This week it was Take Your Kids to Work Day. I took both Cady and Gray with me. My company had a ton of very cool demos set up for them. They got to see the Robotics Lab, Biometrics, Aviation, Autonomous Vehicles, Frankenstein computers and lots of other great stuff. It all cements in their minds what a mad scientist their dad is.
At the end they had all the 200 kids’ names in a hat to draw for 4 prize science books. The first name out of the hat was Cady, the second was Gray. Both winners, as usual.
--I gotta be careful or I will reveal exactly how much influence I have on the universe…
Is there no orginality left in Hollywood?
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Birds," Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1963 horror tale, looks to be taking flight again as a Universal Pictures remake.
Filmmaker Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes production label is in negotiations to make the update with producer Peter Guber though his Mandalay Pictures banner.
The new version would be based on the short story by Daphne Du Maurier, to which Universal owns the rights and which inspired Hitchcock's original movie.
Tippi Hedren starred in the 1963 thriller about increasingly vicious birds that terrorize a small town.
It won't be the first time Universal, which was Hitchcock's home for the latter part of the producer-director's career, has been part of a remake of the master.
In 1998, Gus Van Sant directed a scene-for-scene remake of "Psycho" for the studio. That same year, Warner Bros. Pictures and Koppelson Entertainment turned out "A Perfect Murder," based on the play that inspired Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder."
And at Warner Bros. -- underscoring the rage for Hitchcock remakes -- the studio is mounting a new version of "Strangers on a Train," based on the Patricia Highsmith novel that was the basis for the Hitchcock film.
Platinum is no stranger to the remake genre itself. Its most recent offering, "The Amityville Horror," has taken in more than $43 million after two weekends at the domestic box office.
Platinum also remade "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" and recently set up a remake of "The Hitcher" with Focus Features to be released through Focus' genre label, Rogue Pictures.
--Oh The Humanity!!
Filmmaker Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes production label is in negotiations to make the update with producer Peter Guber though his Mandalay Pictures banner.
The new version would be based on the short story by Daphne Du Maurier, to which Universal owns the rights and which inspired Hitchcock's original movie.
Tippi Hedren starred in the 1963 thriller about increasingly vicious birds that terrorize a small town.
It won't be the first time Universal, which was Hitchcock's home for the latter part of the producer-director's career, has been part of a remake of the master.
In 1998, Gus Van Sant directed a scene-for-scene remake of "Psycho" for the studio. That same year, Warner Bros. Pictures and Koppelson Entertainment turned out "A Perfect Murder," based on the play that inspired Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder."
And at Warner Bros. -- underscoring the rage for Hitchcock remakes -- the studio is mounting a new version of "Strangers on a Train," based on the Patricia Highsmith novel that was the basis for the Hitchcock film.
Platinum is no stranger to the remake genre itself. Its most recent offering, "The Amityville Horror," has taken in more than $43 million after two weekends at the domestic box office.
Platinum also remade "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" and recently set up a remake of "The Hitcher" with Focus Features to be released through Focus' genre label, Rogue Pictures.
--Oh The Humanity!!
Music and muscles relaxing...
Just when I thought Life couldn't get much better...
Today I installed outdoor speakers by our new hot-tub. Now we will have lovely, commercial free, digital satellite music, while soaking in the steaming heat and joy of relaxation in the spa or just gently swinging in the hammock.
--So good... so very good...
Today I installed outdoor speakers by our new hot-tub. Now we will have lovely, commercial free, digital satellite music, while soaking in the steaming heat and joy of relaxation in the spa or just gently swinging in the hammock.
--So good... so very good...
Man Spits On Jane Fonda
Veteran Has No Regrets For Spitting On Jane Fonda
A man who had waited in line at a book-signing in Kansas City for Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda spit tobacco juice in her face Tuesday night.
The suspect, Vietnam veteran Michael A. Smith, 54, Smith said that his actions were planned and he has no regrets. He said he's a Vietnam veteran still angry at Fonda for her trip to Hanoi in 1972.
His justification for spitting? "She's a traitor, and she cost the lives of a lot of good men," Smith, who was 19 when he was sent to fight in Vietnam, told KMBC-TV in Kansas City. "She didn't do anything to the government -- she slapped us in the face."
