Monday, June 1, 2009

Kettle corn and gravestones

So this weekend Jenny and I attended the "Reclaiming our Heritage" military encampment thingy over behind the VA, as we have the last two years. It's a pretty decent walk-around-and-look-at-stuff type of event, and of course we had to hit the "Cowboy Kettle Corn" stand that we first ran into at the Whitefish Bay Christmas Parade a couple of years ago. If you're ever at an event and you see a couple of crazy guys making popcorn in a huge kettle and ringing a dinner triangle, go buy a bag immediately, it's the best popcorn in the world.
This year we also took the lamplight tour of Woods National Cemetery, which was interesting. Basically some reenactors stand at certain stops along a tram-route and tell you stories about the people buried there. It was pretty somber, and a lot of the stories seemed specifically designed to bring out some tears. All-in-all, it was worth the money to cruise through the cemetery at 10:15 at night and listen to some people talk.
Speaking of dead people, we finally got around to seeing 28 Days Later this weekend. I found it was an enjoyable experience, and I certainly see how it has influenced other zombie media, (the fast "infected" in Left 4 Dead, even The Walking Dead seems to have cribbed from it a little). Either way, it was a good story, and touched on a few interesting situations related to a widespread pandemic. A little too much Cillian Murphy wang for my tastes, however.

1 comment:

  1. Funny, I thought it had a perfectly appropriate amount of Cillian Murphy wang. Different strokes, I guess.

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