Amazon.com came through for me replacing two items that the USPS claimed had been delivered to my home via their tracking system. And of course when I called them, it was a bunch of BS. And they wonder why they are losing money.
The Closer had a good thought provoking episode last night. That show can go from comedy to drama very easily and what a great cast.
Tonight I catch up on Nurse Jackie, Weeds, and Raising the Bar. I will then watch HawthoRNe and record Saving Grace and Warehouse 13 to view tomorrow.
Yesterday I started to watch Matlock Season 2 on DVD. I like Andy Griffith and never thought to watch this show when it was being broadcast. Not a bad show, I still like Perry Mason better, but Matlock makes the time go by just as well.
Oh well.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Thoughts: 06-July-2009
Lots of stuff happening in the news. Steve McNair is killed, Sarah Palin quits her job as governor of Alaska, and Robert McNamara dies. Seems like lots of famous people are dieing all at once, of course all we hear about is Michael Jackson.
I surfed the Internet to find out what is happening with Reaper. Tyler Labine in his facebook site stated that season 3 is not going to happen. Looks like Reaper will be going to a comic book and maybe a cartoon series. At least they will not be constrained by a special effects budget in that format.
Merlin, on NBC, has been pretty good. I do not know what the ratings are, hopefully it is doing well. Of course I like the show, so it will get cancelled.
Oh well.
I surfed the Internet to find out what is happening with Reaper. Tyler Labine in his facebook site stated that season 3 is not going to happen. Looks like Reaper will be going to a comic book and maybe a cartoon series. At least they will not be constrained by a special effects budget in that format.
Merlin, on NBC, has been pretty good. I do not know what the ratings are, hopefully it is doing well. Of course I like the show, so it will get cancelled.
Oh well.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Thoughts: 05-July-2009
Just came back from seeing Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp and Christan Bale, directed by Michael Mann. I thought it was a very good film, another great performance by Depp. Lots of Oscar talk associated with this movie. I have to say, the three best films that I have seen so far in 2009 are State of Play, Up, and this movie.
Two movies that I like a lot and that have gotten pretty bad reviews are Practical Magic and It Could Happen to You. There are so many scenes in each film that I love and these two movies are on my most favorite list.
Practical Magic (1998, directed by Griffin Dunn) stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as two sister witches suffering under a family curse that dooms their love affairs. I love how the young Sandra makes a love spell to find her true love that eventually brings forth an Arizona Ranger played by Aidan Quinn who is searching for a criminal that Kidman is dating. Bullock and Kidman end up killing this guy then try to bring him back with magic with disastrous results. I love the scenes where Kidman uses her magic to put Bullock at the head of the phone tree, the scene where a frog coughs up the ring of the bad guy, when Quinn uses his badge to ward off the evil spirit, and then the sisters using the family curse to not only vanquish the evil but cast the curse off forever. What a great film.
It Could Happen to You (1994, directed by Andrew Bergman) stars Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda who play two kindhearted folk who share a lottery fortune when Cage leaves it for a tip. Rosie Perez is at her nastiest as Cage's wife who wants all the money for herself. She reminds me of my brother first wife, a mean cold hearted bitch who gets her due. Lots of great scenes in this film, especially the end when the city of New York helps them out thanks to the photo journalism of Angel Dupree, a New York Post photographer played by Issac Hayes. Wonderful film that is done so tenderly it always brings a tear to my eye.
Oh well.
Two movies that I like a lot and that have gotten pretty bad reviews are Practical Magic and It Could Happen to You. There are so many scenes in each film that I love and these two movies are on my most favorite list.
Practical Magic (1998, directed by Griffin Dunn) stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as two sister witches suffering under a family curse that dooms their love affairs. I love how the young Sandra makes a love spell to find her true love that eventually brings forth an Arizona Ranger played by Aidan Quinn who is searching for a criminal that Kidman is dating. Bullock and Kidman end up killing this guy then try to bring him back with magic with disastrous results. I love the scenes where Kidman uses her magic to put Bullock at the head of the phone tree, the scene where a frog coughs up the ring of the bad guy, when Quinn uses his badge to ward off the evil spirit, and then the sisters using the family curse to not only vanquish the evil but cast the curse off forever. What a great film.
It Could Happen to You (1994, directed by Andrew Bergman) stars Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda who play two kindhearted folk who share a lottery fortune when Cage leaves it for a tip. Rosie Perez is at her nastiest as Cage's wife who wants all the money for herself. She reminds me of my brother first wife, a mean cold hearted bitch who gets her due. Lots of great scenes in this film, especially the end when the city of New York helps them out thanks to the photo journalism of Angel Dupree, a New York Post photographer played by Issac Hayes. Wonderful film that is done so tenderly it always brings a tear to my eye.
Oh well.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Thoughts: 04-July-2009
I am going to spend a lazy day here at Guanowsky Manor and wait until tomorrow to go see the films that I am interested in. I recorded Sink the Bismark! off AMC yesterday and will be watching that with pizza and beer.
I received the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly yesterday and it has a mega long tribute to Michael Jackson. Enough already about Michael Jackson, his death is all over the news and all over the Internet, was he really that popular?
I always thought the King of Pop label was a piece of PR BS. He made one good album, Thriller, I hated his other albums and could not stand the Jackson Five when I was growing up. I thought that they sucked and because I attended a predominately black school system, had to hear that crap over and over again.
Michael Jackson had a lot of psychological problems due to the years of abuse he suffered when growing up. He was never able to become an adult as he sought the comfort of a childhood denied to him. This outpouring of grief may be more like pity for his lost chance at life. I just don't get this obsession.
