{"id":148,"date":"2013-02-05T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T06:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/reelfaith\/2013\/02\/my-valentines-day-die-hard-dilemma.html"},"modified":"2013-02-05T06:02:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T06:02:00","slug":"my-valentines-day-die-hard-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/reelfaith\/2013\/02\/my-valentines-day-die-hard-dilemma.html","title":{"rendered":"My Valentine’s Day ‘Die Hard’ Dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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Like the times when my great grandfather used to whisper as he tied down his horse, \u201cMo Money, Mo Problems,\u201d I\u2019ve found myself arriving at another one of life\u2019s head-scratching choices. Every day presents its own ups and downs, lows and highs, upside downs and rightside ups or whatever additional clich\u00e9s might be applicable. It\u2019s my turn in the hot seat, Regis staring at me, pointing his finger and laughing, well maybe not laughing but at least smirking, poking in that raspy tone, \u201cIs that your final answer?\u201d Well, sir, I\u2019ll tell you . . . right after this break. See how I did that?<\/p>\n

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In my teenage years, I knew of a guy who spent Christmas locked inside of a skyscraper with a bunch of terrorists. Well, they were originally considered terrorists before he realized they were after money, so they were demoted to robbers. On either account, things didn\u2019t work out too well. They all wound up exiting the building in bodybags, except for one who emerged from one causing a lot of trouble before being thrown back in. But I guess he technically still left in the bodybag. Anyway, that hero\u2019s name was Bruce Willis and since then, trouble has seemed to find him everywhere he went, much like Dennis the Menace. Instead of staying home with the doors locked like anyone with normal sense would do, he kept on going to the airports, grocery stores and amusement parks, without a care in the world. I guess I would too if I could squash bad guys like cockroaches.<\/p>\n

In a few weeks, he goes after terrorists on foreign ground, without the aid of his Twinkie-consuming policeman sidekick Carl Winslow or grumpy Nick Fury. A Good Day To Die Hard <\/i>is his latest film and for guys like me, who love to see car chases and fist fights but have all but given up hope on a new Cannonball Run<\/i>, it\u2019s a no brainer. I\u2019m there. In fact, I could watch Die Hard movies all day. I could watch a Die Hard channel. I\u2019d even suggest to AMC that if they ever misplace or break The Shawshank Redemption<\/i>, they could replace and put the Die Hard movies in 24-hour rotation.<\/p>\n

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A Good Day To Die Hard <\/i>is being released upon the world on February 14th, which you may have heard is Valentine\u2019s Day. Being a good husband, I\u2019m up on all of those special days. It\u2019s actually one of the easier relationship holidays for me to remember, unlike the anniversary of an event such as \u201cOur First Date When DeWayne Didn\u2019t<\/i> Forget His Wallet\u201d or \u201cWhen LeAnn Got To Take a Picture of DeWayne and Olivia Newton-John.\u201d<\/p>\n

All this brings me to my big February 14th dilemma. New Die Hard movie. Valentine\u2019s. Guns. Hearts. Explosions. Teddy Bears. Bullets. Chocolate. \u2026what\u2019s a guy to do?<\/p>\n

Do you think I should get us nachos or popcorn? <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like the times when my great grandfather used to whisper as he tied down his horse, \u201cMo Money, Mo Problems,\u201d I\u2019ve found myself arriving at another one of life\u2019s head-scratching choices. Every day presents its own ups and downs, lows and highs, upside downs and rightside ups or whatever additional clich\u00e9s might be applicable. 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