Film School and Joe Collins

Good weekend. Goling at the Inn & Club was just one portion of a fantastic few days off.

Probably the highlight was seeing Sideways with Kirk, starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church. I highly recommend this film. Not only is it witty, smart, and have a fantastic story to it, the Reemergence of "Lowell" from Wings is enough to get anyone out of the house. Since Ned and Stacey never happened, I could only see Thomas on one of the Women Only cable channels of chick flicks, man hating melodramas, a douche commercials. So it was good to see him break out. And I've been a fan of Paul Giamatti, since he was "Pig Vomit" in Private Parts. Did you know he is son of former Baseball Comissioner and nemesis of Pete Rose, the late Dr. Bart Giamatti? Why didn't I put two and two together? It seems like Giamatti is as common a name as Riordan. Those kind of alarms should go off...

I also stumbled upon Joe Collins's blog site. The kid was holding out on me, and not telling me he had a blog. Well guess what... investigative journalism can get things done.

No it can't. He left a comment and I clicked the link.

Other things warranting a mention:

• I decided Wes Anderson is one of my top 3 favourite directors, and I need to see The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
• I was reminded that the phrase "Count it" when used after an insult was from the Family Guy episode where Brian goes to rehab.
• Hoosier basketball will kick serious ass in 05-06.
• Sweet Magnolia Brown Ale is fantastic.