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<<< Just 45 minutes outside Milwaukee,
Somebodyisfromhere.com and his friend went
all Laverne & Shirley at the Jelly Belly
Warehouse in Wisconsin.
Full Page: Jelly Bean.
Somebodyisfromhere.com and his friend went
all Laverne & Shirley at the Jelly Belly
Warehouse in Wisconsin.
Full Page: Jelly Bean.
| Jelly Beans Will Get You Fat (just not as fat as you'd think). |
Pulled from the Archive for your Easter.
State of Play.
Somebodyisfromhere.com looks at travel in entertainment.
>>> State of Play was originally a British mini-series. Don't worry, though, Her Majesty still has her
fingerprints all over the movie. They moved it to the area of one of her old colonies, gave it a Scottish
director (Kevin MacDonald), and filled key roles with a Brit (Helen Mirren) and two people from commonwealth
countries (Rachel McAdams and Russell Crowe).
Sure, there are Americans, too. While, it's kind of fun to pile on Ben Affleck's acting,
Somebodyisfromhere.com gives him credit for knowing his limitations. One of the first things he did after
getting famous was creating a show that's premise was he didn't have to be in front of the camera (Project
Greenlight). Lately, he directed a solid movie (Gone Baby Gone) and started playing mysterious supporting
roles (Hollywoodland, Smokin' Aces). He continues the supporting thing by playing a Congressmen whose aid
fingerprints all over the movie. They moved it to the area of one of her old colonies, gave it a Scottish
director (Kevin MacDonald), and filled key roles with a Brit (Helen Mirren) and two people from commonwealth
countries (Rachel McAdams and Russell Crowe).
Sure, there are Americans, too. While, it's kind of fun to pile on Ben Affleck's acting,
Somebodyisfromhere.com gives him credit for knowing his limitations. One of the first things he did after
getting famous was creating a show that's premise was he didn't have to be in front of the camera (Project
Greenlight). Lately, he directed a solid movie (Gone Baby Gone) and started playing mysterious supporting
roles (Hollywoodland, Smokin' Aces). He continues the supporting thing by playing a Congressmen whose aid
comes up dead.
Part All of the President's Men, part The Pelican Brief, State of Play is a taut thriller about Washington that starts with a chase
and never slows down.
Part All of the President's Men, part The Pelican Brief, State of Play is a taut thriller about Washington that starts with a chase
and never slows down.
Kings of Leon.
>>> For the uninitiated, The Kings of
Leon is a four membered band all with the
last name Followhill consisting of three
brothers and a cousin whose lead singer,
Caleb, looks like a cross between Charlie
from Lost and a Civil War infantryman.
Full Page: Kings of Leon.
Leon is a four membered band all with the
last name Followhill consisting of three
brothers and a cousin whose lead singer,
Caleb, looks like a cross between Charlie
from Lost and a Civil War infantryman.
Full Page: Kings of Leon.
<<< It's not like England is without flaws. Just take a look at their zip codes. I'm sorry,
KT8 9AU isn't a zip code. It's one of those fuzzy passwords you use to verify secure
internet transactions. At best.
KT8 9AU isn't a zip code. It's one of those fuzzy passwords you use to verify secure
internet transactions. At best.
Hampton Court Palace.
From Somebodyisfromhere.com's Archives..
The Very Different Student Hangover.
>>> It's nearing the time when college students who have spent the semester abroad start trickling home. Many
of which will have the hangover.
This hangover, however is not alcohol induced. It came from three and a half months the students spent having the
time of their lives.
Full Page: Hangover.
of which will have the hangover.
This hangover, however is not alcohol induced. It came from three and a half months the students spent having the
time of their lives.
Full Page: Hangover.
>>> The Mount Vernon section of Baltimore offers walkable access to the Downtown area while
boasting the University of Baltimore, The Lyric Opera House, and the (Baltimore's) Washington
Monument. All of this and more can be seen from the bar called the 13th Floor at the Belvedere Hotel
which is located, you know, on the 13th floor of the Belvedere Hotel about 6 miles from the Preakness at
Pimlico Racetrack.
Full Page: Baltimore.
boasting the University of Baltimore, The Lyric Opera House, and the (Baltimore's) Washington
Monument. All of this and more can be seen from the bar called the 13th Floor at the Belvedere Hotel
which is located, you know, on the 13th floor of the Belvedere Hotel about 6 miles from the Preakness at
Pimlico Racetrack.
Full Page: Baltimore.
| In the Land of Natty Boh's and the O's: Somebodyisfromhere.com spends a part of Preakness weekend in Baltimore. |
<<< In the beginning of Valkyrie, the movie more or less referred to as "the Tom Cruise Nazi Movie", somebody
told the lead to go through with the plot to kill Hitler even if he knew it wasn't going to be successful just so the world
would know that not every German was bad.
