Thursday, May 15, 2008
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Funky Furniture
Some real wacky stuff. I think the plant furniture is a great idea for an outdoor setting.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
American Idol Top 3We’re down to the penultimate episode before the finale. Three singers, singing three songs. Here’s how I saw it.
David Cook was the best of the three by far. He gave two of his songs a signature stamp. I think his version of “The First Time Ever I saw Your Face” was excellent. His closing song was also superb.
Syesha was second best in my opinion, but she will probably not be back next week. I liked what she did better than David A. But she could have done better.
David A has the teen vote sown up so he will be back next week. He sang each of his songs well, but there was nothing surprising or amazing about it. It was more or less what we expect from him except the Chris Brown song “My Boo” which I felt was kind of lame. But the song is pretty weak anyway.
As most of us have surmised, next week will probably be the two Davids duking it out. As far as I’m concerned Cook should win. But we’ll have to see how both of them do next week. I just hope the winners song isn’t as bad as some of them have been in past years.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Ron Paul’s Reverse Money BombThis could be very bad for the country, even though the intent is a good one.
The dollar is being devalued by the fed by making money so cheap. It is bad for the US in many ways, mainly for the working and middle classes. But I’m not sure this is really a solution. This could cause bank runs and other disasters we don’t need right now.
What do you think?
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Moore Re-Runs
Michael Moore wants to make a sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11, his last successful movie. Sicko bombed, as I said it would.
Moore’s decision not to make his next film with the Weinstein Co. comes after “Sicko” failed to ignite the box office. Film, which took on the U.S. health care system, grossed $24.5 million domestically and $11.2 million internationally. Topically, the film didn’t resonate with overseas auds.
To be fair, those are good numbers for a documentary, but Moore probably thinks he should be making the kind of numbers Fahrenheit did. Here’s the problem, that was then, this is now. When his next film comes out, a new President will have been elected. Bush bashing will be quaint nostalgia, like Nixon bashing is for old hippies. And on top of that, Michael Moore isn’t the celebrated darling of the left he once was. The truth is, his inability to tell honest facts has hurt his credibility with many who were once his core believers. Fahrenheit 9/11 was revealed to be made up of one lie after another. Sicko was full of ludicrous claims about Canadian, British and Cuban health care.
He’s got an uphill battle, and I suspect he will find a lot less people interested in thi rehash than he thinks. Especially if Obama were to win.
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Wolverine and the X-Men
Marvel has a new animated X-Men movie coming out.
UPDATE: Iron Man meets Spiderman
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DNA in Action
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Japanese Pushers
They’ve been doing this since the 1970s.
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Good Morning
The kids have a new playground.
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