Gabe Powers

The Dangers of HOPE.

Congratulations American, we’ve elected a president that isn’t a total monster. Politically speaking we should be in for a whole lot of healing over the next four years, though I’m a glass half empty guy when it comes to this kind of stuff. Still, I honestly have hope for my country’s future. It can’t possibly … Continue reading

Filmed in My Hometown

So I’m watching Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and I’m reminded that the film was almost entirely shot in my hometown of Tucson, AZ. When I moved to Minnesota seven years ago I told myself I’d never look back at that dry, hot, and basically dead landscape, or that dirty, boring city ever again. … Continue reading

My Year End DVD Wrap-Up (in link form)

I usually don’t stick links to DVDActive in my blog, but I’m still chippin’ away at my Blu-ray pile (someone has to watch Disaster Movie in hi-def), and this article took a lot of effort. Please read and offer your feedback. Thanks. I’ll be back. Gabe’s 2008 DVD Awards

It's been 10 years since 1999

I’m fresh outta the hospital and desperately trying to catch up on my DVDActive.com reviews (I’ve got a couple dozen Blu-rays looking at me expectantly), but I even more desperately need to catch up on my CHUD Blogging. I’ve been to sick to see most of the ‘good’ movies this year, but even in my … Continue reading

Two Short Heartwarming Tales

I’m one week away from my stem cell transplant, and after three days of watching my blood move through the most unbelievably convoluted machine I’ve ever seen in my life (do an image search for “stem cell apheresis machine” if you’re curious), I was in need of a pick me up. Fortunately enough I got … Continue reading

I was Farked. What the hell is Farked?

When did the Internet become so literal? Is irony really dead? Anyone that knows me knows I’m all about irony, and I think obvious overstatements and hyperbole is funny. Perhaps my writing is too dry for its own good. Maybe we need to invent a sarcastic font. Maybe I just really suck at this whole … Continue reading

I'm already sick of Joker costumes

Halloween is still more then a month away, and I haven’t seen a single person in costume, or even stepped into a single costume shop. I have no idea what’s even bing made available. That said, I can state with every ounce of my most sure fire conviction that I’m already sick of Joker costumes. … Continue reading