Group "News" entries for February, 2013 | The Dalles Chronicle

News archive for February, 2013

Gorging on Movies

Nothing's missing from "A Good Day to Die Hard"

"A Good Day to Die Hard" delivers on action and Mickey Rourke on DVD as "The Wrester" is a powerful performance.

Eye on the storm

"Don't shoot, don't shoot!"

http://thedalleschronicle.www.clients.ellingtoncms.com/users/photos/2013/feb/21/2802/ I took this photo while shooting a police training exercise, one designed to teach officers how to quickly take out an "active shooter." It was in an old school building and involved a lot of noise and gunfire, with participants shooting each other with small caliber rounds of paint. ...

Gorging on Movies

A football, popcorn and the remote

Stuck here at home with a cold. There will be no multiplex for me this weekend. I dislike the folks who cough and sneeze and sniffle their way through a movie, making me feel like I should be wearing a hazmat suit. I refuse to be one of them. But ...

Diet Ditcher

Water, baby, or water baby?

I wrote the original version of this post Nov. 22, 2012, on sparkpeople.com. I've added a bit more for publication here: Sometimes I think I am part otter. I think I could live my entire life In the water. When I was young, i used to look forward every summer ...