tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639382024-03-19T03:44:33.472-04:00stoobushblogTalking to yourself is a sign of impending mental collapse.Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.comBlogger385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-13343781181406178322020-08-06T18:05:00.007-04:002021-03-30T11:40:00.853-04:00Philly Soft PretzelsSomething I've been working diligently on during the pandemic. I'm content that it's now perfect.First, a large part of the credit goes to this recipe: http://www.wittyinthecity.com/2014/12/philly-style-soft-pretzels/, and also to the Philly Pretzel Factory website, which conveniently listed their actual ingredients and what a pro pretzel actually weighs. The rest was trial and error.Now, my Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-6193634970393197652014-07-31T11:26:00.002-04:002014-07-31T11:26:29.857-04:00The rules of the web.WWW Rule 1: Never read the comments.WWW Rule 2: Correlation does not equal causation.WWW Rule 3: A scientific theory and the colloquial definition of a theory are not even close to the same thing.WWW Rule 4: It's okay to be quietly enraged at misuses of there, their, they're, your, you're, its, it's, could've, should've, and would've.WWW Rule 5: Anyone arguing against vaccination, fluoridation, Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-81122832292241194222012-11-14T13:47:00.001-05:002012-11-14T13:47:10.903-05:00It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-50026887130991628982012-08-16T11:36:00.002-04:002012-08-16T11:37:44.110-04:00August 2012 Movie UpdateA few weeks on travel has afforded me the luxury of seeing a few movies either in my hotel rooms (thanks to my new Micca Slim-HD 1080p enclosure and L5 Universal Remote Control for iPhone (b/c the Micca remote blows chunks)) or at the theatre. Some quick reviews:
Twilight: 2.5 Stars. Not bad for a sparkly-vampire epic. True Blood is more fun.
Twilight 2: New Moon: 2.5 Stars. Ditto.
Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-62977811297727755512011-01-03T10:35:00.003-05:002011-01-03T10:53:29.396-05:00January 2011 MoviesManaged to score some Harry Potter love over the last few months, but 'tis all. Maybe I'll manage to ditch the kid with the grandparents this coming weekend and catch The King's Speech with the lil' lady. She's up for it. More often than not, though, movies drop off my list without being seen, unfortunately.Per my standard operating procedure, here are my top 10 or so movies in/to be in theaters Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-17456767777599169962010-11-03T17:10:00.002-04:002010-11-03T17:32:17.184-04:00November 2010 MoviesSpending 3 weeks travelling 18000 miles at 36000 feet allowed ample time to catch up on some movie goodness. Additionally a few weeks away from the fam actually gave me the chance to see the inside of a movie theatre (twice!) for the first time since August. Over the last few weeks, I saw The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (fun and a nice, if heavily abridged, adaptation of the novel), Wall StreetStewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-34724490057714776722010-08-06T14:46:00.003-04:002010-08-06T15:19:25.908-04:00August 2010 MoviesWhat a difference two months make. Saw a bunch of movies over the last 8 weeks, three in an actual theatre, although none on a REAL bigass IMAX screen. Toy Story 3 3D was nearly unbearably sad, but still a masterpiece. I could've seen Inception IMAX at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, but didn't want to pay $10 for parking, so I caught it in a very nice stadium theatre in a double-feature Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-45491897072263836312010-06-11T11:11:00.003-04:002010-06-16T15:21:56.023-04:00June 2010 MoviesOkay, so Hot Tub Time Machine wasn't terrible, but it was a missed opportunity for greatness. Even The Onion agrees. The Brothers Bloom, however, was terribly disappointing, and doesn't at all help the contention that indie films are better than blockbuster ones. The sad thing is that most movies in the theaters aren't worth seeing at all, and the ones that may be worth watching aren't worth $10 Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-75396702907585787562010-04-07T16:57:00.003-04:002010-04-07T17:13:05.361-04:00April 2010 MoviesI've had a moderately successful start to 2010, having seen three flicks on my January list: The Invention of Lying (shockingly