2006: Year of the Grieco

When I arrived in my hometown of Dallas for Christmas I realized that I hadn’t gotten enough presents for my friends and family. In a last minute effort to rectify the situation I drove my sweet-ass Hyundai to what I’m fairly sure is the largest Tom Thumb in the world. After grabbing various gift cards, [...]

Shame on You, Johnny Damon

I am going out of town for the holidays. I shall return on the 29th and I have a lot of exciting posts planned. Did somebody say Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time? or was that Beastmaster 3: The Eye of Braxus? Anyway, be safe and keep Grieco in your hearts, y’all.
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Beyond the Valley of the Griecos

I realize that at GIK I spend most of my time trying to find the good in bad movies…or something. Honestly, I don’t know what I spend most of my time doing. Anyway, I thought it would be nice to point out some movies that I truly love. Now, this isn’t a list of the [...]

Weapons of Mass Awesomeness

I’ve been watching some fantasy movies of late, and all of the sword play has got me thinking about the best movie weapons of all time. Form a queue ladies, you know you want to. Anyway, there were so many weapons to choose from; Indiana Jones’ whip, Gandalf’s blade Glamdring, Frodo’s Sting, Freddy’s finger razors, [...]

More Dragons, Bro. More Dragons

My brother hates the movie Dragonslayer. It came out almost 25 years ago when he was10 and he still brings it up, which I think is awesome. It’s not even a “that was a bad movie” kind of hate. Oh, no. He hates Dragonslayer like I hate Erin Brockovich. I mean come on! They gave [...]

I’d Hope to Tell Yeh

I tend to get sick more often than anyone should. It’s never a normal cold or anything, either. I always have a temperature of like 103 and I can’t lift up my head. The only good thing about this condition is that doctors tend to give me really good medicine like the clear cough syrup [...]

I Still Want a Hula Hoop

When I lived in Chicago I worked at a coffee shop on the famous Magnificent Mile. Apparently if you line a street with countless shops and busloads of tourists from Ohio it’s magnificent. Anyway, this wasn’t any old coffeeshop, it was the one that is bent on world domination. Let’s just call it Cartrucks. On [...]

Movies I Thought were Good When I was a Kid (Part I)

I turned 30 about two months ago. Yes, I know that lends all of my previous posts an air of sadness and despair that you probably didn’t see before, but it’s the truth. I’m 30, and I spend more time worrying about the fall of the House of Grieco and whether the world is ready [...]

Grieco: The Thinking Man’s Depp

Sorry about the delay on this. We had a fraction of an inch of sleet, the power went out, the whole town shut down, and all hell broke loose. Things are under control now, though.
If you’re like me, “21 Jump Street” taught you exactly what it is like to be an attractive young cop who [...]

Original. Not Cool Ranch

I had a horrible dream last night. I was trapped in the body of a jetsetting seller of high-end watches and couture. I spent my days searching for the straightest pant leg in Manhattan and learning French phrases that I could drop to impress waitresses who desperately wanted to believe that I was somebody important.
After [...]