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Well, I’ve finally gotten around to doing it. I’ve posted a list of the DVD movies I own. There’s a permanent link at the top of my main news page, so you can check it any time to see if I’ve bought anything new. DVDs have become my new drug: I can’t stop buying them. I have nearly 250 now. Keep in mind I only bought my first DVD player in August 1999! (I technically have three DVD players now, but two of them are DVD ROM drives in my computers, so I don’t know if those count.)

My DVD page is pretty cool: you can view the list by Title, Genre, Director, Marc Rating, etc. I put the whole thing into a custom database I made so I can easily update it as needed. I’ll be adding more categories and information as time passes. For now I just wanted to get the main thing up. Let me know of any suggestions you have to make it better and I’ll try to accommodate you.

Though Fulham’s an English first division club, I’ve become a fan because they have an American, Eddie Lewis, on their team. Eddie used to play for my local team, the San Jose Earthquakes in MLS, and they are expected to be promoted to the Premiere League next season. But I was disappointed that Eddie was nowhere to be seen in this game. I don’t know why; perhaps he’s out injured. Anyway, this is the type of game you’d expect Liverpool to dominate easily, but Fulham’s been in great form of late, and neither team could penetrate the other’s defense. Sadly, the game went into overtime and Fulham’s impressive play weakened when super substitute and England international Michael Owen scored on the day before his 21st birthday. That was followed by goals from Smicer and Nick Barmby. Final: 3-0 Liverpool (in overtime).

Director: Peter Weir

Excellent “war” movie without much war. Instead of focusing on the horrors of war, this film focuses on the characters, allowing us to get to know them for over an hour before they go into battle. The effect is excellent. Instead of numbing our minds to continual images of violence and horror, we relax as young boys play soldier and have fun, only to have the reality of war arrive as vivid and horrid shock. Dramatic, well photographed, interesting, and best of all, minimal war stuff. Really good.