dull), Sherlock Holmes (unshockingly kinetic and disappointingly uncerebral), and Avatar (in 2D, basically a derivative pile of shit). In the spirit of catching Hot Tub Time Machine tomorrow night, here's my top 10 or so movies in/to be in theaters or on DVD to see, withStewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-86623163988436124962010-03-24T22:37:00.000-04:002018-02-23T14:39:38.079-05:00Top 12 TV Shows of the '00sAs I finally worked my way through the entirety of Arrested Development last night, I realized my previous lists of decadal superlatives did not include TV shows. This is a pretty glaring omission, as 2000-2009, in my opinion, had the best quality television of the first four decades of my life. This was due, to a large extent, of a maturing of the medium through more cinematic styles and topics;Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-77562415395688174002009-12-28T13:20:00.020-05:002010-03-10T16:32:30.959-05:00January 2010 MoviesAh, a new year. Not much on my radar for the coming months, and all sequels: Iron Man 2 (7 May), Toy Story 3 (18 June), Harry Potter 7 (19 Nov), and Tron 2 (17 Dec). Hopefully something else will pique my interest (Hot Tub Time Machine?), or this could be a year of catching up on Dexter, Weeds, Wire in the Blood, and Deadwood. I've also been meaning to watch The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-45648005481086709542009-12-18T15:21:00.004-05:002009-12-23T17:18:41.991-05:00Top 10 Movies of the '00sI saw a lot of movies over the last 10 years. That number has declined considerably since my son was born, but I still manage to see most things worth seeing (although there are a few inexplicable outliers like The Departed that have slipped through the cracks). After several weeks of careful consideration, these are the top 10 movies of the Aughts:1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)2. Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-66072334645019769182009-12-18T13:48:00.006-05:002009-12-21T17:31:29.749-05:00Top 10 Albums of the '00sI know you've all been waiting for this, so I'm not going to keep you in suspense any longer. After an exhaustive review of my music collection from the last 9 years and 50 weeks, these are the top 10 albums released during the Aughts:1. Dandy Warhols - thirteen tales from urban bohemia (2000)2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)3. Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)4. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-32089507052737551572009-10-02T10:23:00.004-04:002009-10-02T22:18:28.616-04:00October 2009 MoviesTwo months pass; two movies off my list. Inglorious Basterds was a fine film, if not in the league of Tarantino's best (Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown). I imagine a director's cut DVD will reveal the fates of the Basterds who seemingly just disappeared (Samm Levine, etc.). The Hangover suffered from overhype, and it was more ridiculous than funny. It's possible that I've run out of time to see Harry Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-70985230785211478372009-09-01T11:02:00.000-04:002009-09-01T23:05:28.171-04:002009 - The Year of Graphic Novels - Update #3: BatmanI didn't appreciate how much more Ed Brubaker I had in store for me during my plunge into Batman. Not that I minded, as between Brubaker, Greg Rucka, and Chuck Dixon, I had a veritable bevy of all-star writers spinning the tales of the Dark Knight. That reminds me to be sure to get to Rucka's Whiteout series before TYoGN comes to an end. I also need to score Volume 4 of Queen and Country for the Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-50196562549138919092009-08-13T12:36:00.002-04:002009-08-13T12:46:33.839-04:00August 2009 MoviesProgress! Managed to actually see 2 movies on my list last month: Quantum of Solace and Children of Men. QoS was ridiculous. I still couldn't tell you what the hell happened in that movie. I watched Goldfinger on the flight back from LA last week. Now that was a Bond movie. I loved the new Casino Royale despite the switch from baccarat to poker, but QoS was an awful misfire. CoM was very Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-19249039523839417842009-07-13T09:46:00.009-04:002009-10-14T08:55:58.581-04:00Lookit what my PS3 can do!First, I'm under no illusions that virtually anyone who knows me will care the slightest bit about this, but I'm putting in this blog entry for my own records as much as to