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[chris_gerrib]

I have acid reflux. It's a mild case, and (usually) very easily managed with over-the-counter Pepcid AC. I also like Buffalo wings, and will occasionally have a plate of ten wings and fries as dinner.

I did so Saturday evening, and followed all my usual tricks for managing reflux - eat early, sit up for a while before going to bed, etc. Well, at three Ay Em, the reflux woke me up, and I ended up spending two hours dosing in my recliner before the Pepto-Bismol completely kicked in. It appears that I've eaten my last wing. Darn.

There are a number of movies that I've seen parts of but not the whole thing, or not in order. One of those movies is the great siege western Rio Bravo, starring John Wayne and a shockingly young Angie Dickinson. Thanks to the magic of DVRs, I was able to record it on AMC and watch it while skipping through the commercials. It was an enjoyable flick, and well worth the time.

The movie is also notable for being the first to use El Degüello. Fans of the movie The Alamo know it as the "no quarter" song played by Santa Anna outside the Alamo. Here it's used by the local bad guy for much the same purpose. It's a haunting song.

Comments

[pyropyga.livejournal.com]

The magic of DVDs? Surely you mean the magic of DVRs?

[chris-gerrib.livejournal.com]

I did - fixed, thanks.

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

I use Prilosec. Even the Wal Mart Equate version works. One a day, no problemo. Remarkable, to no longer experience that.

I finally picked up Rio Bravo at Wal Mart, coincidentally - and never finished it. The problem is that I've long been familiar with El Dorado (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061619/trivia), made five or six years later, and it's much the same story, with VERY much the same characters - and I think El Dorado is the better movie of the two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vlx76AlpnI

[chris-gerrib.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if you've seen one you've seen the other. My problem with El Dorado is (IIRC) that Wayne's character has some mysterious back problem which is both too convenient to the plot and untreatable at the time.