Archive for November 2007

The monthlies.

• Union Trailer

  I’ve written the trailer to my next film idea… A black screen. The sound of a train, a struggling engine. Fog washes away the black. A man standing at a podium, high above a crowd. He speaks with passion. “A man’s rights must never be questioned.” The screen fades to black, fog. The sound of [...]

• Beatles New Year

  For us Beatlenuts, today is the first day of the year, as it is the day after the Beatles released their self-titled album in 1968, more commonly referred to as “the white album.” Have a drink for John, George and Ringo. No, not Paul.

• Game 6

  This movie has nothing to do with the infamous sixth game of the 1986 World Series. Well, it has a little to do with it. This film just plain sucked. It is unwatchable. (Returned 01/08/07.) Rent with Netflix.

• laughr trackr clappr

  I’ve been speaking with venture capitalists on this project (I’m not kidding), but now that it seems that they will pass — although they will admit that they were interested — I think it is safe to take my latest idea to the world. There are two accepted ways of inventing something. The first method [...]

• Reuters Headline Sums Up Article

  The most self-explanatory headline of the week comes courtesy of Reuters… “Undecided voters give Obama hope in 2008 race.” That’s the point of going after undecideds. Up next in the in-depth series, the reason politicians aim to rally the base.

• He Said, No He Said

  A classic case of he said, he said, only the he’s are the same person… First story: “Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative.“ Second story: [...]

• Biden: Should he stay or go?

  Eight democrats are currently vying for the democratic nomination for president. Let’s take a look at the candidates and determine whether they should continue their earnest campaigns or bow out gracefully. Next up, Joe Biden of Delaware. Another northeasterner, but this one is a liberal hawk. I like Joe Biden. He’s smart, and he’d make [...]

• World Trade Center

  Even if you’re not a republican, this movie will move you. It is an Oliver Stone film, but the director rarely takes chances with this film. Overall, a disappointment, but a necessary film for the ages. (Returned 01/03/07.) Rent with Netflix.

• Huckabee Aborts Constitution

  The scariest thing (so far) about GOP presidential candidate / preacher Mike Huckabee is his rejection of “letting states decide whether to allow abortions, claiming the right to life is a moral issue not subject to multiple interpretations.“ I believe this is the first time a candidate — at least in modern times — has [...]

• All the King’s Men

  This is apparently a bad remake of an old movie based on a pretty good book. This is what happened: some Hollywood people wanted to win the Oscar; they chose the easy route; remake an emotional movie, hire a great cast, and let everything else take care of itself. Except that the story wasn’t that [...]

• Dodd: Should he stay or go?

  Eight democrats are currently vying for the democratic nomination for president. Let’s take a look at the candidates and determine whether they should continue their earnest campaigns or bow out gracefully. Next up, Christopher Dodd of Connecticut. A northeasterner as president? Of the United States? In this day and age? What is Chris Dodd thinking? [...]

• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

  Will Ferrell excels in stoner movies. Unfortunately, I wasn’t stoned when I watched this. There are funny parts, but stoner movies assume the viewer is still laughing from a joke five minutes ago, so only every five minutes are pretty good. The rest is junk. This is not nearly as good as any of Ferrell’s [...]

• A Thought…

  … on the Bills-Pats game going on… It is like the JV trying to take on the varsity out there.

• Hybrid

  In my two-thousand first post, I blogged that I have been moving towards Movable Type in a lot of my projects. These are truths. However, none of my projects are as important to me as this one, and I have an existing framework that has been constructed by Blogger, that is at-times frustrating, but is [...]

• Democrat Bracket

  Some people think that the NCAA Division 1 basketball tournament is the crowning jewel of sports. It offers only one winner, without debate. (Unlike college football.) With that logic, let’s do the same with the democratic field and choose the nominee from the ultimate bracket… (1) Hillary Clinton – NY(8) Dennis Kucinich – OH (4) [...]

• Gravel: Should he stay or go?

  Eight democrats are currently vying for the democratic nomination for president. Let’s take a look at the candidates and determine whether they should continue their earnest campaigns or bow out gracefully. Next up, Mike Gravel of Alaska. Being an Alaskan isn’t the best way to introduce yourself to the country. Let’s face it, it is [...]

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

  This is one of those over-hyped film series. The movie unfortunately is one big prelude, and the viewer becomes aware of that relatively early on (there is too much foreshadowing). If a studio wants to extend a franchise, they have all the right, but they should not release filler material as a stand-alone product. (Returned [...]

• Stale Office

  The only good line on last night’s episode of The Office (which can be seen online) was Toby, the human resources director of the Scranton branch, asking for an additional copy (the eleventh) of Michael’s personal diary. The episodes have become more stale this season, and it is obvious that the relationship between Jim and [...]

• Obama Has A License Issue Too

  At the last debate, it was Hillary Clinton that tripped-up over the driver-licenses-for-illegals-thing (which I feel would be a good thing, and at least one city gets it), thanks in part to Barack Obama, and tonight — you guessed it — the junior senator from Illinois… MR. BLITZER: All right. I want to just press [...]

• Free Bonds

  It stuns me to learn that former Giants slugger Barry Bonds has been indicted for lying about using performance-enhancing drugs to hit more home runs when former presidential nominee Bob Dole admitted to using drugs to enhance his performance in the bedroom, to score more home runs with his wife, and nothing happened. It is [...]

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