Opening Stuff:
The Repubs should start spending more time thinking about getting Senators and Representatives elected. It is not only the best protection against the possibility of four more years of you know who, but will greatly enhance a Repub President's chance of edging around this drifting ship of state.
[Note: If there is a giant blank space above, it was supposed to be a humorous cartoon that said: (Woman) "Well it's about time Obama started running some campaign ads." (Daffy Duck) "This isn't an ad...It's 'NBC Nightly News'..."]
Old athletes never die, they just relive old injuries.
Last night proved once again that on American Idol, mediocre male singers will always beat a good woman.
The Question:
Hunger Games advance ticket sales are the highest in history. Which movie held the previous honor as highest all time advanced sales. Which five movies have the Highest box office total sales?The Headlines:
--S&P,Dow Continue Flatness.--RI Unemployment Inches Up To 11%.
--Prez Says, "If I Had A Son, He Would Look Like Trayvon."; Weird.
--Hunger Games Could Set Pre Premier Ticket Sales Record.
--"0" Taps Dartmouth Prez Jim Yong Kim For World Bank Post.
--Swiss Jewelry Company Creates 150 Carat, All Diamond Ring Worth $70 Million; NBA Stars Trading In Cars To Buy.
--Sarkozy Asks For Jail Time For Those who Surf Terrorist Sites.
--Rhetoric Up As supreme Court begins To Tackle ObamaCare.
OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) proves once again that one brand doesn't necessarily rub off on another. OWN would have worked if the Queen was on 20 hours a day. I have seen many times over the years where a company tries to use a strong brand to build up a newer or lagging brand. It almost never works. Consumers are smarter than you think.
Mel Parnell died Wednesday night. He along with Ellis Kinder were the aces on the Red Sox 1940's-50's pitching staff that was bolstered by some of the best hitters in baseball. I remember Mel Parnell well. He must look askance at today's 5 inning starters. For instance in 1949 when he made 40 starts, he went 27-7 and had an Era of 2,7 with 27 complete games and 295 innings! 27 complete games, against pre-expansion, high quality line-ups. You were da man Mel Parnell. Enjoy the big mound in the sky.
In Boston in the 40's the Braves had "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain." The Red Sox had Kinder and Parnell, but they didn't rhyme with anything, so they had to fight for their own history. Kinder made most of his history by being able to stay out drinking til 4:00 AM, and then pitching and winning games. Probably ate red meat too.
I could never bring myself to investing in Home Builder Corporation Stocks. When they are successful, it means we are losing a lot of beautiful landscapes.
I'm only casually paying attention to the Republican primaries now.
I'm surprised that more bicyclists aren't hit by cars.
Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:
--This week is all about Hunger Games. People have been buying advanced tickets for weeks based on the popularity of the book trilogy. The movie is a combination of Truman and the Roman coliseum -- controlled mayhem for entertainment money. This giant reality show has teen age teams fighting each other til death under the control of hidden TV producers with the prize being food for the districts they represent. It is good and while it is kids killing kids, the violence, while obviously there, is visually minimized. It's a well made movie, but you have to hope kids don';t start doing this in the back yards. Or, are city neighborhood gangs already doing it in the streets.
--In 4:44 - Last day on Earth, we watch a couple face the end, getting beyond the anxiety by enjoying their havens of sex, art and skyping good-byes to family and friends, It's fair fare, and probably depressing.
--In Brake, CIA Agent Jeremy Reins (Stephen Dorff) wakens in side a sealed trunk in a moving car. He has no idea about how he got there. But soon realizes that he is the center of attraction for a group who want to mentally torture him into revealing secrets about the President -- which he has sworn never to reveal. A potential catastrophe on the brink.
Almost Near: Chapter 65 continues. --Tucker turns back towards the window, blocking out Samantha's rants. He doesn't like screaming. She is yelling something about how she left him before they were to get married and ran away because he was molesting little girls in town. He only heard noise now as he looked down and watched detective Sparrow walk into their hotel. He turned. "Hi Sheila, Mom's noisy, isn't she?" Sheila latched onto her Moms leg. He puled a small revolver out of his jacket. "I think it's time we all go over to see Rebecca. Don't you think that's a good idea, Sheila. She looked at him with fear in her eyes, and slowly shook her head. "Good. I thought you'd agree. Little girls always agree with me."
Samantha stopped talking when she saw the gun. She reached down and wrapped her arms around Sheila. "Don't do anything crazy Tommy.
"Don't call me Tommy."
"Ok, Tucker. Let's just go and see Beck." Samantha looked calm. but inside she was terrified, not necessarily about the danger, but about what she just remembered about her Tommy Lambert. The awful truths this man and even her father, which she had been blocking out since the day she left for any place not like New Castle. She ended up in Little Rick, and thought Rudy was her savior. "Comon' Sheil," She turned so she wouldn't have to look at that man she thought she was gone forever.
"Wait!" The mother and daughter stopped. Tucker came over and cracked the door. He turned to Samantha. "Let's go. He shoved the gun into her ribs. To the Stairwell, Run."
The Answer:
--Hunger out did Twilight Saga in Advanced Sales. The top five all time box office giants are Avatar, Titanic, The Dark Knight, Star Wars IV, Shrek 2, ET, Star Wars I, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest, Toy Story 3 and Spiderman.Frankly, I never felt hot one bit during this week of weatherman rants.
Have a spectacular weekend.
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