Anyway, some quick impressions:
A Scanner Darkly - I don't read plot synopses or even really look at trailers much anymore, so I kind of expected this to be another Waking Life, so when it turned out to have a plot (and a good one, too!) I was pleasantly surprised.  I didn't know anybody in this one, unlike Waking Life, but there is a brief appearance by Jason Douglas, who does voices for ADV and whom I've seen do live theatre here, so there's still that sense of personal connection.  I'm keeping this one for a while in the hopes I can get some of my friends to watch it with me.

Casino Royale - I've basically got two things to say about this, both somewhat hyperbolic: one, this has got to be the best written, directed and acted Bond movie EVAR, and two, Eva Green is the hottest and most beautiful woman on the planet and just where the hell has she been hiding all these years?

Gattaca - this one was a repeat for me, but it had been so long since I'd seen it last that I'd forgotten a lot of it.  It was interesting to see Jude Law slumming with Ethan Hawke, but then realize that this was his first US film and so he hadn't become THE Jude Law yet.  Also, much was made in the special features of just how low-budget the film was and how that forced them to make certain choices about the visual style.  In the end I think it makes for a better movie.  I'm somewhat skeptical that in the future we're all going to be living in beautiful spacious oceanside houses, but who knows?

Last Saturday saw the birth of TRASG0's daughter.  He called me about ten minutes after the fact, I think.  Powerful set of lungs on that kid for sure.  I need to get up there sometime soon and see them.

I sort of enjoyed our little "snow day" here in Houston on Tuesday, even though I had to work from home (building closed) instead of just having the day off.  Lots of people are making fun of the local media coverage of the storm, saying that it was completely overblown.  (Hah!)  Better safe than sorry, I think.