Random Thoughts From Kidjite: Week of May 18th (plus a top-ten list!!)

• Not being much of a drinker, I rarely frequent liquor stores.  In fact, it took me until today to fully grasp the liquor laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.  For 75 years, all liquor sales in Virginia have been made by the Virginia Bureau of Alcoholic Beverage Control, currently operating 300+ stores throughout the Commonwealth.  For those interested, ABC has a very informative website.  I am not exactly sure how I feel about the whole enterprise.  Next thing you know, the state will want to be involved in gambling.  Oh yeah, the lottery.....
  

• The Chicago Cubs are struggling, having lost 7 straight games, including an 0-6 road trip.  Milton Bradley, the poster child for a misguided Cubs off-season, is once again making an ass of himself.  Always an injury risk, often a hot-head, Milton is currently hitting an astounding .182.
  

• I am currently reading book #348 of 'The Executioner" series, a masterpiece called "Carnage Code."  Expect a review soon.
  

• A horror movie made for $70 grabbed a lot of attention at Cannes.  The trailer makes it look like a $70 movie, but you have to admire the makers of the film and their fulfilled ambition.  Check out the trailer for "Colin."
  

• Speaking of horror movies, here are my Top Ten favorites.  My apologies to the hundreds of horror movies that did not make the list.  It's like I said one time to Leon Newsome (although I think I said it about sci-fi movies), "even bad horror movies are better than most non-horror movies, 'cause at least they are 'horror'."
  

10.  "Nightmare on Elm Street"

9.  "Saw"

8.  "Scream"

7.  "Evil Dead 2"

6.  "Frankenstein"

5.  "Hellraiser"

4.  "Halloween"

3.  "Friday the 13th Part 2"

2.  "The Shining"

1.  "Psycho"