Cook Dating

Good Luck Chuck (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
$19.98
"Good Luck Chuck" is about Charlie Logan (Dane Cook) who has been cursed by a young goth girl to never be married. He discovers as he grows up that every woman he ever dates and has sex with, finds her perfect mate, which is never him.
But along the way he finds a klutzy woman, Cam Wexler (Jessica Alba), who he falls in love with, but whom he knows he will not be able to marry because of his curse. For some reason she doesn't want to get involved with him, and so he continues on having sex with many women who he knows are only one night stands. Eventually he wants to really test out this curse, and so he puts it upon himself to date and then have sex with the most undesirable woman he can find. After finding out that he apparently is no longer cursed he seeks out Cam and they finally have sex, only for Charlie to later find out that the curse is still apparently working as the "undesirable" woman that he had sex with has actually found someone that wants to marry her. This sends Charlie into a fit, as he finds out Came is apparently going out on a date with a famous Penguin expert. In order to try and hold onto her he ends up smothering Cam, and he subsequently gets the boot.

One does get exasperated with Charlie's over the top feelings of insecurity, and the vacuous line of sexual partners that he entertains. This is a so so affair with some chuckles and slap stick humor.

Will Cook for Sex: A Guy's Guide to Cooking
$24.95
When I decided I wanted to learn how to cook to help me, not just eat healthier, but impress the woman I am dating, I searched out books and found this one. I think it was a good start to my cooking education. The recipes aren't too "out there" and difficult to put together. The text isn't insulting in any way. (I saw other cookbooks that really play up how inept men are in the kitchen. It's funny for the first couple of pages, but not so much when repeated.) I wasn't able to pick out three recipes from this book and, I think, master them quite quickly. I wish they would do a follow-up. And did my cooking impress my girl? I think my effort was more attractive to her than the actual food. :) I'm working on improving that!

Poster Print of Japanese Artwork dating from 1688-1915Japanese Poster Print of Artwork showing an English merchant seated at a table and being waited on by a Chinese man and a Thai cook during a banquet at a mercantile house in Yokohama, Japan
$8.00
High quality reproduction of work of fine art from the Japanese Prints and Drawing Collection of the Library of Congress, 1688-1915. Primarily woodcuts depicting actors, women, landscapes, scenes from Japanese literature and daily life, English and European visitors. Japanese print shows an English merchant seated at a table and being waited on by a Chinese man and a Thai cook during a banquet at a mercantile house in Yokohama, Japan. These are High Quality Prints offered by Blackstone Lithographs.

Employee of the Month
$2.99
Meant to be a feel good, nice, nice, nice comedy, it oozes with cuteness and it should really improve the public image of employers such as B.J.'s, Sam's Club and CostCo. It's THAT cute. It's a heartwarming and, indeed, therapeutic viewing experience, watching these young, super-dedicated employees, competing for the employee of the month designation - and the winner gets the car and he could get the girl too.

There is no violence, there is lots of friendship and team work all-over, because both the good guys and the bad guys are team players. The bosses are a little bit demanding but fair and the few illegalities or immoral activities are so mild, they should make us laugh rather than outrage us. In the end, the good guy wins, of course and the not so good guy is humiliated and properly but not severely punished. We are led to believe that all the personal dramas the good guys were experiencing are solved or on their path toward solving and some of those who did not fall asleep or did not walk away might end the viewing with a little smile on their faces.

This shouldn't be on anyone's must-have movies shopping list but those interested to see what might be going behind the scenes inside those mysterious big-box shopping clubs that charge members annual fees for the privilege of being allowed to buy super-family-sized snack boxes and a discount may find the viewing experience tolerable.