tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36741622382585028402010-02-15T14:57:55.492-06:00Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-74224948065259319952010-02-15T13:59:00.013-06:002010-02-15T14:41:32.916-06:00

I'm strictly opposed to people calling Valentine's Day "V-Day," because that's simply too close to "VD" and yesterday someone's Facebook status said, "Enjoy your 'VD' and pass it on." Ergo, I'll now spell out this holiday until I can no longer spell.In other news, despite the fact that it seemed most film critics would rather have actually contracted their own cases of VD than sit through the

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-68391189555138935892010-02-03T16:32:00.014-06:002010-02-03T17:46:56.087-06:00

When I was in the sixth grade there was a McDonald's commercial featuring Corky from "Life Goes On." He was the one in the show with Downs Syndrome - not to be confused with his sister who later starred in "ER" and got stabbed to death IN THE VALENTINE'S DAY EPISODE, which is still very traumatic for me to recall because, as she lay on the floor bleeding out, the rest of County General was in

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-13886957953323656562010-02-02T19:28:00.003-06:002010-02-02T19:38:44.896-06:00

So, right...there's the thing about me not blogging in a while. You all have a point about that. However, I'm back now - maybe, better than ever...I don't know, you decide - and am ready to rejoin the ranks of the blogosphere.And what better way to get back all up in the bidness of the Intertubes than to talk about "Lost." It's the final season folks and, as my good friend "Nej" said a few months

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-31152350086407114942009-12-17T16:40:00.002-06:002009-12-17T16:48:45.506-06:00

Greetings blogosphere! Sorry about the extended hiatus. November (and half of December) just flew right by here at MEvBLOG Central, almost as fast as the golf club Tiger Woods’ wife swung at his head – HEY-OHHH!!!I still got it.Anyway…since the year’s end is nigh, my present to you is a list of what I liked most these past 12 months. Sure, it’s kind of a re-gift, but this time ‘round I’ve given a

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-66846615023244551682009-12-17T16:34:00.004-06:002009-12-17T23:36:04.850-06:00

I’m gonna have to give the first Matty to Sandra Bullock for pulling off not one, but two great movies this year. Hold on, film snobs - those of you swearing that “Precious” and “A Single Man” are like cinematic manna sent to feed the starving masses - hear me out. Sandy gave us two very different characters in this year's “The Proposal” and “The Blind Side,” the latter of which is so good that I

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-56399182462435373072009-12-17T16:32:00.002-06:002009-12-17T16:34:54.078-06:00

It takes some kind of man to cheat on his wife, but it takes particular brand of asshole to cheat on his wife with a woman in a different hemisphere, while on paid leave from his tax-payer funded job as primary state executive, then not step down from said job.That’s why the 2009 Matty for Best Extramarital Affair goes to the shameless, scumbag governor of South Carolina who carried on with a

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-75369548496464082662009-12-17T16:27:00.004-06:002009-12-17T17:01:02.444-06:00

Last year I had to report on the release of both the final “Twilight” book and release of the first movie and, from that experience, I bare scars for wounds that may never heal.This year, I was cajoled into seeing “New Moon” with a friend at the Alamo Drafthouse where, by the grace of God, one can drink. And drink, we did, during what might be one of the slowest movies ever because, seriously

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-45751158479479795222009-12-17T16:25:00.003-06:002009-12-17T23:37:56.546-06:00

It’s rare that the Yankees appear in MEvBLOG print without being preceded or followed by an expletive of some sort. And for the sake of my brother – a die-hard fan of the blue pin stripes – I’d like to say this post will be different…but it won’t.Even though they won their 27th World Series – or mostly BECAUSE of it – the Yankees are still the team I dislike the most. Did they play amazing

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-63795834974587411692009-12-17T16:22:00.005-06:002009-12-17T16:57:40.184-06:00

If you’re not watching “Glee,” you’re missing out on some serious irreverent hilarity. Start making time, because I honestly don’t know anyone who wouldn’t like this show. My militant brother – Yes, the Yankee fan…No he’s not adopted – even chuckled when Sue Sylvester, the Patton-esque cheerleading coach turned to another high school teacher and said, “I’m not like the rest of you hippies caring

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-70314732864407775442009-11-02T12:19:00.005-06:002009-11-02T12:59:11.873-06:00

So this past weekend was Halloween - No I did not dress up as a Sexy French Maid...the costume store was out of it for men over six feet - and I took a MEvBLOG road trip to New Orleans to celebrate Cajun style with friends.SIDENOTE: "Cajun style" of course means "deep fried," one of two ways all our food was prepared. The other way was via a plastic, sippy cup you can legally carry wherever you

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-36026091145999064482009-10-18T12:07:00.009-05:002009-10-18T14:11:08.175-05:00

Dear Martha Stewart,This is wrong. Very, very, very wrong.Granted, I am biased as I have very strong feelings against personifying something which I'm about to chew. (Remember when Domino's ran that commercial with those weird-ass brownies that show up at your door inviting you to eat a pan of weird-ass brownies? Gross.)However, this is way worse than that because it's not "personifying" food as

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-78598648839006522542009-10-09T10:31:00.014-05:002009-10-09T11:18:22.500-05:00

Let me just say that my Friday has already gotten very weird.First of all, there's the waking up in a non-drunken-hung-over-daze-of-frustration at the Crap that was the Boston Red Sox last night. (Jon Lester...you pitched the Sox to a World Series victory in '07, you pitched a no-hitter in Kansas City in '08, and before all of that you kicked cancer's ass. Sure, you're only 25 years old, but

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-43798970191026387582009-10-02T12:09:00.006-05:002009-10-02T12:35:23.439-05:00

