Um, what?
A young boy holds a large knife as he waits for permission to cut into a cake in Mexico City, April 30, 2002. Two men broke into a supermarket depot in Germany and left with just a cake, authorities said on Tuesday. (Henry Romero/Reuters)
Everything old is new . . . again?
I've busted on Georgie Lucas for the horrible CG he subjected us to as we tried to enjoy the three recent installments of the "Star Wars" saga, but I do have to give some credit where it's due.
Lucas is getting ready to do something every interesting with the first incarnation of his cinematic triumph:
On September 12, the original theatrical version of Star Wars will be available on DVD, bundled as a bonus disc to the 2004 Special Edition of the movie, which will be available for the first time ever as an individual movie DVD.If you go here, you'll find a link to 122 comparison images of before-and-after adjustments made throughout the film, including in the opening titles and closing credits.
May the force (of sitting throughout it all over again) be with you . . .
Fleeing the hurricane and heading north? Here's some FYI . . .
In anticipation of Florida residents and visitors fleeing Hurricane Ernesto, the Georgia Department of Transportation’s NaviGAtor system has activated its traffic sensors on hurricane evacuation routes throughout central and south Georgia. Anyone can review traffic conditions on I-95, I-75 and I-16 as well as several state routes by clicking here and accessing the “COUNTERS” option under the “TRAFFIC” heading on the left margin.-- Courtesy of the Georgia Department of Transportation
Creepy in the 8-bit kind of way . . .
This is the old-school Nintendo classic, "Shadowgate."
Way back in the day before those "Internets" were even a glimmer in Al Gore's eye, we had to clank in cartridges like these to find creepy music, interesting puzzles and strange atmospheres in which to skulk.
I understand that "Shadowgate" is available in other forms on other platforms, but it isn't so simple to reproduce those feelings we all enjoyed the first time.
As someone who is still interested in playing games (but not investing as much times in it as before), I sometimes wonder if there are many new games that could give me the chills again. Is it possible to get back the newness of the challenge and a spine-tingling mystery?
Any ideas? I'm open for a new challenge . . .
"Take the God of poverty with you, too"
If you're not laughing by the time you get to 3:19, then the comment made at 3:20 will make you chuckle.
Comedy gold!
Give it up for the greatest show of all time . . .
The way it was supposed to begin . . .
The way you may remember it . . .
Just when you thought . . .
So, think you've got all the Lord of the Rings DVDs you can handle? Well, the quest for even more sales has spawned yet another edition . . .Over at Amazon you can pre-order this "limited edition" DVD set:
For the first time, the Theatrical and Extended versions of each film are on one disc! This 2-sided DVD puts both versions of the epic film on one convenient, portable disc. You can choose which version you'd like to see from the main DVD menuIf you don't have any editions whatsoever, this might be a good move for you. Otherwise, this is a total ripoff and a great example of the kinda stuff I hate to see.
There are now so many different specialized individual packages of this and other enjoyable movies to make collecting a futile effort. You can't possibly have all of these without spending hundreds of dollars and having sets that are only minutely different from one another.
I say stick with one and to heck with all the rest. In the end, the ring makes it into the fire regardless of what packaging you purchased.
You know what Jack Burton says at a time like this . . .
Fantastic movie. Get it before it's out of print . . .
If you ever - EVER - see this movie . . .
. . . you deserve to have your eyes yanked out by an ill-tempered monkey.
Going "off-label," are we?
Here's an interesting new term surfacing more and more often:
What does it mean? Well in the context of medicine, getting an off-label prescription means you're popping pills for some reason other than what the manufacturer intended.
For example, people (mainly women) have discovered that taking fist-fulls of prescription meds intended for other uses will help them lose weight.
Here's what the Wall Street Journal had to say about it:
off label
What does it mean? Well in the context of medicine, getting an off-label prescription means you're popping pills for some reason other than what the manufacturer intended.
For example, people (mainly women) have discovered that taking fist-fulls of prescription meds intended for other uses will help them lose weight.
Here's what the Wall Street Journal had to say about it:
The list includes drugs meant to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (Adderall and Ritalin), depression (Wellbutrin), epilepsy (Topamax and Zonegran), diabetes (Glucophage and Byetta), sleep disorders (Provigil), smoking (Zyban) and even opiate overdoses (Narcan). Often these drugs are used alone, but sometimes they're taken in combination with each other or with popular weight-loss medications, such as phentermine.Amazing . . . science of a sorts at work.
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