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Thursday night, Amy & I watched Soapdish<\/a>, which she hadn’t seen before. She enjoyed the heck out of it, but marveled over how much I liked the movie. I’d seen it a few years ago after a friend of mine told me, “It’s one of the only movies he’s in in which Robert Downey, Jr. doesn’t have the best performance.”<\/p>\n

Watching me cracking up over the over-the-top bitchiness of the women’s performances, Amy asked me, “How did you ever end up marrying a woman?”<\/p>\n

I replied that at least I wasn’t an opera fan, but that didn’t provide much of a defense.<\/p>\n

Last night, we were clicking around when I noticed that Sky High<\/a> was just starting.* <\/p>\n

While I was making drinks in the kitchen, I heard Amy say, “Ooh! Lynda Carter<\/a>!” and “Ooh! Bruce Campbell<\/a>!” within two minutes.<\/p>\n

I walked back into the living room and said to my wife, “And you’re amazed that I<\/em> got married?”<\/p>\n

Thank gosh we found each other.<\/p>\n

* I recalled a short writeup in GQ that mentioned this flick as one of the least appreciated movies of 2005. Instead of tedious Disney kid-fare, it was actually supposed to be pretty witty (especially with two Kids in the Hall making appearances in it) and entertaining for semi-developed adults. Unfortunately, GQ has the least-helpful website in the world, so I can’t pull up that recommendation.<\/p>\n

But it turned out to be right. The movie was a hoot, at least for geeks like us. And with the, um, mature sexiness of Ms. Carter and a straight-haired, brunette, glasses-wearing Kelly Preston<\/a>, Sky High may have the highest MILF-factor of any movie in years.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thursday night, Amy & I watched Soapdish, which she hadn’t seen before. She enjoyed the heck out of it, but marveled over how much I liked the movie. I’d seen it a few years ago after a friend of mine told me, “It’s one of the only movies he’s in in which Robert Downey, Jr. … <\/p>\n

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