Terry's World of Yam-Flavored Adventure!

The Incredible Conan

2010-01-20T04:52:03Z

I know it's only January but this gets my vote for YouTube video of the year.

terry @ 2009-09-30T23:33:00

2009-10-01T04:42:00Z

And now for absolutely no reason, I present to you Johnny Cash singing the theme from "Laverne & Shirley". I only wish he had done the schlemiel, schlimazel bit.

Dairy Queens of Texas

2009-06-24T22:25:26Z

Georgetown

5 healthy foods I like

2009-04-07T04:37:11Z

While my love of junk food is well-known e.g. Moon Pies, snowcones, Oreos, chili cheese tater tots, peanut butter anything, etc, there are some relatively healthy foods I do enjoy eating.

pomegranate juice - In the past I've found most juices to be too sweet or too acidic. Pomegranates are neither and are touted by some as a "super food". I haven't gotten X-ray vision yet but I still have a glass most mornings before work.

oatmeal - I've always liked oatmeal whether it's by itself, an ingredient in other foods or pressed into little tiny 'Os. Honey Nut Cheerios and a glass of pomegranate juice makes a fine breakfast.

pickles - Loaded with vitamin C I usually keep a couple of jars on hand both spears and slices. Does Clausen still have those commercials with the stork? I always wondered what a stork knew about pickles.

wheat bread - When I'm making a sandwich 9 out of 10 times I'll use wheat bread. About the only sandwich I use white bread for is peanut butter and jelly.

yams - They're a local favorite not to mention high in fiber and low in sodium and saturated fat. I'm probably not getting their full nutritional value with things like candied yams and yam pies but I think that just speaks to their versatility.

terry @ 2009-03-14T23:52:00

2009-03-15T06:09:50Z

Here's that "1001 Movies You Need To See Before You Die" list. I really wish they wouldn't address it in those terms. I seriously doubt that anyone's final words on their deathbed will be "Damn it! I forgot to watch Barry Lyndon!" I've seen it and if given a choice I'd probably watch Blazing Saddles for the umpteenth time instead.

1. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
2. The Great Train Robbery (1903)
3. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
4. Les Vampires (1915)
5. Intolerance (1916)
6. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
7. Broken Blossoms (1919)
8. Way Down East (1920)
9. Within Our Gates (1920)
10. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
11. Orphans of the Storm (1921)
12. The Smiling Madame Beudet (1922)
13. Dr. Mabuse, Parts 1 and 2 (1922)
14. Nanook of the North (1922)
15. Nosferatu, A Symphony of Terror(1922)
16. Haxan (1923)
17. Foolish Wives (1922)
18. Our Hospitality (1923)
19. The Wheel (1923)
20. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
21. Strike (1924)
22. Greed (1924)
23. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
24. The Last Laugh (1924)
25. Seven Chances (1925)
26. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
27. The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
28. The Gold Rush (1925)
29. The Big Parade (1925)
30. Metropolis (1927)
31. Sunrise (1927)
32. The General (1927)
33. The Unknown (1927)
34. October (1927)
35. The Jazz Singer (1927)
36. Napoleon (1927)
37. The Kid Brother (1927)
38. The Crowd (1928)
39. The Docks of New York (1928)
40. An Andalusian Dog (1928)
41. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
42. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
43. Storm over Asia (1928)
44. Blackmail (1929)
45. The Man with the Movie Camera (1929)
46. Pandora's Box (1929)
47. The Blue Angel (1930)
48. The Age Of Gold (1930)
49. Earth (1930)
50. Little Caesar (1930)
51. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
52. Freedom For Us (1931)
53. The Million (1931)
54. Tabu (1931)
55. Dracula (1931)
56. Frankenstein (1931)
57. City Lights (1931)
58. The Public Enemy (1931)
59. M (1931)
60. The Bitch (1931)
61. The Vampire (1932)
62. Love Me Tonight (1932)
63. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
64. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
65. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
66. Scarface: The Shame Of A Nation (1932)
67. Shanghai Express (1932)
68. Freaks (1932)
69. Me and My Gal (1932)
70. Zero for Conduct (1933)
71. 42nd Street (1933)
72. Footlight Parade (1933)
73. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
74. She Done Him Wrong (1933)
75. Duck Soup (1933)
76. Queen Christina (1933)
77. Land Without Bread (1933)
78. King Kong (1933)
79. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
80. Sons of the Desert (1933)
81. It's a Gift (1934)
82. Triumph of the Will (1934)
83. L'Atalante (1934)
84. The Black Cat (1934)
85. Judge Priest (1934)
86. It Happened One Night (1934)
87. The Thin Man (1934)
88. Captain Blood (1935)
89. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
90. A Night at the Opera (1935)
91. The 39 Steps (1935)
92. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
93. Top Hat (1935)
94. A Day in the Country (1936)
95. Modern Times (1936)
96. Swing Time (1936)
97. My Man Godfrey (1936)
98. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
99. Camille (1936)
100. Sabotage (1936)
101. Dodsworth (1936)
102. Things to Come (1936)
103. The Story of a Cheat (1936)
104. Captains Courageous (1937)
105. Midnight Song (1937)
106. Grand Illusion (1937)
107. Stella Dallas (1937)
108. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
109. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
110. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
111. The Awful Truth (1937)
112. Pepe Le Moko (1937)
113. Jezebel (1938)
114. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
115. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
116. Olympia (1938)
117. The Baker's Wife (1938)
118. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
119. Stagecoach (1939)
120. The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums (1939)
121. Babes in Arms (1939)
122. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
123. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
124. Destry Rides Again (1939)
125. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
126. Gone With the Wind (1939)
127. Daybreak (1939)
128. Gunga Din (1939)
129. Ninotchka (1939)
130. The Rules of the Game (1939)
131. Wuthering Heights (1939)
132. His Girl Friday (1940)
133. Rebecca (1940)
134. Fantasia (1940)
135. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
136. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
137. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
137. Pinocchio (1940)
138. The Mortal Storm (1940)
139. The Bank Dick (1940)
140. Citizen Kane (1941)
141. The Lady Eve (1941)
142. The Wolf Man (1941)
143. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
144. Sergeant York (1941)
145. Dumbo (1941)
146. High Sierra (1941)
147. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
148. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
149. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
150. Now, Voyager (1942)
151. Casablanca (1942)
152. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
153. Cat People (1942)
154. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
155. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
156. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
157. Fires Were Started (1943)
158. The Man in Grey (1943)
158. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
159. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
160. The Seventh Victim (1943)
161. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
162. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
163. Ossessione (1943)
164. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
165. To Have and Have Not (1944)
166. Laura (1944)
167. Gaslight (1944)
168. Henry V (1944)
169. Ivan the Terrible, Parts One and Two (1944)
170. Double Indemnity (1944)
171. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
172. The Battle of San Pietro (1945)
173. Spellbound (1945)
174. Mildred Pierce (1945)
175. The Children of Paradise (1945)
176. Open City (1945)
177. The Lost Weekend (1945)
178. Detour (1945)
179. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
180. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
181. Brief Encounter (1946)
182. Paisan (1946)
183. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
184. My Darling Clementine (1946)
185. The Stranger (1946)
186. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
187. The Big Sleep (1946)
188. The Killers (1946)
189. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
190. Great Expectations (1946)
191. Notorious (1946)
192. Black Narcissus (1946)
193. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
194. Gilda (1946)
195. Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