--This is wrong. It's like the pie throwing stupidity.
A man who had waited in line at a book-signing in Kansas City for Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda spit tobacco juice in her face Tuesday night.
The suspect, Vietnam veteran Michael A. Smith, 54, Smith said that his actions were planned and he has no regrets. He said he's a Vietnam veteran still angry at Fonda for her trip to Hanoi in 1972.
His justification for spitting? "She's a traitor, and she cost the lives of a lot of good men," Smith, who was 19 when he was sent to fight in Vietnam, told KMBC-TV in Kansas City. "She didn't do anything to the government -- she slapped us in the face."
--This is wrong. It's like the pie throwing stupidity.
MacCallan Love
I noticed tonight that the bottle of MacCallan scotch Brenda gifted me last Christmas is almost gone. MacCallan is a really great scotch. It's like $150 a bottle and it is magic and love and alchemy in a bottle.
I have enjoyed the bottle so much. She has no idea that every glass has made me think of her, every sip. She has no idea how many times I raised my glass to her and thanked the makers that she exists. She has no idea how humble I feel as I wonder how I can possibly be worthy of her love.
This feeling can't be bought for $15,000 a bottle...
I have enjoyed the bottle so much. She has no idea that every glass has made me think of her, every sip. She has no idea how many times I raised my glass to her and thanked the makers that she exists. She has no idea how humble I feel as I wonder how I can possibly be worthy of her love.
This feeling can't be bought for $15,000 a bottle...
Sin City
This is a simple description of this movie.
Sin City is a violent city where the police department is as corrupt as the streets are deadly. In this movie, we follow three stories, the central of which is Marv, a tough-as-nails and nearly impossible to kill street fighter who goes on a rampage of vengeance when a beautiful woman, Goldie, he sleeps with for only one night is killed while lying in bed with him. Rated:R for sustained strong stylized violence, nudity and sexual content including dialogue.
I loved this movie. But it is totally whacked. I will not recommend it to anyone unless I know them. Because if the wrong person sees it, they will never speak to me again.
--"Is that the best you can do you pansies?"
Sin City is a violent city where the police department is as corrupt as the streets are deadly. In this movie, we follow three stories, the central of which is Marv, a tough-as-nails and nearly impossible to kill street fighter who goes on a rampage of vengeance when a beautiful woman, Goldie, he sleeps with for only one night is killed while lying in bed with him. Rated:R for sustained strong stylized violence, nudity and sexual content including dialogue.
I loved this movie. But it is totally whacked. I will not recommend it to anyone unless I know them. Because if the wrong person sees it, they will never speak to me again.
--"Is that the best you can do you pansies?"
When will we learn?
Today the body of 13 year old Sarah Lunde was found in a pond 1/2 mile from her Florida home.
The most precious things in our life are our children. The people who prey on them should have no right to breathe our air. I am sick of this rehabilitation crap. The American prison system can't rehab a shoplifter much less a pathological pedophile sex offender. If you are convicted of a sex crime against a minor, YOU SHOULD BE DONE FOREVER, you get locked up for life or executed. Study after study has shown that pedophiles cannot stop. How many of these stories must we see. Even Michael Jackson couldn't stop when he knew the whole world had their eyes on him!
This is why we needed the sex offended registry. Now it is time to change the laws again. Life in prison for the first offense. No possibility of parole.
The most precious things in our life are our children. The people who prey on them should have no right to breathe our air. I am sick of this rehabilitation crap. The American prison system can't rehab a shoplifter much less a pathological pedophile sex offender. If you are convicted of a sex crime against a minor, YOU SHOULD BE DONE FOREVER, you get locked up for life or executed. Study after study has shown that pedophiles cannot stop. How many of these stories must we see. Even Michael Jackson couldn't stop when he knew the whole world had their eyes on him!
This is why we needed the sex offended registry. Now it is time to change the laws again. Life in prison for the first offense. No possibility of parole.
Project Greenlight: Feast
"Project Greenlight" gives aspiring filmmakers access to independent filmmaking through an online community, a film, and a television documentary series. "Project Greenlight" holds a contest where an amateur writer and an amateur director get to make an original film together. Dimension Films finances the film and distributes it. The documentary series shows the entire filmmaking process, from the selection of the script, through production and editing, to the film's release.