I mean, let's be honest...did America really think it had a chance at getting the 2016 Olympics? Sure, Chicago is a great city and huge sports town, but let's look at what some of the other finalists had going for them:Tokyo - The Japanese cultural rivalry with China would have been in full effect via the Opening Ceremonies. The government would have probably commissioned Sony Labs to create a

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-66862851067270962502009-09-29T12:14:00.009-05:002009-09-29T12:51:13.654-05:00

I just want to go on the record as saying I think Roman Polanski is one of the greatest filmmakers who ever lived and he totally belongs in jail. Yes, it's possible to hold the two thoughts in your head at one time. Like, say, acknowledging the merit in both Republican and Democratic notions, or recognizing the value in both Shakespeare's sonnets and "Greek" on ABC Family."Chinatown" is one of

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-18040630985329794232009-09-24T21:43:00.005-05:002009-09-25T06:52:41.634-05:00

Let me set the stage. Today there was a very loud drilling noise in my office building to the point that the walls were shaking a bit.Co-worker: What is that noise?Me: I dunno.Co-worker: Do you think we're okay?Me: Oh we're fine. I'm not worried.Co-worker: What would it feel like if the building were about to collapse?Me: (From my vast expertise on the subject) I'm sure things would be falling

Mindynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-48956582356786428012009-09-22T13:49:00.014-05:002009-09-22T14:47:41.769-05:00

So, you all know about my trials and tribulations of having been invited to, and then dismissed from, the Book Club of Ladyparts because I had none. As it turns out I have a couple other friends who were also search for a book club so we formed our own called The Super Awesome Book Club of Awesome. (I came up with the name.) We're like the literary equivalent of Island of Misfit Toys.SIDENOTE: If

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-50466278328949991712009-09-14T14:01:00.024-05:002009-09-14T15:44:33.732-05:00

WEST AND WILSON GET MAD & SECRET SERVICE GETS TOUGH AT OBAMA'S 2009 VMA SPEECHNEW YORK, NY - Last night, during a live event at Radio City Music Hall, while President Obama was addressing both a joint session of Congress and an audience of celebrities with joints, what was to be a simple speech to famous people who blindly agree with whatever he says turned into the final scene from "In the Line

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-50422876411039366182009-09-08T18:02:00.001-05:002009-09-08T18:31:17.260-05:00

San Antonio is known as a tourist destination and not just for humans. Every year an estimated 100-million Mexican free-tail bats visit Central Texas to raise their young. 1.5 million take up residency on Congress St. Bridge in Austin, which is the largest urban bat colony in the world. 20-million of these bats set up camp in Bracken Cave just 20 miles north of San Antone, making it the

Mindynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-83916351470668112742009-09-03T19:20:00.005-05:002009-09-04T15:29:34.346-05:00

Don't worry, you haven't missed the fair. It's in October. However, there is an annual nationwide contest between state fairs featuring the best "new foods" of the year. Understand that I use the term "food" loosely. Now, the Texas State Fair is the home of the original Corny Dog which premiered in 1942. So we do have a proud history of frying with the best of 'em. The picture is of last year's

Mindynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-52853847735917293162009-08-26T11:32:00.012-05:002009-08-26T16:32:42.584-05:00

Those of you who have siblings, imagine that you were never your parents' favorite. Imagine that, though you were born into a family of unbelievable privilege, the hopes and dreams of its dynastic future rested on the shoulders of your other brothers.Imagine your oldest brother - the one being groomed for immediate ascension - is killed while fighting for his county. Your Irish-Catholic parents

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-79243867004396347472009-08-19T20:48:00.010-05:002009-08-20T12:58:32.765-05:00

So right now, I'm pondering a multitude of entertainment industry-related thoughts. They range from, "OMG, Mike Meyers will never die if Rob Zombie keeps remaking the Halloween franchise!"...to... "C'mon, will Tron seriously make sense in 2010? Isn't Jeff Bridges a little too old for this nonsense?"I'm a girl who's worked in the film industry. I've written screenplays and studied the craft of

Emily Glissonem.gliss@gmail.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-34920847137902613172009-08-18T15:18:00.004-05:002009-08-18T15:23:33.814-05:00

So upon my imminent return to San Antonio, I e-mailed a friend about a joining her book club. You see…I’m a big fan of the book club as it’s like English lit class, only you get to choose what you read and the irritating girl with dreadlocks, horned-rimmed glasses, and a penchant for saying things like, “Per se” isn’t allowed. Plus you get to drink.However, it seems that I accidentally inserted

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Last week's episode of the radio show Whad'ya Know was broadcast from Fairbanks, Alaska. In honor of the Alaskan audience Michael Feldman (radio host) started the show with locally flavored jokes, many of which were aimed at the former Governor Sarah Palin. (I don't know if you heard, but she stepped down as Governor. It's been very hush, hush.)The radio show kicked off with, "This just in.

Mindynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-44932311400179627372009-08-13T10:10:00.007-05:002009-08-13T10:55:20.672-05:00

According to this article in the San Antonio Express-News - the outlet people turn to when standard 3-5 business day news delivery won't cut it - former Vice President Dick Cheney said he noticed former President Bush stop taking his advice during their second term in office.Cheney - pictured at right contemplating the best way to retrieve The Precious - is currently writing his memoirs to be

Matthew Danelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370362967947506235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674162238258502840.post-17319484723883543382009-08-10T21:31:00.007-05:002009-08-10T23:44:59.718-05:00

Isn't it funny how pop stars are often mistaken for escaped mental patients based solely on their choice of attire (or lack thereof)?And then there's Lady Gaga. For whatever reason, this picture reminds me of that Bette Davis movie - the one about the crazy woman who locks herself in a mansion, dresses up like Shirley Temple, and smears lipstick all over her face. Yeah. I can't get that movie

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