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OK Computer was one of my favorite albums of the 90s.   This documentary was shown in pieces back in 1999 when I was in college and I just found it again.   It still fascinates me.

So, I’m not a big sports guy, but I absolutly love sports movies.   When I watch sports, it is *always* more interesting when you know about the story behind the team.   The record they’re trying to break, the kid that’s trying to make it, the team that’s the underdog.

Yeah, most of them are cliche and predictable.  But the good ones still tug at your heartstrings as you watch men actually bonding with one another… like women seem to over Sense and Sensibility and Steel Magnolias.

My favorites are Hoosiers and Rudy.  They are classic.   When I think of Gene Hackman’s character saying “I love you guys” to the team after a year when he pushed every one of them–it gives me chills.   They had to be questioning him left and right, he was showing them love.   When I see all of the guys drop their jerseys toward the end of Rudy, I tear up a little.

Gotta love a good sports movie.    Rudy is available online for free at hulu now.   Go check it out.  Make sure you are good at pretending there’s something in your eye at about an hour and a half in.

Chris Johnson is my favorite programming buddy.   The first reason is because he is really *stinkin* smart.   The second reason, though is because he tells funny little stories about his life.

This one cracked me up.

He said his dad used to say a certain string of words when he was frustrated that sounded like they could be bad, but weren’t.   He realized how bad they sounded when Chris said it in front of him one day.

“Funky chicken dog bucket holes!”

Chris said that when he was trying to “cut back” he’d leave off “holes.”