Well it's over a half century later and pretty much everybody thinks every German was bad. Until now. At least if the
$198, 000,000 worldwide gross is any indicator.
So now we know there are good Germans and bad Germans. Heretofore, Somebodyisfromhere.com has only
concerned himself with drinking Germans..
Full Page: Valkyrie
told the lead to go through with the plot to kill Hitler even if he knew it wasn't going to be successful just so the world
would know that not every German was bad.
Well it's over a half century later and pretty much everybody thinks every German was bad. Until now. At least if the
$198, 000,000 worldwide gross is any indicator.
So now we know there are good Germans and bad Germans. Heretofore, Somebodyisfromhere.com has only
concerned himself with drinking Germans..
Full Page: Valkyrie
Tom Cruise Goes to Nazi Germany.
On Video May 19th
Natinal, National Pride for Memorial Day.
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<<< The Washington Nationals are a preposterously bad team. Their G.M. stepped
down amid an FBI investigation. For a game in April, they infamously had a couple of
athletes play in jerseys that read "Natinals". As far as performance is concerned, things
haven't fared any better. Somebodyisfromhere.com caught the second game of a
doubleheader on a day in which Washington lost both games -- it even ended
prematurely in rain. The following day, honest to god, they lost a game in which the
person covering first base (the 2nd baseman actually rotating on a bunt) moved out of
the way of an accurately thrown ball.
So there's little doubt that the team is bad, but can the city take comfort in 41,000 seat
Nationals Park that opened in 2008?
Full Page: Coming Soon.
down amid an FBI investigation. For a game in April, they infamously had a couple of
athletes play in jerseys that read "Natinals". As far as performance is concerned, things
haven't fared any better. Somebodyisfromhere.com caught the second game of a
doubleheader on a day in which Washington lost both games -- it even ended
prematurely in rain. The following day, honest to god, they lost a game in which the
person covering first base (the 2nd baseman actually rotating on a bunt) moved out of
the way of an accurately thrown ball.
So there's little doubt that the team is bad, but can the city take comfort in 41,000 seat
Nationals Park that opened in 2008?
Full Page: Coming Soon.
A Hangover in Vegas.
<<< How does The Hangover compare to
Somebodyisfromhere.com's night in Vegas
(click here to read about Somebodyisfromhere.com's
trip). The Hangover finished first in the box
office this weekend and has garnered a lot of
buzz. Is it worthy?
Full Page: The Hangover.
Somebodyisfromhere.com's night in Vegas
(click here to read about Somebodyisfromhere.com's
trip). The Hangover finished first in the box
office this weekend and has garnered a lot of
buzz. Is it worthy?
Full Page: The Hangover.
A Prayer for the City.
>>> As the economic downturn continues, Somebodyisfromhere.com looks back at
the Buzz Bissinger book A Prayer for the City and the progress of the American city.
Copyrighted in 1997, A Prayer follows the first mayoral term of Ed Rendell in
Philadelphia during the 90's. Bissinger followed around the administration as they
wrestled with lost jobs, race, and the suffocating budget. With the obvious
concentration on Philly, Bissinger's goal is to draw parallels with all industrial cities.
Full Page: Prayer.
the Buzz Bissinger book A Prayer for the City and the progress of the American city.
Copyrighted in 1997, A Prayer follows the first mayoral term of Ed Rendell in
Philadelphia during the 90's. Bissinger followed around the administration as they
wrestled with lost jobs, race, and the suffocating budget. With the obvious
concentration on Philly, Bissinger's goal is to draw parallels with all industrial cities.
Full Page: Prayer.
North Carolina: A Photo Journal.
The Sex Lives of Cannibals.
<<< The Sex Lives of Cannibals is not, with a few exceptions, about the sex lives
of cannibals. The subtitle, Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific, is a bit more accurate.
The premise is easy enough. A simple na'er-do-well, along with his woman, bored
with his current lot in life moves to a country nobody has heard of to live a life on
the beach absent of the comforts of McDonald's.
Unfortunately a part of this premise for the book is faulty. The author, J. Marteen
Troost, likes to paint himself as a loser. However, in having consulted with the
World Bank, "...racking up useless graduate degrees...(as per the back cover)",
and an interesting stint as a reporter for an English language newspaper in
Eastern Europe, Troost makes the reader feel like a loser in comparison.
Full Page: Cannibals.
of cannibals. The subtitle, Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific, is a bit more accurate.
The premise is easy enough. A simple na'er-do-well, along with his woman, bored
with his current lot in life moves to a country nobody has heard of to live a life on
the beach absent of the comforts of McDonald's.
Unfortunately a part of this premise for the book is faulty. The author, J. Marteen
Troost, likes to paint himself as a loser. However, in having consulted with the
World Bank, "...racking up useless graduate degrees...(as per the back cover)",
and an interesting stint as a reporter for an English language newspaper in
Eastern Europe, Troost makes the reader feel like a loser in comparison.
Full Page: Cannibals.