This time they are doing a horror movie: Feast
The movie is being directed by contest winner John Gulager. I love this guy. I will go see his movie the theater and drag ALL my friends along! I will buy the DVD!
--I love the show on Bravo.
This time they are doing a horror movie: Feast
The movie is being directed by contest winner John Gulager. I love this guy. I will go see his movie the theater and drag ALL my friends along! I will buy the DVD!
--I love the show on Bravo.
Why do Democrats want the Draft?
I consider the draft issue one that I am VERY interested in watching. Having kids will do that. The big problem is who do you believe in the main stream media these days. I don't believe any of them anymore. I always look for myself. I am lucky enough to know where to look:
There were twin bills in Congress, Senate Bill 89 (SB 89) and House Resolution 163 (HR 163).
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:S.89:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR00163:@@@P
Looking first at Senate Bill 89, one can quickly and easily note that this bill was introduced on January 7, 2003 by Senator Fritz Hollings (D-South Carolina).
Now, looking at HR 163, please note the names on the bill introduced the same day that Senator Hollings introduced SB 89: Representatives Charles Rangel (D-New York), Jim McDermott (D-Washington), John Conyers (D-Michigan), John Lewis (D-Georgia), Pete Stark (D-California) and Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii).
As most of you know, I consider myself the realist guy. I like facts. Verifiable FACTS. One of the things that bugs me is the way the media slants everything the way they want. It's taken me years to figure out how to find out facts on my own.
--I still hate the media.
There were twin bills in Congress, Senate Bill 89 (SB 89) and House Resolution 163 (HR 163).
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:S.89:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR00163:@@@P
Looking first at Senate Bill 89, one can quickly and easily note that this bill was introduced on January 7, 2003 by Senator Fritz Hollings (D-South Carolina).
Now, looking at HR 163, please note the names on the bill introduced the same day that Senator Hollings introduced SB 89: Representatives Charles Rangel (D-New York), Jim McDermott (D-Washington), John Conyers (D-Michigan), John Lewis (D-Georgia), Pete Stark (D-California) and Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii).
As most of you know, I consider myself the realist guy. I like facts. Verifiable FACTS. One of the things that bugs me is the way the media slants everything the way they want. It's taken me years to figure out how to find out facts on my own.
--I still hate the media.
The Pope is Dead, Long Live Brittney...
Well I checked the News tonight and was unable to confirm that the Pope was still dead. NBC let me down. Where's Dan Rather when you need him? Concern forced me to check the other main stream media outlets in search of the Popes status.
Nothing.
What story had enough power to knock the Dead Pope out of the prime time spotlight?
Brittney Spears has a bun in the oven.
Yes, my readers and only friends. Brittney is pregnant.
--It's not my fault!!
Nothing.
What story had enough power to knock the Dead Pope out of the prime time spotlight?
Brittney Spears has a bun in the oven.
Yes, my readers and only friends. Brittney is pregnant.
--It's not my fault!!
This represents my day perfectly...
"There are 10 types of people in the world...
those who understand binary and those who don't."
those who understand binary and those who don't."
Sin City
It's been a while since we have done a Thursday Night at the Movies! It's back this week with Sin City. It is a style rich, violent, sexy, comic book on steroids and digital wickedness. What: Sin City
Where: Regal Cinemas Manassas Stadium 14
When: Thursday, April 14th, 7pm
Why: Movies, Summer, Friends and Fun!
Who: You and people like you.
See you there!!
Marty "The Summer Moviemeister" Wilsey
Summer Movies Starting Early!!
It's been a while since we have done a Thursday Night at the Movies! It's back this week with Sin City. It is a style rich, violent, sexy, comic book on steroids and digital wickedness. What: Sin City
Where: Regal Cinemas Manassas Stadium 14
When: Thursday, April 14th, 7pm
Why: Movies, Summer, Friends and Fun!
Who: You and people like you.
See you there!!
Marty "The Summer Moviemeister" Wilsey
TiVo Love
I just finished watching the season finale of Battlestar Galactica.
