July 3rd, 2009 by Admin
Everybody, say it with me:
I vow (I vow)
From this day forward (From this day forward)
That I will never (That I will never)
Ever (Ever)
EVER (EVER)
See another Michael Bay movie, no matter how much I think that I might like it, or how cool it might look in the trailer, or how much someone else says, “Aww, come on”, or I might think that THIS time he’ll make a good movie that makes sense and isn’t all just one big action scene explosion of not making any bit of damned sense. (…bit of damned sense.)
If you had the misfortune to actually watch the Transformers sequel before someone warned you off of it, I sympathize and empathize. Did any single scene or word of dialogue or plot point make any single bit of sense? How did the government convince the world that the giant fighting robots from the first movie didn’t happen? Why couldn’t the Cube fragment revive Optimus? Why do the soldiers constantly fire small arms at the Decepticons when they never, ever cause any damage? Why wasn’t the rail gun used against the robots more than once when one shot kills the biggest robot of them all? Come on. I can accept the premise of giant alien robots fighting on Earth, but I can’t accept so many parts of this movie.
I rate this movie as Chaotic Evil. It is both random and bad.
Boo you, Michael Bay.
Boo you, sir.
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July 3rd, 2009 by Admin
Everybody hates lawyers… until you need one.
That’s the phrase that everybody uses to explain the almost universal loathing of the American legal system and yet our society has become more and more litigious with each passing year. It is mostly when an accident occurs on the roads or in the hospital that the opportunity for a lawsuit most commonly presents itself. Look into Rochester medical malpractice attorney for any type of situation where you might require some legal advice or representation.
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June 24th, 2009 by Admin
I suppose that seeing The Taking of Pelham 123 wasn’t a total waste of time. The first half was good but the second half and the ending itself didn’t make much sense to me. The main character starts making decisions that I couldn’t figure out.
I wish Denzel Washington had found a more complete role. I haven’t seen him in anything for awhile. IMDB doesn’t have him in any roles last year which is a darn shame for such a wonderful actor. If you’ve ever seen ‘Glory’ or ‘Philadelphia’ you know what I’m talking about and you are probably as desperate as I am it see him in roles like those again.
In this movie, his character is likable enough. He isn’t weak or pathetic but he makes REALLY strange decisions over the course of about 2 hours in which the movie takes place.
John Travolta is the other big name in the movie and he does a good job playing a wacko. His performance reminded me of his role in ‘Face Off’ which I greatly enjoyed but somehow this wasn’t as riveting
Maybe I was just in a bad mood when I saw it. I think I should have picked a comedy instead.
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June 24th, 2009 by Admin
Oy veh! I’ve seen a lot of ads for different kinds of weight loss aids and they all have equally confusing names. It’s gotten to the point where the names of all weight loss aids and all energy drinks sound like they fall into the same category to me.
Really – without looking them up could you tell which was which if I just said ‘lipo 6 black‘ or ‘diet turbo tea’? ‘lipo’ kinda says diet but ‘diet’ clearly says diet so which is which? I guess it all depends upon which aisle they show up on at the grocery store. If it’s in health it’s a diet aid and if it’s near the liquor it must be an energy drink.
I’m getting jaded.
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June 22nd, 2009 by Admin
Although I’ve seen this movie discounted as being formulaic (and it is) it’s a good formula and it is well used here. Since the time of ‘Speed’, I’ve been a fan of Sandra Bullock as a romantic lead and in this movie, she does her usual good job. She manages to turn herself from a woman thoroughly disliked by the audience (after all who could like a person who is mean to Ryan Reynolds with that beautiful baby face of his) to one who wins our hearts and makes us hope she gets her guy.
There is one particularly strange scene in which Betty White tries out some sort of Alaskan ritual that I think they could have left out and the movie would have worked just as well. The cast also includes Craig Nelson from ‘Coach’ and Mary Steenburgen (I know her best as the mom on ‘Joan of Arcadia’ but I hear she’s had some other roles in her time).
All in all I definitely recommend this movie as a pick me up kind of flick (which is what it did for me the day I watched it).
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June 10th, 2009 by Admin
Drug rehab may be something that you or a loved one find themselves in need of either now or in the future. If you do, you will want to be in the best possible place where you know you won’t just be spinning your wheels. Even though the internet is a wonderful place to do research for these sorts of things, it’s nothing compared to having a positive referral of a location from a person who has been there or has known someone who was truly helped by a specific program.
To that end you might want to join a support group and talk to the others in the group. Find out there experiences with different in- and out-patient rehab programs.
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June 10th, 2009 by Admin
Now that I can stay up late at night again, I’ve gone a bit overboard and started staying up till the Late Late Show is on. Now that it’s Jimmy Fallon hosting it’s a whole different ball of wax than when Conan was on but there are still funny stunts.
Like Monday night I tuned in to find that he’s trying to organize a Saved By the Bell reunion. So far he has everybody on board except Screech and Kelly. They had Zack dressed up just like himself and he even had the old hair color back on. It wasn’t until he pulled out his 1990s cell phone almost the size of New Jersey that I really almost busted a gasket laughing.
It ended up waking up my husband who then had a flashback to his own Saved By the Bell days.
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June 10th, 2009 by Admin
Surely your colon isn’t a body part that is always on your mind. I, myself have resolved to avoid all mention of it in polite conversation.
But this is the internet and nothing is polite on the internet.
So I will mention that I recently read about the benefits of a colon cleanse. Apparently you can detoxify your body this way which sounds amazing. I thought my liver did that job but maybe it just gets rid of toxins that are absorbed into the blood and not the stuff stuck in your colon.
Of course you want to do research on these things before you try them and that means not just using the internet to look them up but also talking to your doctor about whether or not the benefits have been substantiated.
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June 10th, 2009 by Admin
“The Princess Bride” is an excellent movie. It’s almost the perfect combination of romance, action, and comedy. The cast is perfect, the characters memorable, and the movie quotable. I was under the impression that every girl in the world loved this movie.
I’ve been proven wrong.
A girl I work with absolutely hates this movie. She despises it.
I though that was bad enough.
I also work with another girl that had never seen it before. After lending her my copy, she came back to say, meh? Really!
I guess there’s no accounting for taste and that nothing’s a sure thing.
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June 10th, 2009 by Admin
I’ve been seeing plenty of commercials for lawyers asking for clients who have mesothelioma so they can sue for damages. I really never knew what it was so I looked it up today. Turns out it is a form of cancer that develops in the tissues surrounding many organs like the peritoneum or the pericardium. Apparently it is somehow triggered through exposure to asbestos.
Live and learn.
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