Random Bits-o-Blogging

1. THE SIMPSONS MOVIE is no better and no worse than watching four episodes of the TV show in a row. Which makes it one of the funniest movies in a looooong time.

2. The preview for the ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS movie revolves around a poop joke. I have no problem with poop jokes in general. I do have a problem with poop jokes in ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS.

3. ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS stars Jason Lee. Jason Lee also provides the voice of Underdog in the upcoming UNDERDOG: WE'RE USING A REAL DOG WITH A CGI MOUTH movie. All of his good karma for appearing in Kevin Smith movies (except MALLRATS) has now been squandered.

4. My new laptop rocks. And Word 2007 has a running word count tally at the bottom, saving me the labor of clicking the "word count" icon after every sentence to see if I've finally made my quota.

5. Based on a passionate recommendation by Uncle Creepy, I bought Volume 1 of THE WALKING DEAD, a zombie comic book. It's been a couple of decades since I've followed the comic book world, but this was darn good, and I'm in the mood to rush right out and buy volumes 2 - 6.

6. But I refuse to use the term "graphic novel."