<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-03T19:35:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-11-03:links.412189165</id><title>[Review] Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_cloudy_with_a_chance_of_meatballs.htm"><![CDATA[Cloudy With A Chance of MeatballsI took my niece to see this film a few weeks ago -- then went back to see it in 3-D a week later.&nbsp; It was surprisingly fantastic.Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is loosely based on a kid&#39;s book with the sam]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_cloudy_with_a_chance_of_meatballs.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-11-03T19:35:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-03T19:35:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-10-28:links.412188494</id><title>I am done with the Redskins -- and not just because the Redskins suck.</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/i_am_done_with_the_redskins__and_not_just_because_the_reds.htm"><![CDATA[Oh, trust me -- the Redskins have been bad before.&nbsp; But as a fan growing up here in the 80s, you knew it was only a matter of time before Jack Kent Cooke, Bobby Beathard and Joe Gibbs would lift the team back into the NFL&#39;s elite.&nbsp; I&#3]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/i_am_done_with_the_redskins__and_not_just_because_the_reds.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-10-28T21:48:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-28T21:48:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-10-20:links.412187451</id><title>[Review] Alice In Chains: Black Gives Way To Blue</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_alice_in_chains_black_gives_way_to_blue_1.htm"><![CDATA[http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drn100/n185/n18564o1vke.jpgAlice In Chains: Black Gives Way To Blue &nbsp;I never again thought there would be another Alice In Chains album to review -- not after lead singer and personal musical influence Lay]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_alice_in_chains_black_gives_way_to_blue_1.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-10-20T19:46:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-20T19:46:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-10-20:links.412187438</id><title>[Review] Law Abiding Citizen</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_law_abiding_citizen.htm"><![CDATA[Law-Abiding Citizen&nbsp; Law Abiding Citizen is a pretty shitty movie.&nbsp; Featuring two mailed-in performances from two very good actors, it&#39;s hard to believe that this is a movie that Gerard Butler chose to co-produce and hang his hat on.&nb]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_law_abiding_citizen.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-10-20T18:46:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-20T18:46:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-10-20:links.412187402</id><title>Mr. Terrific, Resurrected?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/mr_terrific_resurrected.htm"><![CDATA[Now there are rumors that Mr. Terrific might be brought back.&nbsp; Matt Sturges, the co-writer of Justice Society of America along with Bill Willingham, makes an appearance/comment on this message board  (on Page 2, I think).&nbsp; His comments impl]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/mr_terrific_resurrected.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-10-20T14:41:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-20T14:41:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-09-30:links.412184701</id><title>Mr. Terrific...Why?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/mr_terrificwhy.htm"><![CDATA[There's a major spoiler in this entry for a comic that was released today: Justice Society of America #31.  I'm really, really pissed about the outcome of the story.  If you are ok with it being ruined, read on...]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/mr_terrificwhy.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-09-30T22:00:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-30T22:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-09-05:links.412181420</id><title>Those Aren&apos;t Muskets!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/those_arent_muskets.htm"><![CDATA[There&#39;s a sketch comedy troupe called &quot;Those Aren&#39;t Muskets!&quot; that has posted some funny stuff on Cracked. &nbsp; I&#39;ve now begun to watch videos on their website. &nbsp; As with all these sorts of groups, they are very hit-and-m]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/those_arent_muskets.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-09-05T11:53:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-05T11:53:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-08-24:links.412180278</id><title>[Review] District 9</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_district_9.htm"><![CDATA[District 9I saw District 9 on Saturday night, and I was both extremely impressed and somewhat disappointed.&nbsp; I was impressed because a big-budget Hollywood movie managed to do the almost-unthinkable: provide the viewer with the execution of an o]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_district_9.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-08-24T20:11:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-24T20:11:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-08-24:links.412180273</id><title>Fear and Loathing of Public Transit -- An Example of the Decline of Old Media</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/fear_and_loathing_of_public_transit__an_example_of_the_dec.htm"><![CDATA[While OP is angry at Metro&#39;s general failure to communicate and mange their transportation system, that does not mean we are anti-public transit.