196. Out of the Past (1947)
197. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
198. Odd Man Out (1947)
199. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
200. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
201. Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
202. Force of Evil (1948)
203. Spring in a Small Town (1948)
204. Red River (1948)
205. Rope (1948)
206. The Snake Pit (1948)
207. The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
208. The Paleface (1948)
209. The Red Shoes (1948)
210. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
211. Louisiana Story (1948)
212. The Heiress (1949)
213. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
214. Gun Crazy (1949)
215. Adam's Rib (1949)
216. Whiskey Galore! (1949)
217. White Heat (1949)
218. The Reckless Moment (1949)
219. The Third Man (1949)
220. On the Town (1949)
221. Orpheus (1949)
222. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
223. Rashomon (1950)
224. Winchester '73 (1950)
225. Rio Grande (1950)
226. All About Eve (1950)
227. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
228. Los Olvidados (1950)
229. In a Lonely Place (1950)
230. The Big Carnival (1951)
231. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
232. Strangers on a Train (1951)
233. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
234. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
235. The African Queen (1951)
236. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
237. An American in Paris (1951)
238. A Place in the Sun (1951)
239. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
240. The Quiet Man (1952)
241. Forbidden Games (1952)
242. Angel Face (1952)
243. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
244. To Live (1952)
245. Europa '51 (1952)
246. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
247. The Big Sky (1952)
248. High Noon (1952)
249. Umberto D (1952)
250. The Golden Coach (1952)
251. The Bigamist (1953)
252. The Band Wagon (1953)
253. Madame De… (1953)
254. From Here to Eternity (1953)
255. Tokyo Story (1953)
256. Roman Holiday (1953)
257. Wages of Fear (1953)
258. The Naked Spur (1953)
259. Pickup on South Street (1953)
260. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
261. The Big Heat (1953)
262. M. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
263. Voyage in Italy (1953)
264. Tales of Ugetsu (1953)
265. Shane (1953)
266. Beat the Devil (1953)
267. Johnny Guitar (1954)
268. On the Waterfront (1954)
269. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
270. Les Diaboliques (1954)
271. Animal Farm (1954)
272. Rear Window (1954)
273. A Star Is Born (1954)
274. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
275. The Road (1954)
276. The Seven Samurai (1954)
277. The Wanton Countess (1954)
278. Silver Lode (1954)
279. Carmen Jones (1954)
280. Sansho the Baliff (1954)
281. Salt of the Earth (1954)
282. Artists and Models (1955)
283. Guys and Dolls (1955)
284. Pather Panchali (1955)
285. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
286. The Mad Masters (1955)
287. Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (1955)
287. The Ladykillers (1955)
288. Marty (1955)
289. Ordet (1955)
290. Bob the Gambler (1955)
291. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
292. The Man from Laramie (1955)
293. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
294. The Phenix City Story (1955)
295. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
296. Night and Fog (1955)
297. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
298. The Sins of Lola Montes (1955)
299. Forbidden Planet (1956)
300. The Burmese Harp (1956)
301. The Searchers (1956)
302. A Man Escaped (1956)
303. Written on the Wind (1956)
304. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
305. Giant (1956)
306. All That Heaven Allows (1956)
307. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
308. The Wrong Man (1956)
309. Bigger Than Life (1956)
310. High Society (1956)
311. The Ten Commandments (1956)
312. 12 Angry Men (1957)
313. The Seventh Seal (1957)
314. An Affair to Remember (1957)
315. Wild Strawberries (1957)
316. The Nights of Cabiria (1957)
317. Throne of Blood (1957)
318. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
319. The Unvanquished (1957)
320. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
321. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
322. Mother India (1957)
323. The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
324. Paths of Glory (1957)
325. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
326. Man of the West (1958)
327. Touch of Evil (1958)
328. Cairo Station (1958)
328. Gigi (1958)
329. The Defiant Ones (1958)
330. Vertigo (1958)
331. Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
332. Horror of Dracula (1958)
333. My Uncle (1958)
334. The Music Room (1958)
335. The 400 Blows (1959)
336. North by Northwest (1959)
337. Some Like It Hot (1959)
338. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
339. Eyes without a Face (1959)
340. Ride Lonesome (1959)
341. Black Orpheus (1959)
342. Shadows (1959)
343. The World of Apu (1959)
344. Breathless (1959)
345. Ben-Hur (1959)
346. Pickpocket (1959)
347. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
348. Rio Bravo (1959)
349. The Hole (1959)
350. Floating Weeds (1959)
351. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
352. La Dolce Vita (1960)
353. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
354. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
355. The Adventure (1960)
356. The Young One (1960)
357. The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)
358. The Housemaid (1960)
358. Psycho (1960)
359. Revenge of the Vampire / Black Sunday (1960)
360. Peeping Tom (1960)
361. The Apartment (1960)
362. Spartacus (1960)
363. Splendor in the Grass (1961)
364. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
365. The Pier (1961)
366. One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
367. Lola (1961)
368. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
369. The Night (1961)
370. Jules and Jim (1961)
371. Viridiana (1961)
372. The Ladies Man (1961)
373. Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
374. Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
375. The Hustler (1961)
376. West Side Story (1961)
377. A Dog's Life (1962)
378. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
379. Dog Star Man (1962)
380. An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
381. The Eclipse (1962)
382. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
383. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
384. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
385. Lolita (1962)
386. Keeper of Promises (1962)
387. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
388. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
389. My Life to Live (1962)
390. Heaven and Earth Magic (1962)
390. The Birds (1963)
391. The Nutty Professor (1963)
392. Blonde Cobra (1963)
393. The Cool World (1963)
393. 8 1/2 (1963)
394. Passenger (1963)
395. Contempt (1963)
396. Hud (1963)
397. Winter Light (1963)
398. Flaming Creatures (1963)
399. The Great Escape (1963)
400. Shock Corridor (1963)
401. The Leopard (1963)
402. Barren Lives (1963)
403. Mediteranee (1963)
403. The House is Black (1963)
404. The Haunting (1963)
405. An Actor's Revenge (1963)
406. The Servant (1963)
407. Goldfinger (1964)
408. Scorpio Rising (1964)
409. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
410. Marnie (1964)
411. My Fair Lady (1964)
412. Woman in the Dunes (1964)
413. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
414. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
415. The Red Desert (1964)
416. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964)
417. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
418. Before the Revolution (1964)
419. Gertrud (1964)
420. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
421. Black God, White Devil (1964)
422. The Demon (1964)
423. Vinyl (1965)
424. The Shop on Main Street (1965)
425. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
426. The War Game (1965)
427. Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
428. The Battle of Algiers (1965)
429. The Sound of Music (1965)
430. The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
431. Alphaville (1965)
432. Chimes at Midnight (1965)
433. Repulsion (1965)
434. Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
435. Pierrot Goes Wild (1965)
436. Faster, Pussy Cat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
437. Golden River (1965)
438. The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1965)
439. Hold Me While I'm Naked (1966)
440. Blowup (1966)
441. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
442. Daisies (1966)
443. Come Drink with Me (1966)
444. Seconds (1966)
445. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
446. Persona (1966)
447. Masculine-Feminine (1966)
448. Balthazar (1966)
449. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
450. Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967)
451. The Graduate (1967)
452. Playtime (1967)
453. Report (1967)
453. Hombre (1967)
454. Belle de Jour (1967)
455. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
456. Week End (1967)
457. The Godson (1967)
458. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
459. Point Blank (1967)
460. Wavelength (1967)
461. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
462. The Red and the White (1967)
463. Marketa Lazarova (1967)
464. The Jungle Book (1967)
465. The Fireman's Ball (1967)
466. Earth Entranced (1967)
467. Closely Watched Trains (1967)
468. Vij (1967)
469. The Cow (1968)
470. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
471. Planet of the Apes (1968)
472. Faces (1968)
473. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
474. If… (1968)
475. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
476. The Producers (1968)
477. David Holzman's Diary (1968)
477. Shame (1968)
478. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
479. Hour of the Wolf (1968)
480. Targets (1968)
481. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
482. My Night with Maud (1969)
483. Lucia (1969)
483. A Touch of Zen (1969)
484. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
485. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
486. Satyricon (1969)
487. Z (1969)
488. The Conformist (1969)
489. Easy Rider (1969)
490. High School (1969)
491. In the Year of the Pig (1969)
492. The Wild Bunch (1969)
493. Andrei Rublev (1969)
494. The Butcher (1969)
495. The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
496. Kes (1969)
497. Tristana (1970)
498. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
499. El Topo (1970)
500. Woodstock (1970)
501. Deep End (1970)
502. The Spider's Stratagem (1970)
503. Little Big Man (1970)
504. The Ear (1970)
505. Patton (1970)
506. M*A*S*H (1970)
507. Performance (1970)
508. Gimme Shelter (1970)
509. Zabriskie Point (1970)
510. The Bird with The Crystal Plumage (1970)
511. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
512. Wanda (1971)
512. W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
513. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
514. The Sorrow and the Pity (1971)
515. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
516. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
517. Walkabout (1971)
518. Klute (1971)
519. Harold and Maude (1971)
520. Red Psalm (1971)
521. Get Carter (1971)
522. The French Connection (1971)
523. Shaft (1971)
524. Dirty Harry (1971)
525. Murmur of the Heart (1971)
526. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
527. The Last Picture Show (1971)
528. Straw Dogs (1971)
529. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
530. The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
531. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
532. Cabaret (1972)
533. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
534. High Plains Drifter (1972)
535. Sleuth (1972)
536. Deliverance (1972)
537. Solaris (1972)
538. The Godfather (1972)
539. Cries and Whispers (1972)
540. Fat City (1972)
541. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
542. The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972)
543. Frenzy (1972)
544. Pink Flamingos (1972)
545. Superfly (1972)
546. The Sting (1973)
547. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
548. Badlands (1973)
549. American Graffiti (1973)
550. Papillon (1973)
551. Enter the Dragon (1973)
552. Mean Streets (1973)
553. The Long Goodbye (1973)
554. The Wicker Man (1973)
555. Day for Night (1973)
556. Don't Look Now (1973)
557. Sleeper (1973)
558. Serpico (1973)
559. The Exorcist (1973)
560. Turkish Delight (1973)
561. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
562. Fantastic Planet (1973)
563. Amarcord (1973)
564. The Harder They Come (1973)
565. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
566. Dersu Uzala (1974)
567. The Conversation (1974)
568. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
569. The Mirror (1974)
570. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
571. Young Frankenstein (1974)
572. Chinatown (1974)
573. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
574. Blazing Saddles (1974)
575. The Godfather Part II (1974)
576. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
577. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
578. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
579. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
580. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
581. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
582. The Wall (1975)
583. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
584. Barry Lyndon (1975)
585. Fox and His Friends (1975)
586. India Song (1975)
586. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
587. Manila in the Claws of Brightness (1975)
588. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
589. Nashville (1975)
590. Cria! (1975)
591. The Travelling Players (1975)
592. Jaws (1975)
593. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
594. Carrie (1976)
595. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
596. All the President's Men (1976)
597. Rocky (1976)
598. Taxi Driver (1976)
599. Network (1976)
600. Ascent (1976)
601. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
602. 1900 (1976)
603. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
604. Star Wars (1977)
605. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
606. The Last Wave (1977)
607. Annie Hall (1977)
608. Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)
608. Stroszek (1977)
609. Man of Marble (1977)
610. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
611. Killer of Sheep (1977)
612. Eraserhead (1977)
613. Ceddo (1977)
613. The American Friend (1977)
614. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
615. Soldier of Orange (1977)
616. Suspiria (1977)
617. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
618. Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
619. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
620. The Deer Hunter (1978)
621. Grease (1978)
622. Days of Heaven (1978)
623. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
624. Shaolin Master Killer (1978)
625. Up in Smoke (1978)
626. Halloween (1978)
627. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
628. Real Life (1979)
628. My Brilliant Career (1979)
629. Stalker (1979)
630. Alien (1979)
631. Breaking Away (1979)
632. The Tin Drum (1979)
633. All That Jazz (1979)
634. Being There (1979)
635. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
636. Life of Brian (1979)
637. Apocalypse Now (1979)
638. The Jerk (1979)
639. The Muppet Movie (1979)
640. Manhattan (1979)
641. Mad Max (1979)
642. Nosferatu: Phantom Of The Night (1979)
643. Ordinary People (1980)
644. Atlantic City (1980)
645. The Last Metro (1980)
646. The Shining (1980)
647. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
648. The Elephant Man (1980)
649. The Big Red One (1980)
650. Loulou (1980)
651. Airplane! (1980)
652. Raging Bull (1980)
653. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
654. The Boat (1981)
655. Gallipoli (1981)
656. Chariots of Fire (1981)*
657. Body Heat (1981)
658. Reds (1981)
659. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
660. Three Brothers (1981)
660. Man of Iron (1981)
661. Too Early, Too Late (1981)
661. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1981)
662. E.T.: The Extra-Terestrial (1982)
663. The Thing (1982)
664. Poltergeist (1982)
665. Blade Runner (1982)
666. The Evil Dead (1982)
667. Tootsie (1982)
668. Yol (1982)
669. Diner (1982)
670. Fitzcaraldo (1982)
671. Gandhi (1982)
672. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
673. A Question of Silence (1982)
673. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
674. A Christmas Story (1983)
675. El Norte (1983)
676. Videodrome (1983)
677. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
678. The Big Chill (1983)
679. Sunless (1983)
680. The Last Battle (1983)
681. Money (1983)
682. Utu (1983)
683. Terms of Endearment (1983)
684. The Fourth Man (1983)
685. The King of Comedy (1983)
686. The Right Stuff (1983)
687. Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
688. Once Upon a Time in America (1983)
689. Scarface (1983)
690. The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
691. Amadeus (1984)
692. The Terminator (1984)
693. Paris, Texas (1984)
694. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
695. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
696. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
697. Ghostbusters (1984)
698. A Passage to India (1984)
699. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
700. The Killing Fields (1984)
701. The Natural (1984)
702. The Breakfast Club (1985)
703. Ran (1985)
704. Come and See (1985)
705. The Official Story (1985)
706. Out of Africa (1985)
707. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
708. Back to the Future (1985)
709. The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)
710. Brazil (1985)
711. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
712. The Quiet Earth (1985)
713. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
714. Prizzi's Honor (1985)
715. Vagabond (1985)
716. Shoah (1985)
717. The Color Purple (1985)
718. Manhunter (1986)
719. Stand By Me (1986)
720. Blue Velvet (1986)
721. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
722. She's Gotta Have It (1986)
723. The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
724. The Fly (1986)
725. Aliens (1986)
726. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
727. Down by Law (1986)
728. A Room with a View (1986)
729. Children of a Lesser God (1986)
730. Platoon (1986)
731. Caravaggio (1986)
732. Tampopo (1986)
733. Peking Opera Blues (1986)
734. Salvador (1986)
735. Top Gun (1986)
736. Sherman's March (1986)
736. The Horse Thief (1986)
737. Brightness (1987)
738. Wings of Desire (1987)
739. Project A, Part II (1987)
740. Babette's Feast (1987)
741. Raising Arizona (1987)
742. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
743. Withnail and I (1987)
744. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
745. Goodbye Children (1987)
746. Broadcast News (1987)
747. Housekeeping (1987)
747. The Princess Bride (1987)
748. Moonstruck (1987)
749. The Untouchables (1987)
750. Red Sorghum (1987)
751. The Dead (1987)
752. Fatal Attraction (1987)
753. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
754. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
755. The Vanishing (1988)
756. Bull Durham (1988)
757. Ariel (1988)
758. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
759. Akira (1988)
760. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
761. Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
761. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
762. The Naked Gun (1988)
763. Big (1988)
764. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
765. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
766. Landscape in the Mist (1988)
767. The Decalogue (1988)
768. Die Hard (1988)
769. A Tale of the Wind (1988)
770. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
771. Rain Man (1988)
772. The Story of Women (1988)
773. The Accidental Tourist (1988)
