Hey Joe: Weekend Update

It was swell.

Baseball and soccer games, a trip to Mudville's Bar & Grill, an evening viewing of Like Mike and scads of Wii Major League Baseball.

Sunday I got me a haircut, we did some grocery shopping and more Wii Major League Baseball. The boy seemed to enjoy the father son time as he cajoled to stay up a little later on Saturday because it was a "special weekend." The strippers thought that was so cute.

Oh, Saturday night I was up late watching The Mist. This movie is based on the Stephen King story. I've loved this story for many years and was both excited and concerned about the prospect of the movie. Too often movie versions of books or stories I've enjoyed are complete suck fests, and Stephen King in particular does not always translate well to film. The Mist, however, is a tense, exciting, well done gross out film. The acting was great and there were several well known or at least recognizable actors that brought it up several notches from your typical slasher-type films. I also noticed that, and I don't know the technical jargon, but it felt like I was watching an episode of say ER or something. Something about how it was filmed seemed more realistic than a typical movie. It's definitely not a feel good movie but very entertaining.