Quote of the Day [1.02.08]
“In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.”
Alex Haley
Link of the Day [1.02.08]
Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy is coming to the theatres as a CG film and not anime. I wonder if it will work?
Spiraling and Spinning
Ringing in the New Year and your head hurts just as much? Spinning ain’t it?
More Browser Metrics for BrowserMetrics
Thanks to all my readers for making 2008 a big hit. You make reading these browser metrics for BrowserMetrics fun to do.
The first chart is monthly visits. The numbers are reasonable for such a low read blog.
Here’s the daily scribble that shows you the average volume I’ve been getting all year:
Finally, a year by year comparison. The trend is going up!!!
Link of the Day [1.01.09]
When I first started reading manga, I stayed on the male side with reading shonen manga. I avoided shojo because the girls with the big eyes just creeped me out. As I read more and more, it became apparent that I had to read some shojo because there’s a lot out there. Also, shonen manga is too much filled with ninjas and pirates, at least the ones that were sold in the US. I needed to see some more school comedy romances. Shojo is filled with these type of stories. I may be turning into a shojo reader. It’s weird where things lead you.
Quote of the Day [1.01.08]
“Happy New Year to you… in jail.”
Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore), It’s a Wonderful Life
Quote of the Day [12.31.08]
“Thirteen fifty-four. Thirteen fifty-two. Thirteen fifty. You see a pattern emerging here Scully?”
Special Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), The X-Files: Fight the Future
New Year Eve 2008
New Year Eve 2009 fireworks 3
Originally uploaded by Azrol Azmi.
Have a happy, safe evening! And a prosperous, healthy new year!
Marley & Me
What’s so special about a dog? Marley & Me has the answer. Of course, all dogs in movies are special, and your dog is also special. Dogs in general are special except Cujo and that mutt of yours that shat and pissed everywhere in your house while tearing things up. Of course, that can also describe the adorable Marley.
It’s a movie of how a dog touched the lives of its owners as they grew from a couple to a family. You know how that works: meet cute, go over the good times, show the trouble with the dog, go over the bad times, the kids show up and overtake the dog, they grow up, they grow older, the dog grows older, the dog will die. Then the lights come up and the little girls behind you are sobbing their eyes out.
Dogs are special. This movie isn’t.
3 of 5 stars.
Link of the Day [12.31.08]
Was watching Nova last night on PBS. It’s been a long time watching anything on PBS. It was about the last Mars missions. It’s pretty cool to explore another planet. They said the next mission will be the Mars Science Lab. That’ll be cool to hear about that in the years to come.