Here is just a sample at how crazy their commercials can be:
Friday, March 27, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Knowing
This movie walks a fine line between sci-fi and action-thriller. I guess you could group this with movies such as The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951), The Lathe of Heaven, The Prince of Darkness, and Deep Impact; but I would rank "Knowing" below each of those.
The problem I had with this movie was the first ending. By first ending, I'm referring to the point when we find out who the "Whisperers" are, and what their goal is. I found this bit to have been over done and could have been easily replaced with a blinding flash of light before they vanish instead of spending all that money on the big and long special effects sequence. Keep it simple!
The second end, the point where the prophecy comes to fruition, was done well enough. The panic in the streets was pretty much standard Hollywood fare, but the firestorm was very well done. I'm glad they left the grim ending. It would have sucked otherwise.
The problem I had with this movie was the first ending. By first ending, I'm referring to the point when we find out who the "Whisperers" are, and what their goal is. I found this bit to have been over done and could have been easily replaced with a blinding flash of light before they vanish instead of spending all that money on the big and long special effects sequence. Keep it simple!
The second end, the point where the prophecy comes to fruition, was done well enough. The panic in the streets was pretty much standard Hollywood fare, but the firestorm was very well done. I'm glad they left the grim ending. It would have sucked otherwise.
Miniatur Wunderland
Many visitors show up early in the morning and leave in the very last minute, only to come back next morning. The Miniatur Wunderland cannot be explored in a couple of minutes. Therefore, it is virtually impssible to show you the Wunderland in a 4 minute movie, but we can at least give your some impressions:
http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/exhibit/video/4-minutes-wunderland/
http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/exhibit/video/4-minutes-wunderland/
Breathing
Well, this is the start of the third week I've had this chest congestion, and it would appear that I'm not the only one around that's dealing with it. I found out last week that one of the ladies that works in the offices upstairs has been dealing with it for over a month.
I hope that I won't have to deal with it quite so long. I started taking MucinexDM to manage the phlegm and cough. The nasty phlegm seems to have gone away, but the cough hasn't. It still feels like I've got something weighing down on my chest, but I'm not sure what. I know it's not pneumonia; I've had to deal with that before.
Hopefully, when the weather starts getting warmer again, this will all go away. That, or maybe I should take a week off and head to someplace warm and dry.
I hope that I won't have to deal with it quite so long. I started taking MucinexDM to manage the phlegm and cough. The nasty phlegm seems to have gone away, but the cough hasn't. It still feels like I've got something weighing down on my chest, but I'm not sure what. I know it's not pneumonia; I've had to deal with that before.
Hopefully, when the weather starts getting warmer again, this will all go away. That, or maybe I should take a week off and head to someplace warm and dry.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Inner Light
Just finished watching The Inner Light. This was one of my all time favorite episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. After doing some reading online, I found they made an orchestral version of the song Picard played on his flute. A quick search online found this:
Orchestral Suite from the Inner Light - Original Soundtrack
Orchestral Suite from the Inner Light - Original Soundtrack
Friday, March 13, 2009
Freedom || Security
Got into a short discussion with my officemate over the argument that freedom can't coexist with the kind of security he's looking for. This was started by his surprise at how easy it was for some guy to get his hands on four fake passports.
My stance is that there will always be security flaws in a free society. He is of the opinion that you can maintain a free society even with stringent security. To back my point I sent him the following and requested that he send me any counterpoints to support his argument.
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin
Freedom vs. Security: A False Choice
- Ron Paul
Personal freedom vs. national security debated at forum
- Sasha Brown, MIT
Eve Ensler: Security and insecurity
- Eve Ensler
Trading freedom for security
- Tony DiPasquale
Security vs Freedom
- The Language Guy Blog
My stance is that there will always be security flaws in a free society. He is of the opinion that you can maintain a free society even with stringent security. To back my point I sent him the following and requested that he send me any counterpoints to support his argument.
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin
Freedom vs. Security: A False Choice
- Ron Paul
Personal freedom vs. national security debated at forum
- Sasha Brown, MIT
Eve Ensler: Security and insecurity
- Eve Ensler
Trading freedom for security
- Tony DiPasquale
Security vs Freedom
- The Language Guy Blog
Thursday, March 12, 2009
I'm a twit
I've noticed I haven't posted much here since I started using Twitter. I suppose it's because it's quick and easy, and I don't have the space to go in to too much detail since you're only allowed 140 characters (spaces included) per tweet.
I really should use this blog to expand on some of those Teets. Here, I don't have a character or word limit; I can embed pictures; and there's a spell checker.
Maybe later...
I really should use this blog to expand on some of those Teets. Here, I don't have a character or word limit; I can embed pictures; and there's a spell checker.
Maybe later...
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