I am so impressed by this new show. I was so worried that it would end up sucking bad, sucking worse than the first series.
It is brave, sexy, violent and it rocks.
--Life is good.
I am so impressed by this new show. I was so worried that it would end up sucking bad, sucking worse than the first series.
It is brave, sexy, violent and it rocks.
--Life is good.
How many must die?
ABC News television anchor Peter Jennings said on Tuesday he has lung cancer. A life long smoker and he says he was "surprised" to find out he has lung cancer. Now he is going to do the radiation and the full treatment.
How the hell long will we allow this to continue? 440,000 people a year are dieing in the USA from smoking related disease. We pull TONS of meat off the market because a cow MIGHT have had Mad Cow. No one died or even got sick for Gods sake. Yet 1200 people die per day because of smoking. Every three days it's more dead than Sept 11th. It's like %1000 more than all the murders in the country combined.
--No one needs to watch a beloved parent drown in their own blood.
How the hell long will we allow this to continue? 440,000 people a year are dieing in the USA from smoking related disease. We pull TONS of meat off the market because a cow MIGHT have had Mad Cow. No one died or even got sick for Gods sake. Yet 1200 people die per day because of smoking. Every three days it's more dead than Sept 11th. It's like %1000 more than all the murders in the country combined.
--No one needs to watch a beloved parent drown in their own blood.
My memories of the Pope
Like the rest of the blog-o-sphere I am reflecting on Pope John Paul II.
I remember him being shot by the Muslim Turk, Mehmet Ali Agca, and being surprised by the forgiveness. I remember his efforts to bring down the Berlin Wall with words of kindness and honor. I respected his efforts to clean his house of pedophiles even when it made the church look bad. I also remember his outreach to other faiths especially the Jewish community. Mostly I remember his humanity and his humor. He loved music, movies, art and break dancing of all things.
Mostly I remember respect and dignity.
During his funeral you won't see raving, chanting men, firing AK-47s into the air. No burning flags. No riots.
--God speed Big Guy.
I remember him being shot by the Muslim Turk, Mehmet Ali Agca, and being surprised by the forgiveness. I remember his efforts to bring down the Berlin Wall with words of kindness and honor. I respected his efforts to clean his house of pedophiles even when it made the church look bad. I also remember his outreach to other faiths especially the Jewish community. Mostly I remember his humanity and his humor. He loved music, movies, art and break dancing of all things.
Mostly I remember respect and dignity.
During his funeral you won't see raving, chanting men, firing AK-47s into the air. No burning flags. No riots.
--God speed Big Guy.
My Living Will
Being of sound mind and body, hereby grant authority over my handling should I enter a persistent vegetative state to the United States Congress pursuant to the following conditions:
Congress shall convene for the sole purpose of determining whether or not I should be sustained or allowed to die. A special quorum for this session shall consist of at least 62% of the House of Representatives and 70% of the Senate present and accounted for. Both houses of Congress must each agree, by a simple majority, on the same course of action.
In the event of a tie in the House of Representatives, the tie shall be broken by the non-voting representative from American Samoa. If this individual is not available to break a tie, other non-voting representatives shall be called upon in the following priority:
Guam
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
Washington DC
A Coin Flip conducted by the youngest present congressman
In the Senate, a tie shall be broken by a potato sack race between the eldest Senators for each side of the argument. If one such Senator is a Senator from Idaho, he or she is to be considered to have an unfair advantage and his spot will be passed to the next-eldest non-Idaho Senator. This race shall be no shorter than 50 meters and no longer than 100 meters.
If Congress is unable to make a determination based on the conditions set forth above, then the decision whether or not to keep me alive with machines shall fall to the Bush twins. If Jenna is unable to serve in this capacity, then Bjork may cast a vote in her place. If Barbara is similarly unavailable, her vote may be cast by a well-trained parrot of Jenna's choosing.
In the event of a tie between the Bush twins (or their aforementioned proxies) then that tie shall be broken by the oldest living descendent of Adlai Stevenson.
