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2011-08-04
I know that some times I'm hard to follow.
I do things in a complicated way when there are far simpler solutions.
I hope to rectify that a little here.
2011-08-06
Movie Title: Dark Star
Best Part: When the bomb blew itself up at "and then there was light."
Worst Part: Yeah, pretty much the rest of the movie.
Thoughts: It wasn't bad, it just wasn't terribly interesting.
2011-08-06
Movie Title: Darkstorm
Best Part: The weaponization of dark matter.
Worst Part: Stephen Baldwin - everything he did or said looked so strained...
Thoughts: I'd watch it again.
2011-08-07
Movie Title: Darkworld
Best Part: Demons figthing
Worst Part: When Mr. Six died
Thoughts: Pretty weak, but still amusing
2011-08-08
Gods dam you, binary!
2011-08-08
Proof that I've always had something wrong with me:
When I was a teenager, I actually turned down offers of oral sex.
Offers from females.
On multiple occassions.
2011-08-11
I have to believe that there is life on other planets.
If I don't, then I have to accept that human beings (homo sapiens) are at the peak of the intelligence pyramid here in the 'verse, and frankly that's one of the most depressing thoughts I could ever conceive.
2011-08-12
Movie Title: Dead and Deader
Best Part: "The voice you hear is that of the deceased."
Worst Part: When I thought the black guy died.
Thoughts: Avoid Bolivia.
2011-08-16
Movie Title: Defendor
Best Part: Using a gun as a throwing weapon.
Worst Part: When he was told he could no longer be Defendor.
Thoughts: I thought this was supposed to be a funny movie. It wasn't, but I'm still not disappointed.
2011-08-26
2011-08-31
Movie Title: Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
Best Part: When JB and KG meet.
Worst Part: Poor Pizza Guy's car!
Thoughts: So the christian's satan is an MC at a cheap bar...
2011-08-31
Don't get insomnia.
(I know I've said it once, but it bears repeating.)
2011-08-31
Movie Title: Time Bandits
Best Part: Your Money or Your Life.
Worst Part: When his parents blew up at the end, though that may have been the best part too. I'm unsure about that though.
Thoughts: I like most of the work from the python troupe, and this is no different.
2011-09-01
You know, in the general scheme of things, I support defunding NASA.
Now anybody that knows me well knows that I'm a science fan, particularly space, but even I have to draw the line somewhere.
The cost to benefit ratio isn't high enough at NASA.
Or the military, but that's another story.
2011-09-02
Movie Title: The Mist
Best Part: The Host of Seraphim
Worst Part: Mrs. Carmody
Thoughts: This is at least the third time I've watched this movie all the way through. I like it that much.
2011-09-06
Also, go ahead and fold up the USPS. Let local companies compete in the message delivery service again. Sure it will cost us more, but that's how things work - you pay for what you get, and everybody wins.
Under the current system, they (the USPS) don't charge enough, or they're spending too much on things they shouldn't (like advertising.) Let it run like a normal business. If it can't be profitable and keep itself afloat, let it be acquired or close it's doors. Just like any other business would.
2011-09-23
Movie Title: Caprica
Best Part: Digital paper / the Cylon
Worst Part: Ah, the hubris of homo sapiens
Thoughts: I don't know that this interested me enough to watch the new Galactica series, but it was interesting.
2011-09-28
I was discussing politics with an associate yesterday, and I describe myself as "socially liberal, fiscally conservative."
He suggested that I use the term "socially libertarian" though, to make it clear what I actually mean, which is that I believe socially people should be free to do what they like.
I will change my verbage moving forward.
2011-09-30
OK, I will accept that Republicans and Democrats are equally to blame for our current (ridiculous) $14trillion debt.
My question is - who will solve the problem?
Who will move this country forward?
2011-10-01
"zomg" - I put the best thing ever in my mouth today. A "shake and cake" shake from coldstone creamery. Cake batter ice cream with yellow cake mixed in.
2011-10-05
Well hell.
I'm not even an apple "fanboy" and the death of Steve Jobs sucks.
2011-10-10
If history has taught us anything, it's that history hasn't taught us anything.
2011-10-11
Here's the deal.
You can have open borders.
You can have a welfare state.
You can not have both.
2011-10-11
This was an interesting read: http://booktwo.org/notebook/the-new-value-of-text/
"We are terrified that people are dumbing down, and so we provide them with ever dumber entertainment. We sell them ever greater distractions, hoping to dazzle them further."
