Yo Sylvester

I was never a big Rocky fan as a kid. I mean I liked the movies, but I never bought them or was like, "Dude...Rocky...Yeah!" And ultimately, me being a child, I thought Rocky IV was the best of the five. You know Drago V Rocky, Cold War implications, The rise of Dolph Lundren, Apollo dying, working out in the freaking snow with poop equipment, yeah those were the times.

However, looking back I never truly appreciated Rocky I and understood that the subsequent sequels were really just Hollywood trying to make a buck.

That being said, I present you Rocky Balboa, The perfect bookend to the original Rocky. I was VERY VERY VERY hesitant to see it. Just because I was like, come Sly, another Rocky @ 60 years old? Box office bust my amigo. It's like Rocky went from the Italian Stallion to the out of shape goomba, who will want to see this?

I was wrong my friends. I actually loved this movie. Sly wrote, produced and directed this sucker and you know what, Kudos to him. It closed up so many things for Rocky and left out the hollywood flash and story and brought Rocky back to his roots. The Philly slums, running a restaurant, helping people less fortunate than him. He's got stuff in the basement and needs to get the beast out.

4/5 Stars for me, really pumped you up and pulled on the heart strings. Becky dug it as well.

Check it out the 2 time heavey weight champion of the world one last time.

Andrea is the Man

Christmas shopping @ Costco is dope.

1. Free samples of food - whilst cruising the warehouse for super factory direct, non-credit processing deals, you can soothe the groans of the spare tire by taking in a little mashed potatoes perhaps, a lovely dixie cup of juicy juice, a cinnamon butter croissant wedge, and the end all piggies in a blanket. The best part of this is I can literally stand in front of the generous vendor, who looks like the lunch lady ( I like to call her my 82 year yound Madame of the Sample), and just keep taking the samples. In fact I have gone to look at dvds and she will even tell me when to come back to get fresh baked ones! Brilliant!

2. If you feel the need to pay for your food - The hotdog/coke combo is probably the best value meal known to man, even ahead of the #2 @ in-n-out, mightier than the Baja Sampler #3 Baja Fresh, and yes, tastier than even the Del Deal @ Del Taco. Not to mantion the chicken bake, pizza and churros!

and finally...

3. Andrea Bocelli, in full HD, singing his sonets of love - Okay, without sounding completely "askew," I really dug the concert they were showcasing on their plasmas and LCDs. I never really got in to the Bocelli before but when he showed off his glorious pipes in 5.1 HD sound, I was captivated. I mean check out that pic. How else is this guy going to get the chicks? Bocelli voica no resisto!