774. Alice (1988)
775. Batman (1989)
776. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
777. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
778. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
779. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
780. My Left Foot (1989)
781. The Killer (1989)
782. Do the Right Thing (1989)
783. Roger & Me (1989)
784. Glory (1989)
785. The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)
786. Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
787. Say Anything (1989)
788. The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
789. A City of Sadness (1989)
790. No Fear, No Die (1990)
790. Reversal of Fortune (1990)
791. Goodfellas (1990)
792. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
793. King of New York (1990)
794. Dances with Wolves (1990)
795. Europa Europa (1990)
796. Pretty Woman (1990)
797. Archangel (1990)
798. Trust (1990)
799. Close-Up (1990)
800. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
801. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990)
802. Total Recall (1990)*
803. Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
804. Boyz 'n the Hood (1991)
805. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
806. Delicatessen (1991)
807. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
808. Naked Lunch (1991)
809. The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991)**
810. The Rapture (1991)
811. My Own Private Idaho (1991)
812. Thelma & Louise (1991)
813. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
814. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
815. JFK (1991)
816. Slacker (1991)
817. Tongues Untied (1991)
818. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
819. The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
820. Strictly Ballroom (1992)
821. The Player (1992)
822. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
823. Romper Stomper (1992)
824. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
825. Unforgiven (1992)
826. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
827. Candy Man (1992)
828. A Tale of Winter (1992)
829. Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992)
830. The Crying Game (1992)**
831. Man Bites Dog (1992)
832. The Actress (1992)
833. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
834. Thirty Two Films about Glenn Gould (1993)
835. Groundhog Day (1993)
836. Short Cuts (1993)
837. Philadelphia (1993)
838. Jurassic Park (1993)
839. The Age of Innocence (1993)
840. The Puppetmaster (1993)
841. Schindler's List (1993)**
842. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
843. The Piano (1993)
844. The Blue Kite (1993)
845. The Wedding Banquet (1993)
846. Three Colors: Red (1994)
847. Hoop Dreams (1994)
848. Forrest Gump (1994)
849. Clerks (1994)
850. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
851. The Lion King (1994)
852. Satantango (1994)
853. Natural Born Killers (1994)
854. The Last Seduction (1994)
855. Pulp Fiction (1994)
856. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
857. The Wild Reeds (1994)
858. Chungking Express (1994)
859. Crumb (1994)
860. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
861. Through the Olive Trees (1994)
862. Riget (1994)
863. Dear Diary (1994)
864. Casino (1995)
865. Deseret (1995)
865. Babe (1995)
866. Toy Story (1995)
867. Strange Days (1995)
868. Braveheart (1995)
869. Safe (1995)
870. Clueless (1995)
871. Heat (1995)*
872. Zero Kelvin (1995)
872. Seven (1995)
873. Smoke (1995)
874. The White Balloon (1995)
875. Cyclo (1995)
876. Underground (1995)
877. The Brave Heart Will Take the Bride (1995)
878. Dead Man (1995)
879. The Usual Suspects (1995)
880. The Pillow Book (1996)
881. Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
882. Fargo (1996)
883. Independence Day (1996)
884. Secrets and Lies (1996)
885. Breaking the Waves (1996)
886. The English Patient (1996)
887. Gabbeh (1996)
888. Lone Star (1996)
889. Trainspotting (1996)
890. Scream (1996)
891. Deconstructing Harry (1997)
892. L.A. Confidential (1997)
893. Happy Together (1997)
894. Princess Mononoke (1997)
895. Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control (1997)
896. The Butcher Boy (1997)
897. The Ice Storm (1997)
898. Boogie Nights (1997)
899. Kundun (1997)
900. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
901. Funny Games (1997)
902. Taste of Cherry (1997)
903. Open Your Eyes (1997)
904. Mother and Son (1997)
905. Titanic (1997)
906. Tetsuo (1998)
907. The Celebration (1998)
908. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
909. Buffalo 66 (1998)
910. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
911. Run Lola Run (1998)
912. Rushmore (1998)
913. Pi (1998)
914. Happiness (1998)
915. The Thin Red Line (1998)
916. The Idiots (1998)
917. Sombre (1998)
917. Ring (1998)
918. There's Something About Mary (1998)
919. Magnolia (1999)*
920. Beau Travail (1999)
921. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
922. Taboo (1999)
923. Rosetta (1999)
924. All About My Mother (1999)
925. Three Kings (1999)
926. The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
927. The Audition (1999)
928. Time Regained (1999)
929. Fight Club (1999)
930. Being John Malkovich (1999)
931. American Beauty (1999)
932. Attack the Gas Station! (1999)
933. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
934. The Sixth Sense (1999)
935. The Matrix (1999)
936. Nine Queens (2000)
937. The Captive (2000)
938. In the Mood for Love (2000)
939. Ali Zaoua, Prince of the Streets (2000)
940. Gladiator (2000)
941. Kippur (2000)
942. A One and a Two (2000)
943. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
944. Amores Perros (2000)
945. Meet the Parents (2000)
946. Signs & Wonders (2000)
946. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
947. Traffic (2000)
948. The Gleaners and I (2000)
949. Memento (2000)
950. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
951. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
952. Amelie (2001)
953. What Time Is It There? (2001)
954. And Your Mother Too (2001)
955. Kandahar (2001)
956. Spirited Away (2001)
957. The Piano Teacher (2001)
958. The Son's Room (2001)
959. No Man's Land (2001)
960. Moulin Rouge (2001)
961. Monsoon Wedding (2001)
962. Fat Girl (2001)
963. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
964. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
965. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
966. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
967. Gangs of New York (2002)
968. The Pianist (2002)
969. Talk to Her (2002)
970. City of God (2002)
971. Russian Ark (2002)
972. Chicago (2002)
973. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
974. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