Yes, that exactly sums what I feel about the current hollywood. Dumb and dumber - a downward spiral.
2011-10-13
Seriously, I'm still thinking about that cake shake from coldstone...
2011-10-16
Thou shall not work on energized equipment.
2011-10-22
Movie Title: Wall-E
Best Part: Wall-E and EVA
Worst Part: Gods damned computers!
Thoughts: The kind of AI that could take interest in things that it finds would no longer clean up after worthless humans.
2011-10-23
Movie Title: Pandorum
Best Part: The agri worker.
Worst Part: Sleeping for 900 years...
Thoughts: I want to know what the hunters really were. Were they really gene-jumped humans? Were they some hybrid between human and whatever life-form was on the planet? That's what I hate about movies.
2011-11-14
Movie Title: Evil Dead
Best Part: Taking your already crazy sister with you to a run down cabin in the woods and then acting surprised when she goes crazy. Crazier.
Worst Part: None. There is nothing bad about any of the Evil Dead movies.
Thoughts: Ah, a wonderful trio of movies for the holiday season.
2011-11-14
Movie Title: Evil Dead 2
Best Part: The chain saw hand replacement sequence, along with the original hand removal sequence.
Worst Part: None. I suppose having to remove your own hand would suck a little.
Thoughts: Probably the weakest of the trio, but not even a little weak.
2011-11-14
Movie Title: Evil Dead 3 - Bruce Campbell vs. The Army of Darkness
Best Part: "Uh uh - it's a trick." and "Klaatu barada nikto"
Worst Part: None. Perhaps not getting the wench.
Thoughts: One funny / interesting thing about the Evil Dead movies is that at the start of the sequels, they kind of recap what happened in the previous movie. However, they don't recap it accurately, and they use different actors rather than reusing the old footage. That's just awesome.
2011-11-24
Movie Title: Krull
Best Part: Swords vs. Lasers
Worst Part: Was that lava he reached in to so he could retrieve the glaive?
Thoughts: Some times movies don't make good video games...
2011-11-26
Movie Title: Megafault
Best Part: Brittany Murphy in a serious role.
Worst Part: Colorado got busted up old school!
Thoughts: Almost nothing beats a good doomsday movie.
2011-12-02
Movie Title: MST3K: Secret Agent Super Dragon
Best Part: Using chewing gum as a transport for drugs.
Worst Part: Sleeping under water? Come on!
Thoughts: The boys' jazz improv made me want to fast forward, but I withheld.
2011-12-07
Movie Title: Howl's Moving Castle
Best Part: The old ladies "racing" up the stairs.
Worst Part: It was still a love story, but tolerable...
Thoughts: I was a little afraid at first to see the Walt Disney mark on this, thought maybe they'd crap it up. It still seemed a good movie, but perhaps I'll read the story, see how much they did ruin it.
2011-12-08
BethSoft, please don't sue the makers of the "Scrolls" game - I can assure you that nobody even remotely familiar with the Elder Scrolls franchise will confuse the two.
2011-12-08
Here's the deal, Washington DC: Don't tax business or corporations at all.
Let me tell you why - any costs they have are just passed on to the consumer.
They already have loopholes that get them out of most taxes, so go ahead and remove the tax burden all together.
Does that solve all of the problems? No, but it sure does stop big business from giving fists of money to political interests, because there is no more need to buy tax loopholes.
Step Two, of course, is to implement a consumption tax rather than income tax. Again, a single loophole based on the poverty level (by the Fair Tax rules.)
2011-12-12
Let me tell you the number one reason why the U.S. Postal Service deserves to go bankrupt - they won't accept a credit card that isn't signed. Just looking at the name on the card, and then verifying an ID isn't enough, the card has to also be signed.
/me refrains from cursing
2011-12-13
Movie Title: Last of the Living
Best Part: "The Fury"
Worst Part: The electricity was still on, a full six months in to "the apocalypse" - weak.
Thoughts: It was realistic in that nobody survived in the end - I like that in a movie.
2011-12-18
Movie Title: Boy Eats Girl
Best Part: The title.
Worst Part: Getting your dick bit off while getting some head. Not cool.
Thoughts: So many inconsistencies - like I was pretty sure his mom got away, but then she was nowhere to be seen at the end.
2011-12-28
OK, here's my take on AI: If humans want to kill one another, why on earth would we think that any artificial intelligence we create wouldn't also want to kill humans, or one another? I don't know that we as a species have the potential to program an artificial being that is better (spiritually) than we ourselves are. Sorry, Lillyanna.
