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“Steroids are as American as apple pie”.

I was on vacation in London, Ontario last week so I watched a pretty cool documentary about anabolic steroids, “Bigger, stronger, faster*”. The film maker is the middle of three brothers. He shows some old footage of them growing up pudgy and weak (something I can definitely empathize with). Then they all buy into “the [...]

Posted 05 October 2008 † Dmitry § funky § reviews ‡ Comments (0) °

“The war tapes” & “Are We Rome?”

I watched an incredible documentary yesterday, “The War Tapes”. A number of national guardsmen were given a bunch of hi-def video cameras. They were then deployed to Iraq. The footage is terrible and heartbreaking. Crazy shit is happening down there. It’s clear to us now that Bush didn’t go into Iraq because of Saddam, but [...]

Posted 04 April 2008 † Dmitry § books § reviews ‡ Comments (0) °

So I got me a projector. It’s an 800×600 LCD , 1000 or so lumen one. 2 years old, cost me $450, plus another $15 for a high definition cable. These things are pretty good value. You get a pretty decent size image (in my case about 60″) for a fraction of the [...]

Posted 21 November 2006 † Dmitry § reviews § tv ‡ Comments (0) °