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Madagascar: Escaper 2 Africa

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:10:33 -0600

Used a gift card and took the family to see the new Madagascar movie. The first one was enjoyed by all.

The new one was also pretty good. A few things "snuck" in to entertain the parents, but as my kids get older, these little things irritae me more. Kids are smart and not much will get past my 13 year old.

They expanded and played with the most entertaining characters from the first film. the penguins, the old lady and the lemurs.

If you have kids, go see it and odds are you will own it some day.

Dead Set

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:33:12 -0600

The UK has delivered another great TV series. Dead Set
Although 5 episodes is hardly a series.
This a zombie movie broken into 5 episodes and stars many Big Brother "stars" from the UK.
It is a great zombie movie and well worth the watch.

It is on par or better than some I have paid to see on the big screen. The effects are top rate, they don't pull any punches as far as the gore goes.

Current TV show list

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:04:50 -0600

Here is a list of the TV shows I currently watch.

Bones

Survivor

Kitchen Nightmares

The Sarah Jane Adventures - Kids show from the UK

Heroes

Smallville

Supernatural

Grey's Anatomy

Pushing Daisies

Samantha Who

My Name Is Earl

The Legend of the Seeker - I have only just started

Xena - Just started with episode 1 last night

Battlestar Galactica - one of the best - back on the air soon

Lost

Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles

Eli Stone - Outstanding Dramady

Fringe - might be dropping this one

Hell's Kitchen

Sarah Silverman - not PC at all, but very funny

Recent Movies

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:53:03 -0600

I recently watched the entire Saw series of movies. They may not be the best movies, but I do enjoy them. I also watched the 3 Final Destination movies. Another enjoyable series.

Here is a list of other recent movies I have enjoyed

War Inc, - Enjoyable dark comedy

Mutant Chronicles - interesting

mett bill - funny

Fellowship of the Ring - outstanding

I Am Legend - great

Cloverfield - fun

Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull - Why did they have to rape Indian Jones that way?

Dang, did it again - brief summary update

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:48:06 -0600

I spent the time to put a blog together then let it sit idle. If I can updaye FaceBook. I can add stuff here.

School is going well 3.5 GPA after the second class.

New job going well 2 months in.

Listening to Ayn Rand Fountanhead - Excellent book.

Philosophy has got me going again.

We now have Obama as a President Elect - "We will get what we deserve"

I have been accepted in to the Dharma Initiative

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:42:43 -0600

Hans Van Eeghen has invited me to volunteer for the Dharma Initiative. Well, who wouldn't want to? Travel to exotic places. Live on a hidden moving island removed from the normal time stream. Play with polar bears and smoke monsters. I took the test (which was pretty cool) and was told I passed. Not sure what that means.

THE DHARMA INITIATIVE WANTS YOU!

Recruiting Volunteers NOW.
Join the Dharma Initiative's latest groundbreaking research project.

Visit www.dharmawantsyou.com and complete an 'Eligibility Test'.
Our innovative research has brought together some
of the brightest minds on the planet.
And we'd like you to join us.

APPLY TODAY. HELP GUIDE THE WORLD TO A BETTER TOMORROW.

Moon-walker claims alien contact cover-up

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:42:19 -0600

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I knew it!! The government and NASA have been hiding aliens from us the whole time. I always said that the X-Files was just a way of releasing information to the public in a safe and controlled manner. Just like the thing in Men In Black and the tabloid newspapers. Dis-information can be a powerful tool, and what better place to hide the truth than right out in the open.

Read the full story

PickensPlan

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:55:56 -0600

T. Boone Pickens

The Pickens Plan

A friend of mine turned me on to this guy.
http://web.mac.com/two.waters/twoWaters.net/v5.0/Entries/2008/7/8_Pickens_Plan.html

Take a look and listen. Some very interesting things here.

America is in a hole and it's getting deeper every day. We import 70% of our oil at a cost of $700 billion a year - four times the annual cost of the Iraq war.

I've been an oil man all my life, but this is one emergency we can't drill our way out of. But if we create a new renewable energy network, we can break our addiction to foreign oil.

