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Open a wine bottle with no corkscrew

Posted: 4th November 2009 by Craig Rettig in How-To
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Sure, there’s tons of articles and videos that show various ways to open a wine bottle, but all of them require some sort of tool to do it. This method (from a professional wine drinker by the looks of it), really takes the cake, though: Hat tip to Lifehacker

Halloween 2009: White Zombie (1932)

Posted: 31st October 2009 by Craig Rettig in Entertainment
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Beaumont: “I thought that beauty alone would satisfy. But the soul is gone. I can’t bear those empty, staring eyes. You must bring her back!” Legendre: “Aren’t you a trifle afraid, monsieur? How do you suppose those eyes will regard you when the brain is able to understand?” Beaumont: “Better to see hatred in them [...]

Halloween 2009: Demon City Shinjuku (1988)

Posted: 30th October 2009 by Craig Rettig in Entertainment
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“Men anger the gods with their pride, and in order to punish them, the gods looked on as Pandora opened her box letting chaos loose. And now here in Monster City, mythology will become reality.” — Mephisto Demon City Shinjuku is a late-1980s anime where a young man, Kyoya, unwillingly walks the hero’s journey to [...]

Halloween 2009: Cemetery Man (1994)

Posted: 29th October 2009 by Craig Rettig in Entertainment
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“The Living Dead and the dying living are all the same. Cut from the same cloth. But disposing of dead people is a public service, whereas you’re in all sorts of trouble if you kill someone while they’re still alive.” — Francesco Dellamorte (Rupert Everett) Cemetery Man proves that no matter how bad your job [...]

Halloween 2009: Dog Soldiers (2002)

Posted: 27th October 2009 by Craig Rettig in Entertainment
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Megan: “Tell me. Honestly, what are our chances?” Cooper: “Morale seems good, considering. But that will only last as long as the ammunition holds out. Although high spirits are just no substitute for eight hundred rounds a minute, but I don’t think that’s what you wanted to hear.” — Megan (Emma Cleasby) & Cooper (Kevin [...]

Halloween 2009: Bloodlust (1959)

Posted: 26th October 2009 by Craig Rettig in Entertainment
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“Exactly. I hunted them. And shall I tell you why? I’d been a scholar all my life. I was curator of a large museum. And the war began. I who had never killed anything in my life assigned to duty as a sniper — a sharpshooter — because of my steady hand and keen eyesight. [...]

Halloween 2009: Near Dark (1987)

Posted: 25th October 2009 by Craig Rettig in Entertainment
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Caleb: “How old are you, Jesse?” Jesse: “Let’s put it this way: I fought for the South. We lost.” —Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) & Jesse Hooker (Lance Henriksen) Near Dark is one of the more interesting vampire movies to come out of the ’80s. Instead of painting the gothic romance or going the glam metal [...]

Halloween 2009: The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

Posted: 24th October 2009 by Craig Rettig in Entertainment
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“Why, yes, in a manner of speaking. I find a coffin much more comfortable than a bed.” —Dr. Lorenz (Bela Lugosi) The Corpse Vanishes is a classic flick starring horror legend Bela Lugosi as a demented scientist who kidnaps brides after they die at the altar, using them in his twisted experiments. This movie is [...]

Reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated

Posted: 24th October 2009 by Craig Rettig in Life
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I was battling a cold all week that finally came to a head Wednesday night, so my apologies for the lack of updates. I’m feeling much better now, and almost 100% again. I think in celebration of Halloween, I’m going to watch and do a write-up of a different horror movie every day from now [...]

Free classical music CD from Amazon.com

Posted: 15th October 2009 by Craig Rettig in Entertainment
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As a veritable connoisseur of free stuff (hey, who isn’t?), I happened to find this rather nice album from Amazon.com’s MP3 section. The entire album is available as downloadable DRM-free MP3 files. I’m not sure how long it’ll be available for free, so you’d better snag it up now if you’re interested.