When Ronald Reagen passed away, he was out of public sight for ten years due to his Alzheimer's Disease. I could understand the grief for the death of an icon to lots of people, but the photos and videos of people crying their eyes out, I thought those were staged, I could not believe that people would be that emotional for a public figure.
Maybe in this world of the Internet we get too emotionally invested in celebrities and public figures as we are unable to bond with people that we actually know and have contact with. Who knows?
Oh well.
I received the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly yesterday and it has a mega long tribute to Michael Jackson. Enough already about Michael Jackson, his death is all over the news and all over the Internet, was he really that popular?
I always thought the King of Pop label was a piece of PR BS. He made one good album, Thriller, I hated his other albums and could not stand the Jackson Five when I was growing up. I thought that they sucked and because I attended a predominately black school system, had to hear that crap over and over again.
Michael Jackson had a lot of psychological problems due to the years of abuse he suffered when growing up. He was never able to become an adult as he sought the comfort of a childhood denied to him. This outpouring of grief may be more like pity for his lost chance at life. I just don't get this obsession.
When Ronald Reagen passed away, he was out of public sight for ten years due to his Alzheimer's Disease. I could understand the grief for the death of an icon to lots of people, but the photos and videos of people crying their eyes out, I thought those were staged, I could not believe that people would be that emotional for a public figure.
Maybe in this world of the Internet we get too emotionally invested in celebrities and public figures as we are unable to bond with people that we actually know and have contact with. Who knows?
Oh well.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Thoughts: 03-July-2009
Work week is over and now I get to play all weekend.
Public Enemies and Ice Age 3 will be in Groton this weekend, I want to see both films. I love Ray Romeno as Manny the Wooly Mammoth. I have always been a big fan of Johnny Depp and would like to see him in that movie.
I will be sending the weekend catching up on DVDs, no new shows are on for me this weekend.
Last night I watched The Wrestler starring Mickey Rourke. Very good film and realistic as to what pro wrestlers put themselves through. Almost felt like that documentary Beyond the Mat which took a sobering look at pro wrestling. Both films are must sees.
Oh well.
Public Enemies and Ice Age 3 will be in Groton this weekend, I want to see both films. I love Ray Romeno as Manny the Wooly Mammoth. I have always been a big fan of Johnny Depp and would like to see him in that movie.
I will be sending the weekend catching up on DVDs, no new shows are on for me this weekend.
Last night I watched The Wrestler starring Mickey Rourke. Very good film and realistic as to what pro wrestlers put themselves through. Almost felt like that documentary Beyond the Mat which took a sobering look at pro wrestling. Both films are must sees.
Oh well.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Thoughts: 02-July-2009
Woke up to big time thunderstorms and pouring rain in Groton, CT. On the radio, they were advising folks to beware of flooding. In the parking lot of the Mystic Aquarium, there was such much water, cars were partly submerged and stalled out when attempts were made to start them.
I am getting sick of the rain.
I watched the first episode of Penn and Teller's Bullshit for the new season. They spoofed all the help groups that were out there to help people achieve orgasm. They really are ruthless when they rip into some of these con artists who do these things. Not many are willing to do so.
Saving Grace has a good episode about a guy that Grace busted, who when he got out of prison decided to target Grace's family. I loved this joke about the Sooners "What does the Sooners and a bag of pot have in common? They both get smoked in bowls."
22 did not like this joke but tolerated me as she needed my assistance in statistics and getting some articles from our electronic library. 24 and I spent part of the day getting her graphs and stats up to snuff for my boss. Interns really make a lot of extra work.
Oh well.
I am getting sick of the rain.
I watched the first episode of Penn and Teller's Bullshit for the new season. They spoofed all the help groups that were out there to help people achieve orgasm. They really are ruthless when they rip into some of these con artists who do these things. Not many are willing to do so.
Saving Grace has a good episode about a guy that Grace busted, who when he got out of prison decided to target Grace's family. I loved this joke about the Sooners "What does the Sooners and a bag of pot have in common? They both get smoked in bowls."
22 did not like this joke but tolerated me as she needed my assistance in statistics and getting some articles from our electronic library. 24 and I spent part of the day getting her graphs and stats up to snuff for my boss. Interns really make a lot of extra work.
Oh well.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Thoughts: 01-July-2009
Miserable day in Groton, CT. Thunderstorms pour rain down on us, power kept on going out at work, and they keep making these annoying announcements over the public loud speaker which were preceded by this clanging noise. The power is back on they would say and then the power would go out again. Big time headache.
I helped 22 with a complicated ANOVA design and 24 with her statistical analysis of her data. And with a headache too. 22 said that she wishes I were her mentor, a statement she will retract when she sees me writing about her in this blog. She threatened to deface my face if I mention her again. She is starting to grow on me.
Watched HawthoRNe last night, I kind of doubt that nurses would go so far out on the limb for their patients and the way they put up with the really annoying ones, never happened to me.
Tonight I get to watch Nurse Jackie, Saving Grace, and True Blood.
I love Amazon.com. Why is their website so easy to use and their customer service so good? Why can't everyone be like them?
Oh well.
I helped 22 with a complicated ANOVA design and 24 with her statistical analysis of her data. And with a headache too. 22 said that she wishes I were her mentor, a statement she will retract when she sees me writing about her in this blog. She threatened to deface my face if I mention her again. She is starting to grow on me.
Watched HawthoRNe last night, I kind of doubt that nurses would go so far out on the limb for their patients and the way they put up with the really annoying ones, never happened to me.
Tonight I get to watch Nurse Jackie, Saving Grace, and True Blood.
I love Amazon.com. Why is their website so easy to use and their customer service so good? Why can't everyone be like them?
Oh well.
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