Archive for November, 2004
Maybe I’m Overreacting
Monday, November 22nd, 2004I have expressed nervousness over the coming Da Vinci Code movie but when I read Roger Ebert’s review of National Treasure, my hopes are renewed: That I have read the book [The Da Vinci Code] is not a cause for celebration. It is inelegant, pedestrian writing in service of a plot that sets up cliff-hangers [...]
(Un)Elected Representatives
Monday, November 15th, 2004Some have taken it upon themselves to apologize for America’s recent election. May I just point out that no one, not even a narrow majority, elected these people to speak on our behalf. Many of them insult the intelligence of the other half of America. Some of them are asking if they can sleep on [...]
Da Vinci Code Star Treatment
Monday, November 15th, 2004Oh. No. That bold faced lie, The Da Vinci Code is being made into a movie. Ron Howard directing and there is a possibility that Tom Hanks will star in it. That kind of Hollywood horsepower spells blockbuster. This is tragic as the book is being passed off as solid historical research when it does [...]
Pharmaceutical Ouroboros
Saturday, November 13th, 2004I find it interesting that Merck is being sued for Vioxx. It was supposed to be a drug for arthritis pain but it turns out that it causes strokes and heart attacks. Now there are lawyers gathering to start the litigation. At first I was miffed at the lawyers. Blood suckers. But then I thought [...]
Episode III
Saturday, November 13th, 2004I loved Star Wars, thought Empire Strikes Back was okay, was sadly disappointed by Return of the Jedi, hated Phantom Menace and groaned through Clone War. My major beef with Lucas was the way he collapsed the entire universe into Anakin Skywalker. The entropy began when Vader turned out to be Luke’s dad, it continued [...]
Firefox
Thursday, November 11th, 2004I downloaded and installed Firefox on my Wintel machine at work. It is pretty fast at rendering but it still has some “issues”. When I installed it in Win98 on my VirtualPC it choked like Chicago traffic at 5PM, like Martha Stewart when she found no window treatments in her cell. In other words, it [...]
Help. Me.
Saturday, November 6th, 2004My worst fears are realized. What’s next? Open Theism? You Are a Conservative Democrat Frankly, the way most other Democrats behave embarasses you greatly. You pride yourself on a high level of morals, and you have a good grasp on right and wrong. It’s likely you think America needs to get back to its conservative, [...]
Hug Me, I Voted
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004The line went extremely fast. I was impressed. Heard on NPR about some people waiting hours in other places. What stinks is that we vote for judges here. Like I have a CLUE how these judges are doing! The graphic looks just like the sticker I’m wearing. Whoever wins has a tough road ahead of [...]
All Hallowed’s Eve vs. Reformation Sunday
Monday, November 1st, 2004No, we didn’t go out Trick or Treating nor did we pass out tracts instead of candy. My kids and I went and saw Sky Captain (which is an excellent movie made on Macs). The night before, we carved pumpkins. The digital camera-ette’s batteries died so I don’t have a picture of what we did. [...]