On January 20, 2009, a new President gets sworn in. If we're organized, we can convince Congress to make major changes towards cleaner, cheaper and domestic energy resources.

The Closer & Saving Grace

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:37:58 -0600

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In my opinion, these two show are just outstanding and I won't even complain they have short summer seasons.

I first started watching The Closer after receiving an invitation to a Johnson family reunion. It was a fantastic marketing ploy by the network to bring attention to the show. Three other people in my family got the same letter on the same day. I wonder how many Johnson's started watching the show after getting it. Kyra Sedgwick plays Deputy Chief Brenda Lee Johnson on this crime drama. (hence the reunion) It is well scripted and produced. The acting is top notch.

Saving Grace has a much harder edge. Holly Hunter plays a police detective. She drinks, swears, smokes, sleeps around and sees angel named Earl. She has conversations with the angel when he shows up. It is an outstanding show and is moving along nicely as it enters it's second season. It seems Earl is pretty busy tying the lives of several of his earthly contact together. It will be interesting to see how this all comes together.

Flashpoint

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:30:28 -0600

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One of my favorite actors, Enrico Colantoni is back on TV in a new series, Flaspoint. I missed since Veronica Mars went off of the air.

It isn't really covering any new ground as far as TV goes. It is very hard to do that these days anyhow. I think it is a well put together show. The acting and production value are both very good. The stories are shaping up nicely.

Spore space phase is 15-20 hours, has one ending - Joystiq

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:39:46 -0600

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So Spore from Will Wright was shaping up to be the most open game ever devised turns out to be one of his only games with an ending. Huh? Did I miss something? Spore which will contain only user created content will have about 15- 20 hours of game play in the final stages. But, will still be open ended.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/17/spore-space-phase-is-15-20-hours-has-one-ending/

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:05:57 -0600

If you haven't seen Dr. Horrible, DO IT NOW!!!!

Joss Whedon has once again showed us his genius with his latest bit of musical entertainment.

Neil Patrick Harris stars as Dr. Horrible and Nathan Fillion stars as Captian Hammer (his arch nemisis)

I can't say enough good things about it, so follow some of these links....

Back to school

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:54:27 -0600

Well, I had my first night back to school on Monday night. I guess it isn't really back to school, due to the fact I have to AAS degrees (1 in Industrial Maintenance from WCTC & 1 in Electronics Engineering Technology from ITT Tech. I am now working towards getting a BS in Business Management.

I am in an accelerated program at Cardinal Stritch. If I stay on plan, I will have my BS by 9/13/2010

I was going to go back to ITT because it seemed like it would be the easiest path, but after seeing the $85,000 price tag, I did some more looking. Looking back on my first time at ITT and the experience I had with looking again, this school seems to be a scam for the most part.There seem to be quite a few stories out there. For $85,000 I could go to a full time 4 year school. They wanted $85,000 for 2.5 years. If you are thinking about going, please do all of your research, then do yourself a favor and go someplace else.

Cardinal Stritch will be about $25,000 and take a little less time and have much better acreditations.

So far it seems like a good class. There are 20 of us right now and we meet every Monday nevening. It looks like there will be a ton of writing.

It should be an interesting journey and I will try to write something every week.

Spore continues to grow & grow

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:34:17 -0600

I checked the creature count on Sporepedia, and it is now just shy of 1,800,000 creatures. I can't imagine what it will be when the game gets here on September 7th. What kind of bandwidth and storage space has EA/Maxis set aside for this game?

I am still playing with the editor and have learned some new tricks. I think that this is another genre creating game from Maxis.

Hell's Kitchen - and the winner is...

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:27:36 -0600

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Well, Christina won the big prize. I called this about half way through the season. Rioght when she started her long winning streak. I think the boost in her confidence gave her the edge.

Now she has to preform in a real kitch as a real chef. It will be interesting to hear how she does.

I recently started watching Hell's Kitchen from the UK. The season I am watching now is a celebrity version. I think it is from many years ago. Interesting to watch these "stars" be treated as workers and actually have to work. Some sports star couldn't take the heat.