Friday, November 16th, 2007
I heard there was going to be another Democratic debate last night in Las Vegas. I was pretty excited, because I like debates.
We sat down to start eating dinner when Laura got up to see if she could find which channel the debate was on. For some reason, we couldn’t seem to locate it. I hopped up and walked into the other room to do some research online. I discovered that the debate was going to be aired on CNN. I went back into the living room to find CNN on the TV. Again, I couldn’t find the debate, nor CNN for that matter. Hmmmm…
We finished up dinner and I visited CNN.com to get some more information. I discovered that I could watch the debate live online, right there at CNN.com. I was thinking to myself…”Yeah right, like it’s going to come in smoothly, without breaking up to buffer ever few seconds.” I clicked the player, downloaded the plugin for Firefox and off I went.
I couldn’t believe it. There I was, sitting at my computer two hours later watching them finish up the debate. About half way through, I noticed that I could enlarge the player window to fit the entire twenty two inches on my monitor. It was like watching a television. Everything was smooth and there were no commercials. During the times the commercials were airing on the television, they flipped over to live coverage of the debate on the CNN.com channel. It was so cool.
I guess things are changing quickly. By the way, Hillary did much better and was quite impressive.
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Friday, October 27th, 2006
Last night was movie night at my house. I recommended that we see “Red Dawn.” I was excited to see a thriller like this. After sitting patiently through the movie, I decided to very, very short review on it.
First, here is the story:
“The film’s plot involves a Soviet and Cuban/Latin American invasion of the United States in the year 1984, igniting a world war. The story is about young people resisting military occupation.
The film is set in a small Colorado town, where a group of teenagers flee to the hills first to escape the Soviets, and eventually begin an insurgency against Soviet occupational forces. The Colorado high school students call themselves the Wolverines after their school’s mascot and proceed to launch raids, set ambushes, use sniper attacks, plant bombs and even execute a prisoner of war and one of their own American members who tried to betray them to the Soviets during their campaign.
The film’s epilogue suggests that the United States won the war several years later; a plaque is displayed with “Partisan Rock” in the background, which pays tribute to the Wolverines killed in action, and reveals that the events in the film occurred during the early days of World War III.”
I have to say that I expected more out of this movie. It was pretty one dimensional. While the makers of the film had a huge story to work with, they really kept it very basic. I can describe it like this: People invade; townspeople hide in the mountains and fight back. Damn, that was hot. Now, I know this movie was made a while ago back in the 80’s, but I have seen movies from that era with great storylines and special effects. Oh well…I guess I could recommend this movie only if you are really bored and have seen all the other movies out there.
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Friday, October 27th, 2006
I am getting pretty excited about Halloween. Hands down, one of the best things about this season is “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” The other great thing is the chill in the air.
As I was driving in this morning, NPR had a story on this classic. It got me thinking about if I could find a good picture of this show to put up in a post. Like 99% of blog posts out there, this is pretty random. Anyway, here is the best picture I could find.
Here is a great description of this show:
“As Linus and Charlie Brown’s little sister, Sally Brown, sit in the pumpkin patch, the gang of Charlie Brown, Lucy Van Pelt, Schroeder, Pig-Pen, Patty and Violet go trick-or-treating. Everyone gets candy (except for Charlie Brown, who for some reason always gets a rock in his bag). Meanwhile, Charlie Brown’s dog Snoopy, dressed up as the famous World War I flying ace, goes on his Sopwith Camel (which is his doghouse) to shoot down the infamous Red Baron. Linus, missing out on trick-or-treating, also misses out on the Halloween party at Violet’s house. At the pumpkin patch, Linus thinks he finally sees his mysterious hero, but instead he sees a silhouette of Snoopy in his World War I Flying Ace outfit. Sally is outraged and threatens to “sue” Linus. She leaves him alone in the pumpkin patch, where he stays late into the night. Lucy later finds him shivering on the ground, covered in his blanket and helps him into the house. Linus vows to Charlie Brown at the rock wall that the Great Pumpkin will return next year.”
I think they said this show is on NBC tonight. I know what I am doing…
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