Brian Bentley

Here’s the deal, we were at Petsmart in Frisco three weekends ago to check out the available dogs from the Frisco Humane Society to see if we could possibly find a friend for Lola. We ended up fostering a puppy for 4 days, and now we’re about to become a 2 dog household. His name is Bobby and he’s a 16 week old Jack Russell/Lab mix (I still can’t picture that). Lola and Bobby got along famously and Lola was a totally different animal when Bobby was with us and we both love him so we’re supposed to pick him up Sunday night for good.

Here’s pictures from the weekend we fostered him.

I want to say thank you again to Daryl, Julie, and the Frisco Humane Society for being so patient with us and for all the great work they do.

UPDATE: Unfortunately, after a month, Bobby and Lola were not getting along as they were at first and we’ve had to return him to the FHS for someone else to adopt. He was a normal puppy, but he was becoming too dominant over Lola (biting, taking her food) and she wasn’t standing up for herself. We know Daryl and the FHS will find a home for him quickly and they want the best for Lola, too.

“Thank You For Smoking”
Run time: 1:32

Memorable quote: The message Hollywood needs to send out is ‘Smoking Is Cool!’

One of the most un-PC movies dealing with a PC subject in a longtime. “Thank You For Smoking” is Jason Reitman’s (son of famed director Ivan Reitman) adaptation and directorial debut of the Christopher Buckley novel. It’s not fair to mention his dad here, as Jason has done an excellent job of presenting this story.

Aaron Eckhart is incredible in this film as Nick Naylor, Big Tobacco’s spinmaster. He is a master of linguistics and, in the opening scene, persuades an audience at the Joan Lunden Show that the kid dying from cancer sitting next to him would be better for the tobacco industry if he was living since they can’t sell cigarettes to dead people. Rounding out the all-star cast is William H. Macy as Vermont Senator Ortolan K. Finistirre, big tobacco’s nemesis, J. K. Simmons (great as usual) as “B.R.”, Naylor’s boss, Robert Duvall, Katie Holmes, Rob Lowe, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott with Maria Bello and David Koechner filling out the “Merchant of Death” lunch club with Eckhart and stealing every scene they’re in.

Ironically, there are ZERO people shown smoking in this film. Go see it, it’s funny and you will enjoy a very well rounded film.

Rating: 4 out of 5

Melinda and I were in L.A. this past weekend for a friend’s 50th birthday party in Santa Monica on Saturday. I can now say I’ve been to a “L.A. Party” as there were celebs present. It was good to see Page, since he had no idea we were coming, and was genuinely shocked and happy we made the trip.

While in L.A. we went shopping on Rodeo drive, hit Hollywood Boulevard, made a visit to Kevin Smith’s store in Westwood, hit the Santa Monica Pier, and caught up with some friends on Saturday and Sunday.

The pictures are posted here.

I had a chance to see the Mavs blowout the Kings, 127-101 tonight with my friend Cratin. The game was close in the opening minutes, but the Mavs got rolling and were up 22 at the half, leading by as much as 30 in the 4th.

Thanks to Bryan Stout for the great seats (I can’t believe how hard it was to find someone to go with me). Maybe it’s me…

Thanks again to Roxy, I spent Friday night in the pressbox of Dr. Pepper Ballpark in Frisco catching the Texas Rangers spring training exhibition win over the Florida Marlins 4-1. Here’s a picture from the cramped play-by-play booth of Roxy and his broadcast partner, Dave Van Horne. In what was a very uneventful game, the majority of the action was taking place behind-the-scenes as GM Jon Daniels completed a three way trade with the Cubs and A’s during the game.

Last night, Melinda and I took our seats at mid-field to see the Desperados beat up the surging Columbus Destroyers 51-30 and we left, again, with free pizza (anytime the Desperados score 50+, then your ticket stub is good for a free medium Papa John’s pizza. It’s the little things, folks.) I’ve fallen in love with Arena Football and we’ve made tentative plans to go to Arena Bowl XX in Las Vegas in June. Hopefully, we’ll be cheering on the Desperados.

More of the grainy cameraphone pics you’ve come to know and enjoy after the jump:

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