White Elephant

Every year we get together with the church group to celebrate and worship.  We change it up every year and do something a little different each time and this year we chose to do the white elephant gift exchange or aka bring junk from home to exchange for someone else's junk.  I think we scored the most original gift this year by choosing this basketball that has Happy Meal toys glued to it.  Batman, Avatar, Chipmunks, Rio, Puss in Butts, and so many more adorn this thing.  My boy said "That is an awesome basketball."  Props to my good buddy W.H. for his great gift.  Now let's see how long this thing will stay together.

Friday Night Videos

Movie Poster Wednesday

New Release Tuesday

A movie with a title like that has to be liked around here.  Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford lead the cast in this alien invasion that takes place in the old west and was directed by Jon Favreau (Iron Man).  This is the best looking thing Ford has done in quite awhile.

One of the great wars movies of all time.  There is no love triangle here, just real action and plane sequences.  It has been quite a long time since I visited this flick.

The first was one was serviceable enough but I am not sure how these go down as some of the best comedies ever because I do not think these stand up to any of the greats from the seventies or eighties.  It is worth a rental. 

The year's best chick flick based on a popular book.  The bride wanted it and I am in because I think Emma Stone is about the best thing out there of all the young actresses.

Baseball's Winter Meetings start this week here in the Big D and there should be some big moves beginning this week.  The Rangers have their hands in many deals and they are not resting because they know the time to win is now.

Sons of Anarchy wraps up tonight and I have no idea what is coming down so it should be good.  AMC's Hell on Wheels is going and while it is no Deadwood I am really liking the show so far, it has has some great characters.  Besides, I am always a sucker for westerns.

R.I.P. Bill Mckinney 1932-2011

It has been a tough year for characters actors.  Roberts Blossom, Charles Napier, and now Bill McKinney.  McKinney was mostly known for his hillbilly character from Deliverance that was on the giving end of a straight man's worst nightmare.  He was also known for First Blood, The Green Mile, The Shootist, and of course numerous Clint Eastwood movies.   McKinney got his start in TV and made his way into the movies doing small parts but it was in 1974 where he had a small role in Clint Eastwood's Thunderbolt and Lightfoot that forged a relationship with Clint that went on for seven more movies.  McKinney was selected by Clint for his biggest role in The Outlaw Josey Wales as the baddie, Terrill "Red Legs".  McKinney was a fine character with a great booming voice with over 110 movie and TV roles.  My favorite role of his besides Terrill of course is Dallas in the Every Which Way movies.  In the second flick he has a line where the whole biker gang is in their clubhouse.  A guy gets up and yells something, runs off and Dallas' response is "He's baking brownies."

Not a hard man to track. Leaves dead men wherever he goes.

Heisman?

Robert Griffin III or RG3 as he is known around here is Baylor's quarterback and resident Superman as the guy is already working on his Master's degree, in thinking about running track in the next Olympics, and wants to go to law school after all of that.  He has lead Baylor to a 9-3 record with some impressive wins against some big teams and has completed over 72% of his passes with 36 touchdowns passes and only 6 interceptions along with 9 rushing touchdowns.  He is an all around good guy and I wish him the best of luck at bringing home that trophy on Saturday.