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One of the (many) things I've missed writing about the most over the past year or so - movie reviews. I'm a terrible critic - no way I can tell you specifically why I loved or didn't love a movie without going on and on and ON about crap you don't care about. However, I love to write about what real movie critics have to say about films. Good, bad, ugly. Doesn't matter. Just makes me happy.

So yesterday my heart soared when I got a chance to write about reviews of ''Inception.'' YAY. Literally, this made my writing day. And it didn't hurt that the reviews, so far, have been pretty bleepin' positive. I can assure you I've been waiting for this movie for a long time. Christopher Nolan, if you're out there I'm going all fan-girly and saying you are My. Fave. Evah. Wally Pfister? You are a genius, sir - I am in awe. I own every movie these two ever collaborated on...and I am pretty sure I'll own this one too.

As for the reviews - critics throwing around teases about bits of ''The Matrix,'' ''Memento'' and (gasp) ''Blade Runner?!'' I was planning on going a few days after Inception opens - now I'll be there for the FIRST showing. Yes yes. You start throwing around ''Blade Runner'' and I'm going to sprint to the theater. Might even buy snacks there, instead of smuggling them in my ginormous handbag (burrito wrappers, by the way, make way too much noise during quiet movie scenes).

After suffering through yet another damn ''Twilight'' movie, ''Inception'' shall be my reward.

Grateful DeadGrateful Dead Live at Nassau Coliseum on 1990-03-29 (March 29, 1990)

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Collection: GratefulDead
Band/Artist: Grateful Dead
Date: March 29, 1990 (check for other copies)
Venue: Nassau Coliseum
Location: Uniondale, NY

Source: Soundboard (Nawrocki)
Lineage: SBD > DAT > CDR
Transferred by: Andy Bear Greider and Doug Nawrocki
Keywords: Live concert

Description

Jack Straw, Bertha, We Can Run But We Can't Hide, Ramble On Rose, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Bird Song*, Promised Land* Eyes Of The World-> Estimated Prophet-> Dark Star-> Drums-> Dark Star-> The Wheel-> Throwing Stones-> Turn On Your Love Light, E: Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Those of you who know me well realize that I'm not just a Springsteen fanatic. No no, I'm much more than that. I'm also a former Deadhead. Well, are you ever a former Deadhead? Whatever the case, I've been revisiting my youth for weeks now - I do this each spring, it seems, as that's when we did the most Dead touring. I wish we'd done even more. This March 29, 1990 show from Nassau Colesium remains one of my favorite Dead shows ever. Second set featured Branford Marsalis (Eyes, Eyes, EYES) but honestly, the FIRST set gets overlooked far too often. Effing TIGHT ass start with Jack Straw/Bertha and man I love Brent Mydland's We Can Run. And Masterpiece?

Happy Spring Ya'll.

The Procter & Gamble company has announced a voluntary recall of two types of Pringles potato chips amid concerns of possible salmonella contamination. The recall, announced on March 8, 2010, affects Pringles Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger and Family Faves Taco Night flavors of the chips. The decision to recall the Pringles chips was made after it was discovered that a Las Vegas-based company's hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) might be contaminated with salmonella found on plant equipment. The company in question, Basic Food Flavors, provides the flavor-enhancing HVP that is used on the two Pringles flavors in question.http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100308/BIZ01/3090336/1001/BIZ

Procter & Gamble's decision to recall the two Pringles varities was made on a recommendation from the FDA. The agency has recommended that all food manufacturer's with products containing HVP supplied by Basic Food Flavors pull those products from store shelves. The Pringles products being recalled all have "best by" dates of between February of 2011 and May of 2011.http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100308/BIZ01/3090336/1001/BIZ

At the time of the recall, no salmonella-related illnesses related to the possibly contaminated Pringles chips had been reported.http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100308/BIZ01/3090336/1001/BIZ Salmonella is a bacterial infection linked to food poisoning. Symptoms of salmonella poisoning, which can appear up to 72 hours after contaminated food is ingested, include include diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, fever and chills.http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/hb/hbsam.htm

Anxious anchors alliterating with that title...apologies. But yeah, two flavors of Pringles have been yanked off of store shelves today because a Vegas-based manufacturer's equipment was tainted with salmonella. Quick info: if you have Pringles Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger and/or Family Faves Taco Night chips in your pantry, sitting on your office desk or propped up beside you on the couch, toss them. Like, now. Better safe than sorry.

