Author Archives: brian

Pupdate

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We visited Dr. Sharp on Monday to get the whole Carfax report on Lola and he thinks that she is between 2 1/2 or 3 years old, is part Brittany not Wemaraner, and her pelvis is still broken but that it has healed somewhat and that the bones have fixed themselves so she’s not in …

Review: Pride and Prejudice

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“Pride and Prejudice” Run time: 2:07 I have to preface my review with this caveat: the sound mixing on the DVD we rented absolutely sucked. The dialogue was so low that we had to crank the tv almost to the max, and then in the following scene there would be music and it would blast …

Welcome Home!

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After a long day of waiting, we passed the home visit with flying colors and got to bring Lola home last night. We took her to Petsmart for a bath and picked up some toys and food for her. She is so shy, but not skiddish as she’ll let people pet her and not back …

Review: Dave Chappelle’s Block Party

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Going to the movies as often as we do, I thought I would start offering my own reviews here for you. “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party” Run Time: 1:43 On September 18, 2004, comedian Dave Chappelle threw a secret block party in New York, but there was a trick – if you wanted to go you …

All Sports Weekend

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I’m a big sports nut, and this weekend was fun for me. Friday, Melinda and I went to see the “Battle of the Undefeateds” as the 3-0 Dallas Desperados battled the 3-0 Austin Wranglers in a hard fought loss. We bought season tickets after going to the first game against Kansas City and really feel …

Diet Pepsi Website + Me = High Comedy

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Last weekend, I get an email from my agent telling me that I have an audition for a “Diet Pepsi Website Project” on Saturday. So I go and they explain it’s for a a “Sprockets” parody for the Diet Pepsi website. They play me the song, I dance like an idiot a couple times, they …

U2. ONE. 8.

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We just got back from a weekend trip to Washington D.C. to see Bono give a speech entitled “How to live a purpose filled life”. Melinda got the tickets through an association she is a member of and she thought it would be a cool birthday trip. — and it was. The speech focused on …

New year, new look

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For the last couple of months I have been tinkering with redesigning my site, but I could never come up with something I liked on a platform that allowed me to do everything I wanted to do and keep things simple. Until now. A good friend of mine, Kit Pierce, brought WordPress to my attention …

Hello, Hello

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Hello, Hello Originally uploaded by brianbentley. U2 rolled into town Saturday night for the “Vertigo” Tour and it was a blast. Melinda and I enjoyed the evening with our friends Scott and Michelle and Ben and Beth. You can see the photoset here.

Monday Night Raw

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Monday Night Raw Originally uploaded by brianbentley. Steve got us great seats for the show. No, John’s head is not that large. I have not had that much fun in a while. Great show and nice of Steve to get us the tickets.

The left coast

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I’m in LA right now visiting my friend Page, and enjoying some R&R here on the coast. The cool thing about this trip is that Page called and asked if I would come out to help him setup his new mac laptop….and he would pay for the plane ticket. After much deliberation (less than three …