Chris C. posted an article on Ruminations of The Renaissance Man - Feb 17, 2009, 8:48 am
I'm just gonna throw it out there. Gran Torino is the best movie of the 2008 season. It's better than Slumdog, better than the Dark Knight or Ironman, better than Benjamin Button, and it's a damn sight better than Milk, The Reader, or Frost/Nixon. Gran Torino is a film that tells a story that takes ...
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Chris C. posted an article on Ruminations of The Renaissance Man - Feb 2, 2009, 8:45 pm
This is a drink for when you want to just cut out, and get blasted in a hurry. Perfect for trying to forget the Steelers winning the Super Bowl. It tastes good, goes down easy, and is easy to mix. The drink first cropped up in California in the 1950s, and spread across the nation when it became the ...
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Chris C. posted an article on Ruminations of The Renaissance Man - Feb 2, 2009, 8:04 pm
I hate the Steelers. Let's just get that out of the way now. We won't get into the reasons for that, but it's just the way it is. As such, I really hated the outcome of Super Bowl XLIII. I'm no Cardinals fan either, but I can root for Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, and Anquan Boldin. I desperately ...
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Chris C. posted an article on Ruminations of The Renaissance Man - Feb 1, 2009, 4:21 pm
I was browsing Youtube the other day, and I accidently discovered there is no god. If there is a just and loving god in the heavens, this movie will be buried, and whoever came up with this idea will be fired. Out of a cannon. Into the sun.
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Chris C. posted an article on Ruminations of The Renaissance Man - Jan 29, 2009, 1:50 am
Teams in Mid Major conferences have no realistic chance at winning the national title. Their only real hope is to be the top team in the mid majors for an extended stretch, then pray that a BCS conference decides to expand. Even then, there are limited opportunities, and the last time this occurred ...
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Chris C. posted an article on Ruminations of The Renaissance Man - Jan 28, 2009, 4:38 pm
I own a ridiculous amount of movies. Some are good, some are bad, some are classics, and some are cult films. In an effort to jump start a more regular blogging pattern, I'm going to pull one off the shelf at random every other Wednesday, and review it. We're going to kick this off with a Japanese i...
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Chris C. posted an article on Ruminations of The Renaissance Man - Jan 20, 2009, 3:00 pm
For those of you who have been following my grand scheme, you know that the Pac 10 is, in my opinion, the model for conference configuration. A true round robin every season and every team has a hated rival. The University of Southern California The University of California (Los Angeles) The Univers...
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Chris C. posted an article on Ruminations of The Renaissance Man - Jan 20, 2009, 12:07 pm
Congratulations, President Barack Hussein Obama! May your term be prosperous and successful. But your work has just begun. Ultimately, the measure of a president is what he does during his term. Few people really remember what the president has done in the election campaign. I, for one, reserve jud...
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Chris C. posted an article on Ruminations of The Renaissance Man - Dec 30, 2008, 2:25 am
Well, my laptop went tits up a couple weeks ago. Thankfully, it was still under warranty. Two motherboards, one CPU, and one Video Card later, we are up and running today. So, I would just like to take a minute to wish everyone a belated Merry Christmas. I got some sweet swag for the holiday. My loo...
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Chris C. posted an article on Ruminations of The Renaissance Man - Dec 11, 2008, 10:57 pm
Now we visit up north. It's time to realign the Big Ten conference. We've already sent Penn State to the Big East, and the Big Ten pretty much shakes itself out once the Nittany Lions are out of the mix. Ohio State UniversityThe University of MichiganMichigan State UniversityThe University of IowaTh...
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