As someone who only very recently started wearing glasses, I am still a little curious about switching over to contact lenses. I know that they can be expensive, but I also may have just found the perfect solution for that particular problem. I can now get contact lenses for up to 70% off of normal prices. With that particular problem solved all I have to do now is find out where I put my prescription for glasses to find out what prescription I need.
Archive for September, 2008
3-2-1 Lenses
Monday, September 29th, 2008Dexter Season 3
Monday, September 29th, 2008It’s fall again (though still over 100 degrees in the desert) and yet again Showtime is thrilling us with the addictive and twisted show Dexter.
Dexter Morgan is a forensic scientist that also searches out those criminals in society that have slipped through the cracks unpunished and slice them up into little pieces.
The new season features some new characters, new actors (Jimmy Smits), and even a big new twist in the first episode.
So far this is my favorite commercial-free cable TV program. That may change if HBO releases “A Game of Thrones” (hint, hint). I look forward to the rest of season 3.
Exposed
Monday, September 29th, 2008With all of the weight loss products on the market, it’s obvious that the whole point is to be exposed. Expose more of your body after you lose all of the weight. The list at the link above claims that these secrets are now exposed. This website lists what it thinks are the current most awesome fads in the weight loss market. Don’t forget that eating less food, moving around more, and watching less television are also sure fire ways to burn off a few more of those pesky pounds.
HBO is awesome
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Before you continue reading, you better have a seat.
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You all know that I’ve been praising the awesomeness of George R. R. Martin’s epic ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ series. Earlier this month Martin posted on his website that HBO has just exercised their option and purchasd the television rights to the series. This means that shortly we could see the first book in the series, “A Game of Thrones,” as the first season of the series in just a couple of short years!
This isn’t a done deal yet, and it’s still not definite. But, this is the next step in the process to bring the series to the small screen. Earlier HBO had purchased the option. Now they’ve exercised the option and have purchased the rights. Looks like they may film it in Spain or the Czech Republic.
A short note to HBO. Please make this series. I just have basic cable right now but will become a subscriber to the Home Box Office when they bring this series to their network. Heck, I’ll forever remain a subscriber if this comes to the screen.
Newest Camcorders
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Now that everyone has an iPod and some sort of digital camera built into their cell phone, it’s about time that we as consumers revisited the camcorder market. There are definitely two ways to go with modern camcorders. Get one that’s really tiny. Or get one that’s fully HD.
Either way that you go, you can just about guarantee that you’ll get the best deal online. They don’t have any store employees to pay. So when you go and buy that camcorder, look for the one that fits your needs best. Make sure you have an HD TV before you go out and get an HD camcorder.
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Beings that it is coming up on Talk Like A Pirate Day, I was doing a little musing. If Han Solo was a smuggler (pirate), and Chewie was his first mate, shouldn’t Harrison Ford have brought a little more “mateys” and “arrghs” to the role. Or maybe, just maybe, Chewbacca’s pirate accent was so heavy that it came out in his trademarked roars.
Makes you think, huh?
USB swag
Sunday, September 21st, 2008If you want someone to remember your company name for the rest of the day, try giving out hats or visors or frisbees as giveaways at your next convention or conference. However, if you want your company name and logo to become instantly recognizable to every member of the convention, give away a free USB flash drive with your company name and logo on the side. They come in many shapes and sizes and styles.
Star Wars Unleashed review
Sunday, September 21st, 2008For at least a year now I have been looking forward to the release of the newest entry into the huge library of Star Wars related video games, Star Wars Unleashed. Now that it’s out… meh.
I was hoping for something unbelievable and outstanding. I got something pedestrian and clunky.
Granted, I have only played the PS2 version of the game and am still willing to give the other consoles’ versions a chance, but… meh.
The controls a pain, and most disappointingly, the use of the force powers is the most difficult to control. The game feels more like a fighting game with big levels than the first person shooter with force powers game that I was hoping for. And there’s no multiplayer either, even for the PS3 and 360 versions.
Hopefully, the destructible environment and improved AI that were featured so prominently in the previews will be used in the future to make better games than this.
Need boxes?
Sunday, September 21st, 2008If you’re moving to a new place or trying to get organized, you’re going to need some boxes. You can try to dig some boxes out of the dumpster, but you may just end up with some dirty boxes of all different sizes that just don’t stack nicely. There is a site now where you can get the shipping boxes for exactly what you need to ship something, store something, or move something.
Starship Troopers 3 review
Sunday, September 21st, 2008I was really expecting something a little different. I know, I know, it’s just Starship Troopers 3, and we rented it just to make fun of it, but it was still very different than expected.
The movie starts with the MPAA rating of R and even explains the reasons behind the rating. Well that just made us all try to predict which actress or actresses were in the movie solely to get naked and which ones were hired for their acting ability. Turns out three were hired to get naked and not a single person was hired for their acting ability. Oh, and watch out for dudity from Johnny Rico.
The long and short of the ‘plot’ involves a group of space marines crash landing on a bug infested planet and then arguing for the rest of the movie about the existence of God. The marine leader (and lounge singer) takes the side of the pro-God castaways but constantly gets that weird faraway look that means, “I’m either going to betray you all to the bugs, or I am a bug. Didn’t see that coming, huh?”
Good for a couple laughs, but mostly a waste of time.