So. I'm a coffee addict. Not like the cup by cup - more like open mouth, pour in entire pot kinda gal. I'm seriously wondering if I'd like this whole Keurig/K Cups thing. I did some research and obviously coupons for K Cups are IN HIGH demand, so the system isn't cheap. I just can't help but wonder whether brewing cup by cup really would make that much of a difference? If anyone has one of these gizmos, please let me know. If it's seriously THAT awesome I swear I'd be willing to invest.

K Cups. One itty bitty cup for one itty bitty cup of coffee? Dunno. Jury's out. Please let's hear.

How do you feel about moving to New Mexico? I hear it's quite nice, particularly if you win this year's HGTV Dream Home! Yep, it's that time again - HGTV's huge annual Dream Home sweepstakes. This year's winner gets a brand spankin' new home outside Santa Fe, $500,000 in cash and a new GMC Terrain SUV!

Check this out - it's gorgeous (especially the bathroom OMG). Woo! Entering daily!

So. I'm not known for my outstanding cooking skills - I feel the need to admit this off the bat here. However, for some reason around the holidays I begin to believe I can actually pull a few recipes off. Sometimes this works - most of the time, it doesn't. I blame Rice Krispies. Years ago, I began making Rice Krispies Treats with my mom - just like millions of other little kids. And now? I still make them, especially during the holidays. I decided to write about how to make rice krispie treats. Me? The non-cooker? Yes. Once I started really researching a little I found out about a LOT of really cool ideas for decorating the treats, which taste great but (IMO) aren't exactly the prettiest things in the world. See if you agree with some of the "variations" I found - if you have any others, please let me know. I'm having a BLAST with these now. Made a batch yesterday and turned them into little holiday packages, complete with Twizzlers bows!

Happy Holidays ya'll.

Shoe freaks, listen up because this really is a sweet deal: Oprah Winfrey's offering a printable Payless ShoeSource coupon on her website NOW. The coupon, which can be downloaded and printed from O's official website, entitles the holder to a 50% discount on purchases at Payless made through close of business on October 30, 2009. I suggest you get cracking on printing the coupon...remember Oprah's free KFC? Yeah I thought you did. Move shoe people, MOVE!

As most of you have probably heard by now, Garth Brooks has come out of retirement - officially. Not for like one show, either. A bunch. A wholllllllle bunch of shows at the Wynn in Las Vegas, in fact. A standing engagement, open-ended. The shows begin on December 11, 2009, and will be weekends-only. Acoustic. Should be fantastic and this is a HUGE deal for Garth fans. Tickets to Brooks' first five weeks of Wynn Las Vegas shows go on sale tomorrow. 8 a.m., PST. If you're thinking about going you really need to get a game plan going tonight. The Wynn only holds 1500. Even with multiple shows, I'm predicting a MAJOR demand. If you don't score in this round, no worries - more shows will be added with more onsale dates. Good luck!

Okay I'll confess I heart a damn fine scandal, and Stephanie Birkitt's smack in the middle of a real doozy. Short version: Birkitt was Letterman's intern, they supposedly played footsie for a while, she took up with the guy that's now accused of blackmailing Letterman for $2 million. Supposedly (again w/the supposedly) Birkitt kept a diary and correspondence that might have tipped off blackmailer guy (a.k.a. Robert Halderman, CBS producer) to her clandestine hookup with Letterman. Which I still don't get. Anyway, that's who she is, in case you were wondering. Weekly smarmfest, over.