Don Cheadle (can be) a Bad MoFo!

One of the great things about going on vacation is the craptastic cable movie that you may catch while lounging between touristing around your destination and the pool. I recently was sucked into "Swordfish" and realized this is the 3rd movie in about 6 months that I have viewed where Don Cheadle is a bad mofo. However, he is a quiet, bad mofo. Not the crazy-eyed screaming mofo-ness of Samuel L. Jackson (awesomeness) or the throw a few fists and a quippy line of Duane "The Rock" Johnson (hold on... I need a moment). Nope, he's the one you should really be scared of... he lowers his voice, threatens and then follows through. However this seems to be a thankless role as most people when you mention Cheadle's name say "Yeah, he was great in 'Boogie Nights'" or "He did a good job in Hotel Rawanda." Can't a mad, but quiet, mofo get some street cred, respect and love? I'm just sayin'...

Examples:
Swordfish (2001) :Plays the FBI investigator Agent J.T. Roberts who shot his suspect in the hand.

After the Sunset (2004): Plays the local thug - again with a more vicious quiet-ness.

Traitor (2008): Plays a superundercover agent attempting to infiltrate a terrorist network.

Fascination with Food

I've noticed a somewhat unsettling trend in my photography over the past year or so....food pictures. Specifically, I like to take pictures of my food. I'm going to chalk this up to an increased fascination with some culinary arts when you are deprived from such (hello Pakistan!). Or maybe I'm just getting older and if I had kids this would be the thing they would roll their eyes at and say not again! You judge....

Budapest - September 2008 - Fruit Soup



Aspen - March 2009 - Plate o' Meat

Kuwait - June 2009 - Mocktails
Amman - October 2009 - Salt Fish