Opening Stuff:
This is one of those beautiful periods of Winter when the hills and fields are glazed with ice that glistens in the moonlight and dances brightly under the daily sun like a million ballerinas with diamonds in their hair.
Kind of makes you forget the potential flaws in the can't be beaten Red Sox line-up, doesn't it?. 10 days til P's and C's. Crack! Aaaaaahh.
Nothing is making me happier these days than the resounding return to championship form by Kim Clijsters.
The Question:
It's Friday so it must be Bonus "Q" Day. 1. King's Speech looks good with 12 nominations for the gold statue. But two films were nominated for 14. Name them and their winning years. 2. Name the defensive Hall of Famers from the vaunted Pittsburgh Steeler SB winners in the 70's.
The Headlines:
--Unemployment Down To 9%; Only A Disappointing 35,000 New Jobs Created; Say What?--Wall Street Could Open Slightly Higher As WS Gurus Try To Decipher Labor Reports.
--Anti Hosni's Overcome Two Days Of Thuggery To Continue Calls For President's Removal; Some Activists Are Calling For March On Prez Palace Which Could Bring Out Army In Force.
--New Report Details How States Squandered Stimulus Money.
--Internet Corporation For Assigned Names, The Global Warehouse For Internet Addresses has Handed Out Its 4 Billionth Address; There Are No More Says ICANN Chief Rod Beckstrom.
Back to More Stuff:
For my money, John Batchelor is the best of the talk show mavens. This guy, who reads a book a day!, is very knowledgeable not only on politics, but also the economy, world affairs, science, literature and the arts. His show broadcast nationally 9-12 Eastern is refreshing and intelligent, and because it is so varied in scope, avoids the monotonous repetition that often dilutes the veracity of legitimate observations. You can go to http://www.johnbatchelorshow.com/podcasts/ He, a Republican without adjectives, and says "I don't have it in me to be a fire breathing Dragon, and frankly I enjoy my discussions with all Democrats comfortable in their skin as I am."
Those news reports above about the reduction in unemployment percentages and the meager creation of new jobs is conflicting at best. It looks from here that the folks in the government aren't talking to one another. The two month drop of 0.8% is largest drop in 53 years, but understanding that all isn't that rosy, it is probably due to more people dropping out. The jobs grew by 950K (83K/Month) in the past year. 8 Million jobs were lost in 2008-09. 83,000 new jobs /month isn't even close to keeping up with population growth, much less overcoming the 7 Million lost jobs still not available. There are pockets of brightness, but caution should still be the watchword for average investors who's miscalculations aren't compensated for by large bonuses.
Almost near: Chapter 5 continues.
--Watching Tucker row the dory to his magnificent J-92 was the perfect start to the evening. While he appeared to concentrate totally on Samantha sitting comfortably on the stern thwart, he also meticulously dipped the oars silently into the early evening water without a hint of splash. The only sound interrupting perfect silence was the knocking of the oars in the locks.
"Grab the rail, that's the little silver thing directly above your head." Tucker laughed. Samantha smiled too ignoring his doubt of her sea knowledge. Samantha held the boat steady while Tucker positioned the back end towards the beam. He grabbed a rail, and told Samantha to stand and unlatch the rail lines. She stood a little too fast and the slender dory started moving away causing her to stumble backwards. Keeping one hand firmly on the rail, Tucker grabbed her with the other just as she was about to topple into the harbor. Her hand splashed as she came around to land firmly in Tucker's lap. Tucker looked more surprised than she did. His faced reddened slightly.
Samantha was totally comfortable. She felt as though she was in the exact place where she was supposed to be.
Predictable Hollywood Department:
I was watching your basic innocuous TV mystery show, when a suspect, a real slovenly, bombastic doofus was shown as rabid opponent of Gay Marriage. It's just a part of the unspoken agenda to depict people who truly believe in what they believe about the sanctity of marriage as below the fashionable elite's intellectual threshold. Or how about the reviewer of the new movie Sanctum who says: "...The survivors are winnowed until -- true to the tradition of so many such films (Survival), woman and non-whites are gradually dispatched." The point of this entire mess above is that while entertainment mahoffs say they have nothing to do with today's changing morality, they sure spend a lot of time trying to be devious about infiltrating minds weakened by explosions and motion picture magic..
The continuing saga of Providence Journal's misplaced pre-election endorsements entered another phase of meaculpa as they went after Chafee-Lite's new Education Citadel as being loaded with union operatives or pawns which will impede in possibility of righting the States floundering economic ship of state. Of course just about every free thinking voter knew that Union endorsed Chafee would do this when the Projo boosted him for Gov.
Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--Sanctum looks like a made for 3D effort which is just its first problem. Adventurers will probably enjoy this "B" thriller about a group of explorers trapped a mile below the surface in a maze of caves that are being flooded after a cyclone. You will be forced to endure several deaths due to accident, suicide and yes murder. All, though, is predictable.
--Kirsten Dunst may have to go back into rehab after watching this weird film, All Good Things, co-starring Ryan Gosling. Gosling is a rich guy who meets a simple woman, Dunst, and marries her. The marriage is everything the woman could ever want. Ten years later she is missing without a trace. No clue. Coincidentally, however, several acquaintances of Gosling are found dead and Gosling is brought to trial for them and now his wife's apparent disappearance. Gosling has to defend his transvestite dressing and other weird habits. I'll watch it.
--The Roommate is a thriller about a deranged college girl who becomes obsessed with her roommate. It's a lot like a Single White Female" remake. Same tension as you discover which girl is evil and the the crazy things that happen ot the other. I think it will be a good adventure when you need to vacate your mind and keep things simple.
Whatever happened to Debra Winger?
The Answer:
1. The 14 nomination winners were Titanic (1997) and All About Eve (1950). 2. The Pittsburgh Steeler defensive players from the 70's in the Football Hall of fame are Joe Greene, Jack Ham, Mel Blount and Jack Lambert. There was so much positive publicity about the famed "Steel Curtain" that you may have thought there were more. Oh, on offense they had Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Mike Webster, Lynn Swan and John Stalworth. And Coach Chuck Noll, And Owners Dan and Art Rooney.
The (weak) End:
I like to clear out all of the grief so I can go into the weekend with an unencumbered mind. It makes everybody around me happier. Unfortunately for those who aren't around me, I tend to want to email them too much of my cumber.
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