http://atomicglee.com Random stuff: Vintage, Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern, Photos, Art, Pinup, Movies, Music, Comics, Food, Architecture, Podcasts, Tech, Miscellaneous Awesomeness Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:26:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en May 2009 We awoke on day two ready to get out and start exploring.  I hadn't really planned any sort of itinerary - I'd just compiled a list of "things to see in no particular order" and decided to figure it out as we went along.  For our first full day ... http://atomicglee.com/2009/09/02/portland-travelogue-day-two/ May, 2009 This is not a slight against Southwest Airlines, but this excursion cemented my desire to not fly again – too uncomfortable, too stressful. It’s weird, because as a kid I loved to fly. ... http://atomicglee.com/2009/09/01/portland-travelogue-day-one/ Tim Burton's been on a hit-or-miss streak for a while now, but when he was on, he was on - in one unbroken run, he gave us Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, and Batman Returns. That's enough awesomeness for the entire careers of many directors - Burton accomplished ... http://atomicglee.com/2009/08/14/movie-greatness-ed-wood/ The First Lady of superheroes finally gets to shine on her own. I'm a Wonder Woman fan. I don't read a lot of comics, and to be honest I haven't even read any measurable amount of current Wonder Woman material, but as a character I'm definitely a fan of the ... http://atomicglee.com/2009/03/20/movie-review-wonder-woman/ I began to sense that I was coming out of the dream state at last, a dizzy feeling playing around my head as though enjoying a frolic in the meadow in springtime. I was cold, and sore in the legs, arms, and all up and down my back. ... http://atomicglee.com/2009/02/26/nothing/ Having recently seen 2007's fantasy flick "Stardust," I feel compelled to write my thoughts on the movie. "Stardust" is what you'd get if you took Rob Reiner's 1987 cult movie "The Princess Bride," loaded it up on CGI excess, paired the light and frothy humor with some out-of-left-field graphic violence, sprinkled ... http://atomicglee.com/2009/01/18/stardust/