Old familiar names
BoingBoing links to a NYT article about stuffed animals tied to the front of trucks. The article quotes an old friend, Rob Marbury. Fellow ’89 Gilman graduate. Looks as if he’s doing things on his own terms. Good for him.
Show Tunes
The scuttlebutt out of Hollywood for those that care is that the ‘brilliant’ tv show, Arrested Development is in imminent danger of being cancelled. So what? With new and differing revenue streams abounding in today’s digital age, the producers should look to other ways to keep the show going.
They can try pay cable. Make the show more edgy and it might have a chance on HBO or even the second class Showtime television programming.
They can try DVDs. Those seem to be a cash cow. In fact, I spend more for television shows that I want to watch on DVDs than on regular movies. They offer more bang for the buck.
They can try iTunes. They offer television shows now. Supposedly a million videos have been downloaded in the couple of months the service has been offered.
It seems to me with the audience for television shows dwindling. Producers can take advantage of other mediums to showcase their stuff. I think people would buy it.
Here comes good ol’ Charlie Brown.
I think that I am wishy-washy.
You are Charlie Brown!
Which Peanuts Character are You?
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Commenters
Hello to all those visiting. It seems that my blog here is finally looking to generate some traffic. For all those commenters how the heck did you end up here? I know that virtually no one reads this blog (hey Walt! Hey Gerry!).
Please post how you got here in the comments. I sure do appreciate it.
Great Independent Films?
Empire Magazine UK has compiled a list of the 50 greatest independent films. As usual, some of these are debatable as to their inclusion (Terminator? WTF?) and some directors/auteurs are missing (No Wes Anderson? No David O Russell?). I wonder how they came to pick them.
This list is ripe for Pete from APCB to riff on. He likes lists and is a movie reviewer.
I’ve heard it before
Once more and many more times until 2008, electing George W. Bush in 2000 was the worst. Mistake. Ever. As Herman Blume; so nicely said, “Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can’t buy backbone. Don’t let them forget it.”
Can it be?
Is this true or not? Can someone who knows me know this? Won’t somebody say something? Waiting for you in the comments…
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The Weatherman
The Weatherman with Nick Cage. I did not like his character. I felt like shouting out, “It’s over. You failed at your marriage. Get over it.” I also did not like the relationship that the weatherman had with his father. I didn’t understand it. Plus, it seemed as if the father should’ve shaken his son a little bit more. Damn get your son on target. With that said, it wasn’t a bad movie. I laughed. Funny thing about it I thought it was an Alexander Payne film, but it was a Gore Verbinski.
This had Oscar try written all over it. I don’t think it was great, but it was good. If you can get over the nastiness that was the characters.
3 of 5 stars. (I would give it a half a star if I gave them out).
Miami Hurricanes are wooping ass!
Miami (FL) 27
VA Tech 0
12:35 in the fourth
Ouch. 🙂
Daily Commute and 2nd Story
DriveTime with Ravi Jain is such a hilarious video podcast. I wish I thought of it. I did think about something similar though. It would be a photo essay of me driving to work. Maybe 365 pictures or at least the number for me going to work.
It was somewhat similar to my “2nd Story” photo essay, a view from my window across the street. I think I got about 14 pictures with the building going up. I should’ve continued, but winter was setting in and I was unable to take the shot in the dark.