Author Archives: Lyle Verbilion

About Lyle Verbilion

I'm just wanderin' around lookin' at things. Wow.

For When You’re Just Plain DEFEATED

Some days you just can’t help but be Defeated. It happens. If you remain that way too long, you’ll end up in depression. So don’t do that. But while you’re there, you might as well let the world know that … Continue reading

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No, *I* am Reed Fish!

My last movie review was for Rubber, which seemed a little thin despite some tearing  down of the fourth wall  by staring-into-the-camera goofiness. Then I saw I’m Reed Fish. There’s someone looking into the camera there too. There’s a strange … Continue reading

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Don’t Tread on Me

I really really really wanted to love the movie Rubber. I don’t think it’s about prophylaxis. But maybe it is… Hmmmmm. It’s about an worn out tire from the side of the road that goes on a killing spree. Kind … Continue reading

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Too Many Wandas in the Tank

If you’ve never seen A Fish Called Wanda, you’ve made a terrible mistake. John Cleese, of Monty Python fame (some people prefer his work in Fawlty Towers but that stressed me out a little — all that frustration and yelling!), … Continue reading

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The Real Jeon Ju

Next time work inexorably brings you to Del City, Oklahoma, why not take lunch or dinner (or both!) at the Jeon Ju Korean Restaurant. They have both hot and cold running BiBimBop. I prefer the hot, but during summer months … Continue reading

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Travelling with Art

  Imagine traveling the world, staying someplace entirely new every few weeks. Or you could actually do it. Glenn the Bad Dahli Lama does that. Most people I meet really aren’t comfortable with the idea of traveling. There’s so many … Continue reading

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A Side of Love

This is so un-chronological. First we watched Waitress (made in 2007), which had Andy Griffith. Andy was also in Play the Game (2009).  Marla Sokoloff was in that as well. Because of that movie, we watched Love on the Side … Continue reading

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Dumb Poems

My poems never rhyme. They do come out with a lot of assonance, but I’m not always sure about the “onance” part. So here’s one about September 11 and a few other bad things: It only takes an instant and … Continue reading

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Southbounders without Conflict

Nobody knows how to pronounce Appalachian Trail, but that doesn’t stop them from making movies about it. The Appalachian Trail, as we’re told in the opening narration, is some 2168 miles long, stretching from Maine to Georgia, going through 14 … Continue reading

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Prelude to a Movie About a Kiss

Metaphors are like smiles… or is that similes? So I’m watching Prelude to a Kiss. And it’s an OK love story. A little quirky. I like that. Once upon a time, Alec Baldwin was quite the leading man. Back then … Continue reading

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