If neither Bush twin is available to determine my fate, I would like to convene a blue ribbon panel of Dungeons And Dragons players for this purpose. The 12-person panel shall be selected by the United States Supreme Court, and will meet in the rotunda of the US Capitol building. They are to be the best such players currently available (as determined by court-appointed experts). They shall set about determining my fate based on my assorted attributes and several rolls of 20-sided die.
If it proves impossible to convene such a panel (or they are split evenly), and I am married, I would like Brenda to make the decision, but not before conducting no fewer than 75 television interviews. Any and all political causes are hereby authorized to co-opt her name and likeness for their own agendas, except the Sierra Club and National Association of Home Builders.
If I am unmarried or Brenda is unreasonably shy, and I have been determined not to be able to ever communicate again in any meaningful way, then please just prop me up in front of my big screen TV and the SciFi channel and let me die.
--I love staeling stuff from the web, It saves so much time typing.
Congress shall convene for the sole purpose of determining whether or not I should be sustained or allowed to die. A special quorum for this session shall consist of at least 62% of the House of Representatives and 70% of the Senate present and accounted for. Both houses of Congress must each agree, by a simple majority, on the same course of action.
In the event of a tie in the House of Representatives, the tie shall be broken by the non-voting representative from American Samoa. If this individual is not available to break a tie, other non-voting representatives shall be called upon in the following priority:
Guam
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
Washington DC
A Coin Flip conducted by the youngest present congressman
In the Senate, a tie shall be broken by a potato sack race between the eldest Senators for each side of the argument. If one such Senator is a Senator from Idaho, he or she is to be considered to have an unfair advantage and his spot will be passed to the next-eldest non-Idaho Senator. This race shall be no shorter than 50 meters and no longer than 100 meters.
If Congress is unable to make a determination based on the conditions set forth above, then the decision whether or not to keep me alive with machines shall fall to the Bush twins. If Jenna is unable to serve in this capacity, then Bjork may cast a vote in her place. If Barbara is similarly unavailable, her vote may be cast by a well-trained parrot of Jenna's choosing.
In the event of a tie between the Bush twins (or their aforementioned proxies) then that tie shall be broken by the oldest living descendent of Adlai Stevenson.
If neither Bush twin is available to determine my fate, I would like to convene a blue ribbon panel of Dungeons And Dragons players for this purpose. The 12-person panel shall be selected by the United States Supreme Court, and will meet in the rotunda of the US Capitol building. They are to be the best such players currently available (as determined by court-appointed experts). They shall set about determining my fate based on my assorted attributes and several rolls of 20-sided die.
If it proves impossible to convene such a panel (or they are split evenly), and I am married, I would like Brenda to make the decision, but not before conducting no fewer than 75 television interviews. Any and all political causes are hereby authorized to co-opt her name and likeness for their own agendas, except the Sierra Club and National Association of Home Builders.
If I am unmarried or Brenda is unreasonably shy, and I have been determined not to be able to ever communicate again in any meaningful way, then please just prop me up in front of my big screen TV and the SciFi channel and let me die.
--I love staeling stuff from the web, It saves so much time typing.
Fonda Regrets "Hanoi Jane"
Jane Fonda made a mistake and now she's owning up to it.
Reflecting back on her life, the Oscar winner now regrets her controversial photo-op at a North Vietnamese gun site in 1972 that earned her the unbecoming handle "Hanoi Jane," calling the incident a "betrayal" of the American military and "the largest lapse of judgment that I can even imagine."
"The image of Jane Fonda, Barbarella, Henry Fonda's daughter. . .sitting on an enemy aircraft gun was a betrayal," Fonda acknowledged.
The gun turrets were used to shoot down American pilots.
--Forget it Jane. You don't get off that easy, bitch.
Reflecting back on her life, the Oscar winner now regrets her controversial photo-op at a North Vietnamese gun site in 1972 that earned her the unbecoming handle "Hanoi Jane," calling the incident a "betrayal" of the American military and "the largest lapse of judgment that I can even imagine."
"The image of Jane Fonda, Barbarella, Henry Fonda's daughter. . .sitting on an enemy aircraft gun was a betrayal," Fonda acknowledged.
The gun turrets were used to shoot down American pilots.
--Forget it Jane. You don't get off that easy, bitch.
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