&nbsp; Far from it: we wish both the public and our elected officials were united in their efforts to]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/fear_and_loathing_of_public_transit__an_example_of_the_dec.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-08-24T17:19:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-24T17:19:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-08-19:links.412179856</id><title>Metro Closes Doors</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/metro_closes_doors.htm"><![CDATA[Few transportations organizations in recent memory have been exposed and fallen quite as hard as DC&#39;s Metrorail.&nbsp; First, there was the June 22 crash that killed 9 people. &nbsp; Then came delays of up to 30 minutes on the system&#39;s busies]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/metro_closes_doors.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-08-19T19:51:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-19T19:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-08-12:links.412179273</id><title>&quot;Un-American&quot;</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/unamerican.htm"><![CDATA[I will keep this short and sweet: it&#39;s time to drop the serious use of this negative adjective from the lexicon.Admittedly, it&#39;s kinda funny in a &quot;stick it to them&quot; way to read that Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer turned around the ins]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/unamerican.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-08-12T15:49:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-12T15:49:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-07-27:links.412177891</id><title>You Will Respect My Authority [Updated]</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/you_will_respect_my_authority.htm"><![CDATA[Regardless of whose side you take in the Louis Gates incident  in Cambridge, MA, one thing remains clear: many police departments in this country still have a lot to learn about accepting criticism.&nbsp; It&#39;s not that poli]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/you_will_respect_my_authority.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-07-27T20:39:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-27T20:39:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-07-27:links.412177915</id><title>[Review] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_harry_potter_and_the_halfblood_prince.htm"><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Am I one of the only ones who wasn&#39;t thoroughly impressed by HP6?&nbsp; The latest theatrical installment (number 6) of the acclaimed Harry Potter series stands at an impressive 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, and h]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_harry_potter_and_the_halfblood_prince.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-07-27T20:28:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-27T20:28:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-07-10:links.412176591</id><title>U.S.A. 2 - 0 Honduras</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/usa_2__0_honduras.htm"><![CDATA[I went to my first international soccer match on Wednesday night, watching Haiti dominate Grenada 2-0 and the USA national team defeat Honduras by the same score.&nbsp; Little did I know how many Hondurans lived in the DC area -- the USA supporters w]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/usa_2__0_honduras.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-07-10T20:30:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-10T20:30:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-06-30:links.412175605</id><title>Supreme Court&apos;s Decision on the Ricci Case Leaves Many Unanswered Questions.</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/supreme_courts_decision_on_the_ricci_case_leaves_many_unans.htm"><![CDATA[Check out this law professor&#39;s analysis of the Ricci decision  handed down by the Supreme Court yesterday upholding a white firefighter&#39;s claim of discrimination against the New Haven Fire Department.&nbsp; Among the highlights:&quot;Justice]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/supreme_courts_decision_on_the_ricci_case_leaves_many_unans.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-06-30T15:40:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-30T15:40:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-06-29:links.412175537</id><title>Remembering Michael Jackson: The Greatest of All Time.</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/remembering_michael_jackson_the_greatest_of_all_time.htm"><![CDATA[Do you Remember The Time when Michael Jackson basically caused the entire world to listen to the same album at the same time?&nbsp; When Thriller became the best-selling album of all time?&nbsp; When everyone wanted to be The Gloved One?&nbsp; I do.&]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/remembering_michael_jackson_the_greatest_of_all_time.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-06-29T21:52:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-29T21:52:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-06-29:links.412175532</id><title>The Supreme Court&apos;s Conservatives &apos;Legislate From The Bench.&apos;</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/the_supreme_courts_conservatives_legislate_from_the_bench.htm"><![CDATA[Right-wing pundits often complain that too many judges are &#39;liberals who legislate from the bench&#39; instead of interpreting the laws as written by the legislature and Constitution.