Which Book are you?

You're Jurassic Park!

by Michael Crichton

You combine all the elements of a mad scientist, a brash philosopher,
a humble researcher, and a money-hungry attracter of tourists. With all these features,
you could build something monumental or get chased around by your own demons. Probably
both, in fact. A movie based on your life would make millions, and spawn at least two
sequels thatwouldn't be very good. Be very careful around islands.


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Which Finding Nemo character are you?

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Which Movie do you belong in?

Fight Club!


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Elf Quiz

You are Legolas!


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Villian test

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La Femme Musketeer

Just watched this movie (saved it on the DVR). I think it was on the Hallmark Channel. If it's on cable, we have the channel (as long as Adelphia carries it). I thought it was pretty good. It was nice to see Michael York, who played D'artagnon in the old movies return to play the same role in this tv movie. The girl that had the lead did a good job. I probably should have done paperwork, but after a long weekend of going to playgrounds and working on the deck, I decided to crash. I'll pay for that later...

Great Restaurants

Nobu in NYC
Boma at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Garden Grill at Epcot's The Land
Inn at Turner's Mill in Hudson, OH
RumJungle at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas
Wolfgang Puck's Express at Downtown Disney
French Laundry in Napa
Pho Hua in Cleveland
more to come...

Day after Tomorrow

Saw the movie the Day after Tomorrow last night. Not too bad. I laughed a bunch of times at moments that might have been supposed to be scary/intense. Good special effects, though. I was recently in NYC near the Statue of Liberty and it was a bit weird to see a tidal wave and then snow cover it. A good summer movie and Fahrenheit 9/11 was sold out last night.

Good DVDs

Bandits (German movie)
Treasure Planet (Disney)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (French)
A Bug's Life (Disney)
Neverwhere (British TV series)
Firefly (The Series)
The Great Escape
Peter Pan (Disney)
Return to Neverland (Disney)
Lady and the Tramp
The Magnificent Seven
Lilo & Stitch
October Sky
Office Space
Monsters Inc.
Princess Bride
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl
Shawshank Redemption
Spirited Away
Tarzan (Disney)
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Tommy Boy

More Good Books

Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
Three Musketeers by Dumas
Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas

I'm sure I'll think of more later...

Good Books

The Crystal Cave series by Mary Stewart
Bourne Identity trilogy by Ludlum
Brotherhood of the Wolf
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Harry Potter Series
Wizard of Oz series
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
Maus by Art Speigelman
Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One by Frank Miller

Post #1

Just created this blog. Tried to do some work on the deck outside but it was still wet from last night's rain, so this blog gets the benefit of the poor weather in Cleveland OH. First, understand this - Nicotine's Ash is not in favor of nicotine. The name comes from my long time screen name of Nick Jones (short for Nicotine). I don't like smoking, chewing, gum, etc with nicotine. So throw away your cigarettes and live longer. More later.