There's also the issue that this list only has 974 movies on it. I decided to make a revision and come up with 27 films that I think should be added.

975. Safety Last (1923)
976. Reefer Madness (1936)
977. Godzilla (1955)
978. Yellow Submarine (1968)
979. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
980. Tron (1982)
981. The Big Lebowski (1998)
982. Hara Kiri (1955)
983. Escape From New York (1981)
984. The Great Dictator (1940)
985. Battle Royale (2000)
986. Superman The Movie (1978)
987. UHF (1989)
988. Road To Morocco (1942)
989. Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
990. L.A. Story (1991)
991. Robocop (1987)
992. Love And Death (1975)
993. Time Bandits (1981)
994. Ed Wood (1994)
995. Master Of The Flying Guillotine (1975)
996. Office Space (1999)
997. The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958)
998. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
999. The Killing (1956)
1000. Oldboy (2003)
1001. Rock 'N' Roll High School (1979)

Dairy Queens of Texas

2009-01-09T00:56:56Z

Overton

Writer's Block: Found Objects

2009-01-08T22:49:34Z

a paint-by-numbers painting of The Last Supper

terry @ 2009-01-03T20:23:00

2009-01-04T02:37:20Z

I was in Big!Lots yesterday buying a power strip when I saw that they now have their very own credit card. I thought that was funny for several reasons. Is there anything at Big!Lots you'd really want to charge or even need to? Do you want to pay 22% interest on a bucketful of gummi worms? I like Big!Lots but I don't think I've ever bought more than $10 worth of stuff there at a time. Instead of a credit card just check your couch cushions for change before you shop.

terry @ 2008-12-31T11:43:00

2008-12-31T17:50:52Z

Giant Moon Pie Will Mark New Year In Mobile

terry @ 2008-12-08T17:14:00

2008-12-08T23:19:12Z

I walked past a Salvation Army bell ringer today. She was wearing an orange University of Texas sweatshirt with a bell in one hand and smoking a cigarette with the other. She didn't say "Hello" or "Merry Christmas" just asked me for money. I told her maybe later as the whole scene didn't exactly fill me with holiday cheer.

terry @ 2008-11-16T20:08:00

2008-11-17T02:19:18Z

I added some new friends today. If you're one of those people and wonder why I added you, it's because I liked your writing or we have friends and interests in common or in kitsch_my_grits' case I just liked your picture of the cat with the chainsaw. I like it when household pets learn to use power tools. Anyway, add me back if you feel like it.

terry @ 2008-11-13T23:48:00

2008-11-14T06:11:56Z

I heard Adult Swim is holding auditions for a live-action Aqua Teen Hunger Force special. I think I'd make a good Carl since I also share a love for classic rock and cream cheese stuffed jalapenos. The problem is that I'm probably too skinny to play Carl and gaining 50 lbs in two weeks might be unwise from a medical standpoint. Too bad I can't audition for Frylock instead.

terry @ 2008-08-09T15:11:00

2008-08-09T20:31:18Z

You really have to admire the guy behind Garfield Minus Garfield. He simply removed the main character who hasn't said anything new in 30 years (hates Mondays, loves lasagna, we get it) and turned it into an existential work of genius. The guy's even getting his own book deal out of this. The sad part is that I think I'm much more like Jon Arbuckle than I previously realized. Like Jon I'm probably not too far off from trying to cut my own hair.

terry @ 2008-07-10T17:59:00

2008-07-10T23:11:40Z

Some of you might be interested to know that Skidoo is playing on Turner Classic Movies tomorrow night. Skidoo is a 60's counter-culture comedy starring Jackie Gleason, Groucho Marx and a ton of other old movie actors desperately trying to be "hip" for the times. Ever wanted to see Ralph Kramden drop acid? Well, here's your chance. It's been described as both a "classic" and "unwatchable" by people in film circles. I've never seen the whole thing just maybe the last 10 minutes while flipping channels. It's never been released on home video as the director of the film's estate thinks it's really that bad. I just thought I'd watch and decide for myself.

Yamtastic: 80's TV

2008-04-04T03:38:45Z

After much procrastination I've started putting up videos from my collection on my own YouTube channel Yamtastic. I figure it's one way I can preserve parts of my old VHS tapes some of which are over 20 years old and rapidly deteriorating. These first few vids are from that semi-golden era of 80's television.

AL TV 1984

This is from the very first AL TV special promoting his Weird Al Yankovic In 3-D album. Back then he really put some effort into it with tons of comedy bits and sketches in a 4 hour show. The fake commercial is spoofing this old solar-powered headband radio contraption that really did make you look like a jerk.

Nick at Nite promos

Back in the late 80's Nick at Nite had great shows like Get Smart, Dragnet, The Patty Duke Show, etc. instead of the crap they run now. Even the promo spots were funny although these few that I found aren't the best ones they made.

Janeane Garofalo early TV appearance

This may well be Janeane Garofalo's first ever TV appearance as I can't find anything that dates earlier. It's also notable as this may be the only time Janeane performs in a flowery dress and black stockings.

terry @ 2008-02-22T23:52:00

2008-02-23T06:55:53Z

Here's the weirdest stuff I've found on YouTube, this week anyway.