&nbsp; Well, today&#39;s Supreme Court decision supporting whit]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/the_supreme_courts_conservatives_legislate_from_the_bench.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-06-29T16:52:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-29T16:52:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-06-25:links.412175198</id><title>Public Transportation Costs Money.</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/public_transportation_costs_money.htm"><![CDATA[By now, you&#39;ve probably heard about Monday&#39;s calamitous Metrorail accident that claimed the lives of at least 9 people.&nbsp; Evidence is increasingly pointing towards a colossal mechanical failure of the relays that electronically control th]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/public_transportation_costs_money.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-06-25T15:57:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-25T15:57:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-06-19:links.412174677</id><title>Pilgrim Hearts</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/pilgrim_hearts.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;m going to tell the story of our band&#39;s first-ever live performance.&nbsp; In the previous 2 days, we had taken time off work, traveled to the city/state of the show, and practiced for 8 hours each day.&nbsp; It wasn&#39;t ideal to be pract]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/pilgrim_hearts.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-06-19T21:56:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-19T21:56:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-06-09:links.412173714</id><title>I can&apos;t believe I beat Dave to a smartphone.</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/i_cant_believe_i_beat_dave_to_a_smartphone.htm"><![CDATA[This has to be a sign of the apocalypse: I beat Dave to the very cellphone/PDA he has been planning on buying.When I bought the Palm Pre on my birthday, I didn&#39;t know I would make it two days wbefore Dave got it, too...not unless he had decided t]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/i_cant_believe_i_beat_dave_to_a_smartphone.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-06-09T21:24:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-09T21:24:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-06-09:links.412173711</id><title>XXXII</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/xxxii.htm"><![CDATA[So here I am at 32 years young.&nbsp; As you&#39;ve no doubt noticed by the decreased volume of entries, Facebook has done a number on OP postings, since we can easily communicate much of what we want to share to the people I care about via News Feed]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/xxxii.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-06-09T18:11:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-09T18:11:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-05-27:links.412172253</id><title>Why Sotomayor rejected the claims of reverse racism by firefighters.</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/why_sotomayor_rejected_the_claims_of_reverse_racism_by_firef.htm"><![CDATA[Right now, conservatives are buzzing about how Supreme Court candidate Sonia Sotomayor&#39;s decision to dismiss a lawsuit brought by white firefighters.&nbsp; These firefighters (or one of them, anyway) claimed that New Haven&#39;s decision to throw]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/why_sotomayor_rejected_the_claims_of_reverse_racism_by_firef.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-05-27T21:52:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-27T21:52:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-05-19:links.412170970</id><title>Best birthday present ever?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/best_birthday_present_ever.htm"><![CDATA[It&#39;s official: Sprint&#39;s Palm Pre is coming out June 6. &nbsp; I never thought I&#39;d say this about a cellphone/PDA, but getting one might be the first thing I do that Saturday.&nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/best_birthday_present_ever.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-05-19T15:51:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-19T15:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-05-11:links.412169509</id><title>I support a &quot;Keep Terrorists IN America&quot; Act.</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/i_support_a_keep_terrorists_in_america_act.htm"><![CDATA[We now face a situation where Congress-people are afraid to bring terrorists onto American soil.  In fact, there is a "Keep Terrorists Out Of America Act" being proposed right now that would prevent the feds from relocating terrorists to U.S. prisons]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/i_support_a_keep_terrorists_in_america_act.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-05-11T14:54:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-11T14:54:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:obsidianpotency.blog-city.com,2009-05-04:links.412168303</id><title>I might need glasses rehab.</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/i_might_need_glasses_rehab.htm"><![CDATA[My online glasses fixation has reached near-obsessive levels.&nbsp; I decided to order a slew of new glasses in an attempt to try different styles, and also to practice what I&#39;ve learned from my first orders to end up with better pairs.&nbsp; My]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/i_might_need_glasses_rehab.htm"/><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><author><name>jcabana</name></author><updated>2009-05-04T22:01:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-04T22:01:00Z</published></entry></feed>