Apart from directing some pretty ordinary flicks, he's also guilty of dredging up movies from only twenty years ago or so, and producing a new, albeit, inferior version. e.g. The Hitcher (slated for 2007; original 1986), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003; original version 1974); The Amityville Horror (2005; original 1979) etc. Where is this guy's imagination or is it simply "Where's the money?"? Yeh - I know. It's all about the cash.
I read from some sources, that you should not use raw or soft boiled eggs in food preparation that will not be cooked - the bird flu virus can survive in cold temperatures so freezing and refrigeration, apparently, will not kill the virus. I wonder how mayonnaise, tiramisu etc. fits into all this.
To me, after downing that mug of coffee in the morning, ya still can't beat dropping a couple of kids off at the pool with a good ol' newspaper. A laptop just doesn't quite cut it.
...check out Robert Becker's The Body Electric, a controversial yet superb look at the role of electricity in the regeneration of tissue and bone (mainly on salamanders) - or "energy medicine" to some.
As an aside, I understand that if a new born baby loses a fingertip, it will regenerate. Don't try this at home though. The question remains: why can't we as we get older?
Dr. Karl Kr Kruszelnicki of Triple J fame (a radio station in Australia) once mentioned on his program that long periods of cruise control in flat or consistent driving conditions (no hills, bendy bits etc) may result (I don't recall the study he sourced from) in a vibration in the wheels, which would not normally be present without cruise control's exactness. This may lead to greater tyre wear. Could be a crock but sounds interesting.
Speed cameras in Perth (West Coast for the punters) are a real bitch. I hear these contraptions pay for themselves within a week of indiscriminately snapping drivers going just 4-5km/h over the speed limit. That probably sounds reasonable in built up areas where you the speed limit is 40km/h (during school hours), but on the open road where 110km/h is legal, you're better off flicking on the cruise control to avoid the boys in blue. Pre-cameras, the cops used to book you for in excess of 9km/h in the country - at least then there was some logical wiggle room, not to mention it wasn't some impersonal surprise money earner turning up in your mail one day.
The extraordinary thing is that around the burbs, often I have to put my foot on the brake going down small hills just to ensure I don't edge over the limit. Perhaps sales of brake pads and cruise control equipment have increased substantially since the introduction of these fuckers. Both my parents have received speeding fines in the last few years, having gone for over forty years with a clean record.
As an aside, a few years back, one chap was flashed by the camera as he drove by and promptly responded by swerving into the offending machine, taking it out all together. Unfortunately, these cameras have a bunch of wire connected to a nearby van, which stores all the data. The cops simply lifted the last photo taken and arrested the guy. Though a tad rash in his response, I still consider him a legend.
Depends on where you come from. Calling a chick a "chick" in Australia is still relatively commonplace - hardly demeaning or derogative. Sure, some, er chicks, will get their back up on the term, but like many expressions, choosing a time and place plays a role. I'm not gonna introduce my wife as my chick to my boss - hey, I still maintain a modicum of chivalry. But perhaps later in the night, I can ask my boss if he/she has seen my chick. My chick doesn't give a shit one-way or the other - the hot chick that she is. Now calling a chick a "sheila" down under would probably be deemed demeaning. Probably counterproductive also - then again, perhaps it ain't the words that are at fault!
I'm not American however I did a spell in the bible belt a few years ago. I'm an atheist - thank God. Just kidding. No seriously, my religion is simply personal. Anyways, I had a tendency to wind a few people up when they asked/demanded I join them at church and stuff for the umpteenth time.
Questions like: "So, you believe in Adam and Eve right? And like, Adam looked like me right, generally speaking (I'm a guy, if that needed to be spelt out)?"
They responded "Yes, you're correct, however he was more pure."
"Okay. Cool. So why did Adam have nipples? Did he have a belly button also? What for do ya reckon?"
They loved that shit.
And then there's the topic of incest between Adam and Eve, 'cause where else did everyone on the planet come from?
"Well Adam and Eve were very pure, not like the people of today."
Well, there you have it. I'm sure they took the piss out of me ("heathen with a strange accent") once my back was turned, but hey, it's all in good faith right?
Hey! - was that my karma spontaneously combusting?
