge. I just live here. Like many [...]
First Full-Length Trailer for “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Posted in Other Stuff, tagged marketing, movies, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Lord of the Rings on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, without further ado, here is the first, full-length theatrical trailer for “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” which is the first installment of Peter Jackson and Co.’s two-part adaptation of The Hobbit. Comments afterwards. I have vivid memories of the first time I saw the trailer for “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of [...]
First Full-Length Trailer for “The Dark Knight Rises”
Posted in Other Stuff, tagged Christopher Nolan, marketing, movies, The Dark Knight Rises on December 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the holidays. That can mean only one thing. It’s time for some of the must-watch theatrical trailers to surface. The 2-minute immersions in some of the biggest films that loom over the horizon in 2012. Christopher Nolan’s finale to his Batman trilogy, “The Dark Knight Rises”, is right at the top of my list [...]
