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This is the blog of Alex Locke, an admirer of marketing, coffee, soccer, baseball, friends, movies, and my wife, Michelle.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

First Post: Thoughts

Hey to anyone who is reading this!  This is my first post so we will see how it goes. 

I am quite lucky to have the Twins in town playing the White Sox tonight.  Maybe if that streak of luck continues they can get out of this series at least a game ahead of them in the Central D.  If you haven't been keeping up much, the Twins and White Sox have been going back and forth constantly all season fighting for first place in the division.  The Twins pulled ahead in the early bit of the season, but as usual, the Sox had their freakish, mid-season run and went ahead.  And what'ya know, the Twins and White Sox are tied with the same record going into tonights game.  Figures. 

Scott Baker is pitching tonight after doing a stand-up job last week against the Rays.  He was in line to get the win last week, when Matt Capps could not finish off the Rays, as they came back in the 9th to take away Baker's should-have-been well earned victory.  If you get a chance, check out the game tonight.  I may be going, but that is completely dependent on the climate.

I hope to add some movie reviews on here soon.  There are a few movies I am looking forward to seeing that have landed in the theaters recently.  If you're looking for a comedy, check out The Other Guys.  Will Ferrell, who in my opinion has seen better movie days, teams up with Mark Wahlberg as two detectives who are overshadowed by their superiors played by Samual Jackson and Dwayne Johnson.  Yet another comic book adaptation is coming out this weekend in Scott Pilgrim Versus The World, where Michael Cera plays as Scott Pilgrim, who falls for a girl who works for Amazon, but can only earn her heart if he can challenge and defeat her seven ex-boyfriends in comic book, mixed in with some video game styled fighting.  Here are some other movie recommendations I have if you are looking for something to watch!

In Theaters
Kids Movies
 - Toy Story 3 (4/4)
 - Despicable Me (3.5/4)
PG - PG-13
 - Inception (4/4) *Highly Recommended
R
 - Dinner for Schmucks (3/4)
 - Predators (2.5/4)

Thats all for now!

2 comments:

  1. This may be a repeat--Andrew and a friend walked out of The Other Guys after a half-hour and went to Dinner for Schmucks which they said was much better...

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  2. I saw Dinner for Schmucks and thought it was quite funny. Most of the movie was awkward, but as long as you are in a theater filled with people expecting a good laugh, everything is fine. I did just recently see Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and thought it was amazing.

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