Not exactly new media or the Internet, however a friend of mine was in Phuket when the waves hit - fortunately he was located in a bungalow perched on a hill and witnessed the event unfold.
Remembering a couple of his friends were in Krabbe, a little more to the east, he called them on their mobile. They fortunately answered and he warned them about some serious waves heading their direction. This gave his mates a few extra seconds to get their shit together before the connection was broken. They did survive although many around them did not.
We'll never know, however those couple of seconds just to jolt them into action (how many people simply stood and stared in bewilderment) may have been what saved their life.
Actually, more relevant would be to ask what was going through Neal's mind when Raven, a man mountain of a character packing a thermonuclear weapon linked to a chip in his skull, boinks YT, a diminutive 14 or 15 year old (I forget) hottie.
I wish it were that simple. Yes Howard has his head so far up Bush's arse, Bush has to constantly swallow. The guy gets smarmier by the minute, however the economy, the 51st state of the Land of the Free and Brave, is trundling along quite nicely at the moment, and for some, if it ain't broke.......
The alternative, the "anyone but Howard" candidate is Latham, a potential loose cannon (whose deprecating remarks put Keating to shame) and a thug. It was only in 2001 that Latham wrestled a taxi driver to the ground, breaking his arm, in an argument over the cab fare. Quite funny, in an Aussie humour type of way, but not exactly the dude to run the country. Perhaps if his campaign platform was to remove Aussie troops from Iraq pronto (a la Spain), yeh, that could do the trick, although I have yet to see such a stance.
Guess come election day I'll be hoisting a couple of frothy ones waiting until someone decent comes along before re-registering my name on the electoral role.
I can see it now, on one of my long haul flights from Hong Kong to Europe, middle of the night (relatively speaking), dog tired, almost drifting off to sleep, when someone's phone, in outdoor/loud haler cheesy Auld Lang Syne mode, rings, and some Chinese dude bellows:
The book, Perfect Storm, described specific details leading up to the time the now infamous fishing trawler boat disappeared. It described these radio beacons tethered to the sea-bed (IIRC) that provided amongst other data, the height of waves as they passed underneath. One of the last pieces of info from one beacon during the big storm, was it registering a wave around 100 feet high. It was wrenched from its tether and vanished not long afterwards. Made for pretty compelling reading, not to mention how utterly frightening it must have been for those fisherman who died.
There was this Japanese kid in my baseball team (in Australia), and one game he was a no-show. When we caught up with him later (this is before mobiles and such), it seems he went to the specific park where we were playing, however as there were another three or four games concurrently underway (we're talking a pretty big park), not only could he not locate his team mates, but that it was doubly hard as we all looked the same.
I can't remember how he replied when I asked about the different uniforms.
Since yahoo revamped their email service to 100MB, I constantly bring up blank pages when I hit "Inbox", "Check Mail" or simply using the back function. Anyone else experiencing a few minor glitches?
Amazon reviews can be insightful, but like guidebooks, they really are just a guide. It's pleasing to see (I wasn't aware of this new measure) that the most helpful review for this album discusses the pitfalls of this protection and ways to help circumnavigate it. Spread the word through whatever means possible.
A-ha. I thought they were concerned that the winter temperature may be too harsh for the rovers (wouldn't space be colder than the surface of mars? Notwithstanding direct sunlight). However the article mentions:
"Right now, we're seeing a pretty sharp drop off in solar power on both vehicles. That's a consequence of both the onset of winter and declining solar power because of the dust build-up"
So wiat until spring when hopefully everything will fire up with more solar power.
Someone needs to convey these comments to John Williams' next of kin before he suffers the same fate as his dad:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/doc_o_day/doc_o_day.h tml
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Now wouldn't it be cool if you could apply this decision to Lucas for having Greedo shoot first - now that's offensive!
Actually, each and everyone of us is from Tasmania!
(Inside joke for Aussies - cue a map of Tasmania for a better understanding...)
Apart from directing some pretty ordinary flicks, he's also guilty of dredging up movies from only twenty years ago or so, and producing a new, albeit, inferior version. e.g. The Hitcher (slated for 2007; original 1986), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003; original version 1974); The Amityville Horror (2005; original 1979) etc.
Where is this guy's imagination or is it simply "Where's the money?"?