This is from a Japanese kids show. I haven't seen anything from a Japanese kids show that didn't weird me out.

Here's an Italian disco version of the Mork & Mindy theme.

This is a local TV commercial for a bar called J's Place. It really says a lot about Longview, Texas.

terry @ 2008-01-12T14:06:00

2008-01-12T20:16:17Z

A new restaurant called "Crazy Buffet" just opened up where I live. I'm not sure what exactly is so crazy about it. Is it their mix of Chinese, American and Italian cuisine? I've seen Chinese food served with doughnuts so I don't think chow mein and spaghetti together is that nutty. Maybe if the tables and chairs were nailed to the ceiling and the servers were llamas who made you eat your food with gardening tools then that might be considered a crazy buffet.

terry @ 2007-12-12T06:59:00

2007-12-12T13:06:21Z

So what's your favorite rock Christmas song?

The Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping"?

The Ramones "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)?

The Kinks "Father Christmas"?

Yeah, I gotta go with The Kinks since they're the best band ever and all.

terry @ 2007-12-03T00:33:00

2007-12-03T07:12:14Z

I watched Tin Man last night the Sci-Fi Channel's "reimagining" of The Wizard Of Oz. Finally, someone decided to take a cue from George Lucas and rape my grandmother's childhood. They've reworked the original story more or less and added in ideas from science fiction movies like Dune, Blade Runner and even Return Of The Jedi. The munchkins are now cutesy little warriors who live up in trees like Ewoks. They also stole a lot from Tim Burton as the scarecrow looks a lot like Edward Scissorhands only he has a zipper on top of his head. Oz now called the O.Z. is one of those steampunk universes where the most sophisticated technology is powered by coiled springs and vacuum tubes. It's a six hour mini-series but I'm not sure I can watch all of this. I could handle the part about the munchkins and I didn't even flinch when Uncle Henry and Auntie Em turned out to be robots but when flying monkeys came out of a tattoo on the Wicked Witch's breasts I cracked up.

terry @ 2007-11-08T00:28:00

2007-11-08T06:57:22Z

I got another Fingerhut catalog in the mail today. I swear I've never ordered anything from them but they keep sending me catalogs anyway. I used to think Fingerhut was the ghetto version of Skymall but they actually carry some of the exact same items at the same prices. For example, here's the Teac CD Recorder Turntable at Fingerhut while here's the same thing at Skymall both priced at $399. Of course you could get the same CD recorder turntable at Amazon for $267.88 shipping included. I guess despite appearances with Fingerhut and Skymall that one is more upscale than the other you're still getting ripped off either way.

And while I'm not a huge gamer I thought this Virtual NES library was kinda neat. You can play over 600 old Nintendo games and never have to blow into any cartridges.

terry @ 2007-10-26T19:36:00

2007-10-27T00:59:57Z

Joe Riley an old acquaintance of mine in Dallas died last month. If you were familiar with the city's arts scene you probably knew or knew of him. He had worked for a local television station, produced his own public access tv shows, did special effects for low budget movies and was a talented painter who held showings of his works. I was a big fan of a cable access show he did called The Hypnotic Eye which ran in the mid to late 90's. It was basically a clip show of things like Japanese monster movies, old toy commercials from the 50's, William Shatner doing his version of "Rocket Man", Scopitone music videos and so on. It's the type of stuff that's now common on YouTube and other places on the internet but back then it was pretty amazing to see on television especially all in one show. To give you an idea of what the show was like here's the opening sequence of the 2nd episode. See how many movies and tv shows you can name that Joe pulled clips from.

terry @ 2007-09-21T06:42:00

2007-09-21T12:07:22Z

One of my ongoing projects is to transfer my old, embarrassingly large videotape collection onto DVD-R's. As I throw them out I've noticed how many different companies there were that made videotapes. And each brand also had numerous types of tape, different lengths, varying quality, etc. Some of the boxes which changed over the years were quite colorful and had interesting designs. Usually the fanciest box like MGM also had the worst quality tape inside. I'm sure no one gives a shit about this except me but I thought I'd take a final look before all of this gets chucked into a landfill. One more thing, would anybody be interested in ripping videos from my DVD-R's and putting them on the web? I have some stuff that I thought might make good YouTube material.

terry @ 2007-09-10T07:49:00

2007-09-10T12:58:43Z

I'd really like to have this jukebox. Anybody got an extra couple of grand I can borrow? I know I could buy an mp3 player and a pair of monster speakers for far less but that's not the point with jukeboxes. I also want this arcade hockey game to go along with the jukebox in my dream gameroom that I'll never have. I guess I like anything with a bubble dome.

Dairy Queens of Texas

2007-07-13T01:16:37Z

Forney, Texas

Dairy Queens of Texas

2007-06-24T22:32:50Z

Whitehouse, Texas