Really nice furniture
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008Wow! Now that’s a nice TV stand.
That was my first reaction after going to this site featuring high-end tv furniture. There are many different types of cabinets and other furniture to hold your brand new big screen flat panel television. Even more impressive is the set of TV lifts for the foot of your bed. These elegant pieces of furniture hide away your television and then let it rise when it’s time to watch the tube.
“My Name is Bruce” preview
Sunday, September 7th, 2008As a big fan of Bruce Campbell and all of his cheesy goodness, I heard about his new movie about a year ago. Well, time passed and their is finally a preview out for the new movie.
Bruce Campbell takes on his toughest role of all, himself.
A couple of small town kids and fans of His Bruceness track down the low budget star to recruit him against the evil force that threatens their town. Bruce agrees to come thinking that he is being recruited to star in yet another low budget film, only to find that the monster is real, and it’s up to him to save the day.
Can’t wait for this one.
Tactical gear
Saturday, September 6th, 2008A new wave of game sweeping across the world with similarities to both paintball and first person shooter games is Airsoft. As opposed to paintball shooting large balls of paint using guns unlike any actual gun, Airsoft involves shooting low caliber plastic BBs launched with compressed air. The great part is that you can get guns look like actual military hardware. For all of the rest of the tactical gear that you need to complete the look and feel of actual combat make sure that you get a good deal on quality and authentic stuff.
GREATEST CLIP EVER
Friday, September 5th, 2008I’ve long been a conneusuer of unintentionally funny cinema. The greatest collection of this ever by far is the movie Troll 2. However, this was unintentional comedy stemming largely from lack of budget, talent, writing, or acting.
This week AMC is featuring all five Dirty Harry movies. Today they’re airing the final installment in this series, “The Dead Pool.” Despite a successful and long-running series, big name stars, and a Hollywood feature budget, this movie features one of the greatest combinations of disparate people in an incredibly hilarious, and unintentionally so, clip.
Combine Clint Eastwood, Liam Neeson, Jim Carrey, and Guns ‘n Roses. Mix well and laugh.
Hope I didn’t build it up too much.
Shleppers
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Now that’s a great name for a moving company. Let me tell you that moving is very stressful. I only moved three hours away, and I barely survived. We’re still unpacking boxes almost three months later because we were so wiped after the move to unpack anything then.
Well, getting someone like the New York Moving Company to shlep around your stuff is the best way to get from one place to another.
Bring on the Chuck
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008In this new world where everything is Chuck Norris, you may now have the privilege of controlling Chuck Norris in a new cell phone video game.
Don’t let the idea go to your head. You will never control the real Chuck Norris. Even your control of the video game Chuck Norris is only illusionary.
I like it when Chuck picks up the truck and even better when he destroys the helicopter by saying, “Bang!”
Upack
Monday, September 1st, 2008After having just completed a moving adventure of immense proportions, I can attest to the need for a large vehicle and help. Sometimes you don’t want a moving company to handle all of your personal items, but you need a truck large enough for all of your junk. Sometimes even the biggest moving van just won’t do. You’re going to need all 18 wheels. An innovative idea is you pack it, they haul it in the moving trucks, and then you unload it at your new residence.
Things Are Tough All Over
Monday, September 1st, 2008We all know that things are tough all over, but people are having an especially hard time in Detroit. Auto plants are shutting down, people are getting laid off and moving away, and no one wants to move to the southeastern Michigan area. One neighborhood in particular is under hard times. This article features a home that recently sold for $1.
It had been the nicest house in the neighborhood, but after the bank foreclosed, vandals stole the copper plumbing, wiring, siding, fixtures, even the kitchen sink. After the bank boarded up the house, thieves stole the plywood boards.
Desperate, the bank placed the home in MLS for $1. 19 days later it finally sold. After paying for the buyer’s closing costs, back water bills, and other costs, the bank payed over $10,000 to sell the house.
Note to self: don’t buy real estate in Michigan anytime soon.
Protecting your vacation
Monday, September 1st, 2008If you’re taking a really big vacation now that the summer is over, the option of protecting your vacation may be a worthwhile investment. Turns out you can insure just about anything nowadays. Insurance plans are available from a variety of different companies that can insure the cost of your trip, the cancellation of your trip, and even your medical coverage while on the trip to anywhere in the world. It may not be the best idea for every vacation, but look into travel insurance for your next vacation, especially big ones overseas.
Death Race review
Monday, September 1st, 2008Jason Statham’s newest action smash fest is a remake of the Roger Corman classic, Death Race 2000. While the original was a cross-country, no holds barred, low budget, dystopic view of the future, the newest version of the tale is a tightly controlled video game on a closed course.
Statham stars as a former driver framed for his wife’s murder. He is forced to drive a car for the corporate controlled prison in a reality TV-based online Death Race. Just for once, I’d like to see a large corporation as a force for good in the world instead of the source of all evil. You know, just to mix things up. Also, I wonder if a person becomes more evil because they work for a bigger corporation, or if the most evil people are drawn to the biggest companies. Or, here’s a thought. Do the people get eviler when the corporation gets bigger?
Anyway, the race completely lacks the low-budget grit of the original and instead is filled with flashy video game style special effects. It almost seems like the movie was designed to be made into a game. There are weapon and defense circles to drive over to gain power-ups and activate traps.
I didn’t go in expecting much and was still disappointed.