Ultranormal

Author: Kevin Lawver

  • Someone at NBC loves Snatch.

    Someone at NBC loves Snatch. Have you been watching the NBA playoffs on NBC? I have, and every time they cut to a stat graphic (Shaq has X free throw attempts per game per blah, blah, blah) they play a snippet of a different song off the Snatch soundtrack. It’s pretty funny. The first time I noticed it was when they played the theme song (called Diamond – track #2) during Kings/Lakers Game 5. They’ve been working their way through the CD. I’m keeping an ear out for Massive Attack Wednesday night.

    Oh, and what do you think of the new colors? I’m going to play with moving things around when I get some free time.

  • It’s time for a redesign…

    It’s time for a redesign… look for some new stuff in the near future (hopefully tonight).

  • I’m not the only one

    I’m not the only one who thinks he’s brilliant. My sister tells a cute little story about my boy. He’s so smart, it’s scary. We’ve talked to enough people about his spelling and other reading-like capabilities that we know he’s really reading now. The scary part is, he’s really reading. He’s figured it out himself, mostly, which is the scariest part. He’s the best.

    He was so cute this morning. I should have taken a picture. He ran into our room in his little running shorts wearing the funny blue cowboy hat Jen got him and singing. He wasn’t wearing a shirt, and he was just too cute for words.

    More later on more stuff…

  • My ribs are killing me.

    My ribs are killing me. I spent all weekend coughing and in a general cold-fueled funk. I’m feeling better today, but the congestion is still here, and coughing hurts like hell.

    I did see Heist this weekend. If you like David Mamet, you’ll like this movie. It’s slow-paced for a thriller, but as a whodunit, it’s good. It’s not my favorite Mamet movie. I liked The Spanish Prisoner more, and even State and Main was better, even though it was completely different. Heist had something missing. I’m not sure what it was, but it was missing something important.

  • My lovely wife now has

    My lovely wife now has her own blog!! I’ve been trying to sell her on the idea for a while now and she finally took my up on the offer. Please be kind and wipe your feet before going in.

  • Love has urinated in my

    Love has urinated in my front yard and walked away. (it’s a comic, really… Fred Milton is definitely number one toilet)

  • Tardy is Terrific Greg the

    Tardy is Terrific

    Greg the Bunny was hilarious tonight. What a great show that’s getting no promotion at all. It was off for sweeps, and then tonight’s episode got nothing. I didn’t see an ad at all. Tardy had a bunch of lines, and yes, they were all great. The show is pretty much perfect, and well, it’s on the list of summer shows that should keep me entertained during the heat and reruns.

  • She Speaks Again!! Kev has

    She Speaks Again!!

    Kev has offered to set up a website of my very own. Nice of him, huh? Personally though, I think it is because he doesn’t want to share his groovy ‘fighting spacemen” with me. And what if nobody goes to my site? Kev already gets tons of traffic, so I would have a ready-made audience for my Max stories (like how he can spell zebra and book, among others) and for my life-as-a-housewife commentary. Ahh well, Kev said he would show me to my own site tonight… So, this is Jen signing off.

    Editor’s Note: I’m under the weather, so it may be a couple days till Jen’s site gets set up. But, it will happen shortly!!! And I don’t get “tons” of traffic. 50 unique visitors a day does not mean a “ton”.

  • This one’s from Jen: Kevin

    This one’s from Jen:

    Kevin has been too busy to blog, so I am going to try to take up the slack. Some info about me: I am 28 (gasp!), graduate of U of Arizona, mom to super Max, and a Taurus. My hobbies include reading, lunching with the ladies, and decorating my house. Here is a list of things I love and hate:

    Love:

    • Being married to Kev
    • This picture of Max
    • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    • March Madness
    • The Olive Garden
    • Jason Biggs’ character in American Pie 2 said, “One time, at band camp…”

    Hate:

    • Laundry
    • Oz
    • Macaroni Grill
    • PT Cruisers

    Here is a list about Max

    Love:

    • Blue’s Clues
    • Lambie, his stuffed lamb
    • Aunt Heather and Uncle Steve, his favorite playmates
    • numbers and letters, he draws them constantly

    Hate:

    • Barney (ok, well, Max doesn’t really hate barney. I hate him for the both if us and he is strictly forbidden in the house)
    • Aunt Heather’s hair when straight (Max actually said, “I don’t like it… I don’t like it” when he first saw Aunt Heather’s hair straight from the salon)
    • Being pantless

  • Three’s Company A post in

    Three’s Company

    A post in three parts… First, the world’s most perfect guacamole recipe:

    Ingredients

    • 2 ripe avacados
    • a dash of chili powder
    • a pinch of cumin (if you don’t have cumin, curry will work)
    • a splash of salsa
    • 1 small tomato

    Peel and pit the avacados, dice into small, dice sized bits and put in small mixing bowl. Dice tomato and add to bowl. Add salsa and spices, mix lightly with potato masher. Leave small chunks of avacados and tomato. There you go, it should be perfect!

    We’re watching the end of the Lakers/Kings games, and I’m having a ball watching Jen react to every little thing. She’s much better and more entertaining (and cuter too) than anyone NBC could have calling the game. She’s hilarious. The game just ended and Sacramento won. Two fat white guys in Hawaiiian shirts high-fived Chris Webber, and Jen, being extremely excited that the Kings won, squeeled, “I love those two fat guys! They’re my favorite two new guys!!!” She’s now exulting over all the replays. My wife could not be cooler, cuter or more attractive to me right now. She’s the best.

    And I finally finished Metropolis. I stand by my comments from earlier. It’s good. It has some of those corny Anime moments, but overall, it was great. It was beautifully done, with some seamless CGI integrated with the traditional cell. Excellent. If you liked Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, and liked the idea of A.I., but thought the execution sucked, this is the movie for you.

    There you go, food, fun and film. Does it get better than that?