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Well I’m at St. Anthony’s for a 1:05 show. I didn’t think it would be overly busy, but since it’s the very first showing, I assumed there’d be more than 12 people (granted it is a Friday afternoon and people work.)
With this nice weather, St. Anthony Main should be hopping for happy hour when the movie gets done.

Incidentally, strolling across the Stone Arch Bridge and hiking through the old mill ruins might be my favorite thing to do in Minneapolis.
 
I knew I should have never let my kids quit playing soccer.
Between fall games and practices, winter training and indoor games, and spring games, practices, training and tournaments I'm betting I netted much less than $.50 an hour and that's not even counting travel time and out of pocket expenses. But I'm not complaining, mind you. It is nice to be recognized and appreciated.
 
Jurassic Park movies are one of my two cinema weaknesses (the other being a good horror movie, but that happens more rarely than a good Jurassic Park movie.)

One of my best memories in a theatre is watching the OG Jurassic Park for the first time, and the scientists are in the Jeep and encounter the Bronty. You know, the part that ends with Hammond profoundly intoning "Dr. Grant; my dear Dr. Sattler. Welcome... to Jurassic Park."

The sweeping chorus of the John Williams theme, coupled with the huge thump of the creatures forelegs landing on the ground, and the cry of the creature. Man, that was too much for me. Greatest moment ever in movies, imo.

Somewhere along the way, the movies have lost the magic for me. :( Even though I enjoyed Jurassic World; it went above my expectations for sure.
 
Between fall games and practices, winter training and indoor games, and spring games, practices, training and tournaments I'm betting I netted much less than $.50 an hour and that's not even counting travel time and out of pocket expenses. But I'm not complaining, mind you. It is nice to be recognized and appreciated.
This summer, I'm helping coach baseball with a good friend. If we receive anything, we'll more-than-likely spend it on beer, which we would probably spend our own money on anyway.
 
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One of my best memories in a theatre is watching the OG Jurassic Park for the first time, and the scientists are in the Jeep and encounter the Bronty. You know, the part that ends with Hammond profoundly intoning "Dr. Grant; my dear Dr. Sattler. Welcome... to Jurassic Park."

The sweeping chorus of the John Williams theme, coupled with the huge thump of the creatures forelegs landing on the ground, and the cry of the creature. Man, that was too much for me. Greatest moment ever in movies, imo.

Somewhere along the way, the movies have lost the magic for me. :( Even though I enjoyed Jurassic World; it went above my expectations for sure.
I like how Dr. Grant incredulously intones: "It's a dinosaur."
 
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Currently I'm listening to Celtic/Rain music, but recently I have been listening to Lucy Worsely's BBC historical documentaries. She lead me to a crazy series called Supersizers Go.... The two hosts spend a week dressing up and eating a certain era of food and see how it affects their health.

Some of it is funny, gross, and some interesting tidbits of historical things you don't think about and how it relates to food. I should double check on the Marie Antonette one. While her people were starving she supposedly had a mini-farm set up and would have friends over for tea 'like the commonors'


 
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