Spooky Movies for Halloween

EW has up a list of what they consider to be the spookiest movies. I have to agree with quite a few of their choices. "The Shining" is definitely one of the most scary movies of all time, despite the fact that we hardly ever see anything. And "The Exorcist," whew. Talk about nightmares. I'm glad that they stuck to the truly terrifying stories instead of going for mostly slasher/gore flicks which lack any imagination and aren't terrifying nearly as much as revolting.

In honor of Bath, NY...

My family spends every Thanksgiving up in Bath, NY which is a great place with no lines at the stores on Black Friday. I realize this is probably about another village of Bath somewhere, but it still made me smile.

Bush announces newest SCOTUS nominee

This morning Bush announced that he was nominating Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court position being vacated by Sandra Day O'Connor. Alito is said to be a staunch conservative, much in the mold of Scalia. The left is already getting ready for a fight, so this should be interesting.

Watch for falling prices!

Watch for falling prices!
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Congratulations Papa Rob!

Our occasional poster, Rob is now the happy (if exhausted) father of two twin girls! Congratulations, Rob, from all of your friends here at Mod-Blog!

Sylvester Stalone is my hero...or not

Most of us that enjoy movies have a list - conscious or not - of movies we'd like to see made. For me that list includes some form of The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce (no I'm not a C.S. Lewis fan) as well as a series of novels by Susan Howatch. Two movies that never even came close to entering that list were Rambo IV and Rocky VI, but alas it appears that someone wants them made. My question is why would Stalone - who must be like 90 by now - still want to make these kinds of films? Has his career slipped that far - first a reality program then extending two movie series that were dead a long time ago. I don't know, but I don't suspect I'll be spending money to view these films, except maybe for the pure hilarity of it.

More Proof Crime Doesn't Pay

In a delicious piece of irony it appears that a woman in Oregon will not be allowed to collect lottery winnings she won using a stolen credit card. Given the circumstances I'm not sure the card was actually stolen, but it certainly wasn't hers. I'll tell you, Oregon is just full of nut jobs - or at least so I am told by my wife who was born and raised in Oregon.