Month: January 2009

The Wrestler in Scranton

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No, the film is not yet playing in Scranton. There is however a Scranton reference in the opening credits:

scranton_wrestler

Randy “The Ram” Robinson vs.Corporal Punishment – 1987

1987 would have been about the time I would have seen a few wrastlin’ matches at the good old CYC. I never did get to see Randy “Macho Man” Savage or Hulk Hogan, but I did get to see The Iron Sheik, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat.

Trailer for The Wrestler

Twenty O Nine

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I am excited that this is the last year I’ll have to refer to as an O-something. It’s been very cumbersome and annoying. This was something they didn’t warn us about. For me, this was the real Y2K bug. It would have been nice if my great-grandparents passed a warning down through the familial lines: “Watch out for the 200-‘s! the The 190-‘s sure were a bother.” We should consider passing this warning on to our children and grandchildren (to pass onto their children and grandchildren) for 210-‘s.

Nah, nevermind. With all the futurey technology (and mind control) they’ll have to make their lives easier – they can use a good decade of a trivial annoyance. Screw you, great-grandkids.