inform.So it turns out that while the marketing folks at Sony have left something to be desired with regard to their flagship gaming console, their hardware folks have created a virtually peerless system which continues to be Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-69267716583352070262009-07-01T23:05:00.000-04:002009-07-01T23:00:47.841-04:00July 2009 MoviesFinally caught In Bruges and Up, so figured I'd update my list. Here's my top 10 or so movies I want to see right now, some still unreleased, some increasingly ancient. The starred ones I've got on DVD or Blu Ray yet still haven't found the time to watch. A few movies have dropped of the list from last time just because I don't much care about them anymore.1. Inglorious Basterds2. Moon3. Harry Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-56735301621908193462009-06-09T12:58:00.002-04:002009-06-09T14:20:12.331-04:00New Homebrew TTR Map - AfricaIt's kind of a pain to check out this new homemade Ticket To Ride map of Africa (well, new is relative, since it's a year old, but I just came across it today), but it's snazzy as all get-out. I'll have to play-test it to be sure, but it'll likely make it into my TTR rotation with France and Asia, which I reviewed on BoardGameGeek awhile back.Check out the goodness in these very-reduced samples:Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-4439842173403014402009-06-02T11:24:00.002-04:002009-06-02T11:54:42.524-04:002009 - The Year of Graphic Novels - Update #2: CatwomanI'm not exactly blazing through these novels lately, but I'm doing my best. I finished up Ed Brubaker's Catwoman run the other day while battling the flu, and I'll give credit where credit is due...the dude can write noir comics with the best of 'em. He might well be the best of them, to be honest. The best of people in his books are morally ambiguous, and the worst are downright sadistic Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-84193675941554872262009-05-15T09:45:00.002-04:002009-05-18T12:20:59.458-04:00R.I.P. ScrubsFinally watched the Scrubs series finale on the DVR -- a fine end for a show whose claim to fame was a phenomenally talented gallery of minor characters handling the comedy while the top-billed cast steered the show's considerable dramatic aspect. This season's addition of the Brain Trust (primary membership: The Janitor, The Todd, Ted, and Doug) was particularly inspired comedy. Nice work, folksStewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-73670211960113886442009-05-06T14:58:00.005-04:002009-05-10T18:42:24.862-04:00May 2009 MoviesHow about that? I finally saw a damned movie! Star Trek on the IMAX in Century City, which, to be honest, is an IMAX in technology only, not scale. Frankly, if the screen isn't 5 stories tall, it shouldn't be able to call itself a true IMAX. Anyone know of a list of IMAXes with truly giant screens?By the way, Star Trek was awesome.It's been awhile since I last posted my list of movies on my list Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-57037777566178859922009-04-22T22:28:00.000-04:002009-04-22T23:14:14.490-04:002009 - The Year of Graphic Novels - Update #1: The AuthorityAs I noted earlier, I'm attempting to burn through 104 of my unread graphic novels this year. I started with Warren Ellis' Planetary and Stormwatch series, and now I've plowed through The Authority, also started by Warren Ellis.11. The Authority Vol. 1: Relentless by Warren Ellis12. The Authority Vol. 2: Under New Management by Warren EllisThis first incarnation of The Authority was pretty Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-67917688741409569702009-03-24T23:53:00.001-04:002009-03-24T23:55:56.131-04:00An open letter to The Sci Fi Network President Dave HoweDear Mr Howe:I find it difficult to express in words how ridiculous your decision to go from The Sci Fi Network to "SyFy" is, but I'm going to try.First of all, let's start with brand recognition. You know what you're getting when you see the Sci Fi network. Sci Fi is a long-established abbreviation for the genre of Science Fiction, and despite your inexplicable decision to air wrestling from Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363938.post-63603763015836798282009-03-12T16:45:00.001-04:002009-03-12T16:45:34.207-04:00Gervais + Elmo = Hilarity on 'Sesame Street'Talk about entertainment for me and Alex....well, me mostly.Stewart Bushmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800951891323816319noreply@blogger.com1