Recent content by mark alan

Anybody that helps me entertain six boys for the whole night is definitely alright in my book.

My son picked right up on the fact that the violence in the HA movies was exactly like that in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, so he had no problem in seeing the humor in burning people and dropping bricks on their head.

Well, Monster Squad was the right choice. Every one of the 9 year olds said it was the best movie ever.

Great suggestions everyone. I think we will go with home alone goonies monster squad mom and dad save the world as the selections. As for House, I love that movie, but would get skinned alive if I showed an R rated movie to a bunch of 9 year olds. home alone has to be one of them...

my son is having a sleepover for his 9th birthday, and part of is going to be a movie marathon. I am looking for advice on movies to select for them. I am looking for older movies, since of course the kids will have seen every one of the newer one. I am looking for funny, because the other...

The wonderful thread from 2005 that first opened my eyes, and got me really looking at our situation and the likely future of America and the world. The thing I learned after truly understanding peak oil was don't bother trying to convince other people about what is going on. $140/barrel oil...

I walk 1 mile to the trolley, then a 15 minute trolley ride. I only put about 1,000 miles/year on my car. BRING ON THE HIGH GAS PRICES!!!! LETS CHANGE THIS COUNTRY FOR THE BETTER.

I swear that this show is the best thing on tv right now (if, of course, it was actually on tv). I am happy it is online. I am running it from my computer to my projector, and the picture quality is much better than the standard def dish signal to my project. I could see a real business...

That is Federal Agent Jackula. Show some respect.

I demand a recount. Cuda joined 2 weeks ago, and I have been here for ages!!!! Congrats Cuda, you lucky SOB

Horizontal lines slowly moving up your tv is almost guaranteed to be a ground loop problem with your electrical system, and not a problem with your tv. If you had plugged into a different outlet or disconnected your cable (the usual source of the problem), you would have seen it disappear...

Stick it in your computer and look at disc size. Aren't bootlegs almost always single layer dvd?

I love my house. It has 12-15" thick stone walls, tile roof, a great basement with knotty pine panelling, a wood burning stove insert that heats the entire house, arched doorways, an arched wooden front door that would be perfect for a medieval castle, and a laundry chute. Best of all, my 80+...

Michael, I would much rather have your NY example than your Springfield example. Granted, I wouldn't pay that much for the NY house, but you literally couldn't pay me to take that hideous Mcmansion.

When Indy came out, I was 16, I had just gotten my drivers license and I took a girl to see it on my first real date. Don't remember a damn thing about the movie from that showing. It could have been played backwards and I wouldn't have known. 25 years later, one of my favorite movies, don't...