Yeh - I know. It's all about the cash.
I read from some sources, that you should not use raw or soft boiled eggs in food preparation that will not be cooked - the bird flu virus can survive in cold temperatures so freezing and refrigeration, apparently, will not kill the virus. I wonder how mayonnaise, tiramisu etc. fits into all this.
To me, after downing that mug of coffee in the morning, ya still can't beat dropping a couple of kids off at the pool with a good ol' newspaper. A laptop just doesn't quite cut it.
...check out Robert Becker's The Body Electric, a controversial yet superb look at the role of electricity in the regeneration of tissue and bone (mainly on salamanders) - or "energy medicine" to some.
As an aside, I understand that if a new born baby loses a fingertip, it will regenerate. Don't try this at home though. The question remains: why can't we as we get older?
Dr. Karl Kr Kruszelnicki of Triple J fame (a radio station in Australia) once mentioned on his program that long periods of cruise control in flat or consistent driving conditions (no hills, bendy bits etc) may result (I don't recall the study he sourced from) in a vibration in the wheels, which would not normally be present without cruise control's exactness. This may lead to greater tyre wear. Could be a crock but sounds interesting.
Speed cameras in Perth (West Coast for the punters) are a real bitch. I hear these contraptions pay for themselves within a week of indiscriminately snapping drivers going just 4-5km/h over the speed limit. That probably sounds reasonable in built up areas where you the speed limit is 40km/h (during school hours), but on the open road where 110km/h is legal, you're better off flicking on the cruise control to avoid the boys in blue. Pre-cameras, the cops used to book you for in excess of 9km/h in the country - at least then there was some logical wiggle room, not to mention it wasn't some impersonal surprise money earner turning up in your mail one day.
The extraordinary thing is that around the burbs, often I have to put my foot on the brake going down small hills just to ensure I don't edge over the limit. Perhaps sales of brake pads and cruise control equipment have increased substantially since the introduction of these fuckers. Both my parents have received speeding fines in the last few years, having gone for over forty years with a clean record.
As an aside, a few years back, one chap was flashed by the camera as he drove by and promptly responded by swerving into the offending machine, taking it out all together. Unfortunately, these cameras have a bunch of wire connected to a nearby van, which stores all the data. The cops simply lifted the last photo taken and arrested the guy. Though a tad rash in his response, I still consider him a legend.
Depends on where you come from. Calling a chick a "chick" in Australia is still relatively commonplace - hardly demeaning or derogative. Sure, some, er chicks, will get their back up on the term, but like many expressions, choosing a time and place plays a role. I'm not gonna introduce my wife as my chick to my boss - hey, I still maintain a modicum of chivalry. But perhaps later in the night, I can ask my boss if he/she has seen my chick. My chick doesn't give a shit one-way or the other - the hot chick that she is. Now calling a chick a "sheila" down under would probably be deemed demeaning. Probably counterproductive also - then again, perhaps it ain't the words that are at fault!
I'm not American however I did a spell in the bible belt a few years ago. I'm an atheist - thank God. Just kidding. No seriously, my religion is simply personal. Anyways, I had a tendency to wind a few people up when they asked/demanded I join them at church and stuff for the umpteenth time.
Questions like: "So, you believe in Adam and Eve right? And like, Adam looked like me right, generally speaking (I'm a guy, if that needed to be spelt out)?"
They responded "Yes, you're correct, however he was more pure."
"Okay. Cool. So why did Adam have nipples? Did he have a belly button also? What for do ya reckon?"
They loved that shit.
And then there's the topic of incest between Adam and Eve, 'cause where else did everyone on the planet come from?
"Well Adam and Eve were very pure, not like the people of today."
Well, there you have it. I'm sure they took the piss out of me ("heathen with a strange accent") once my back was turned, but hey, it's all in good faith right?
Hey! - was that my karma spontaneously combusting?
What is definitely cool is that after it snows, the so-called "Avenue" is revealed. Here's one link: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/filestore/stone hengeinteractivemap/timetravel.html
Not exactly new media or the Internet, however a friend of mine was in Phuket when the waves hit - fortunately he was located in a bungalow perched on a hill and witnessed the event unfold.
Remembering a couple of his friends were in Krabbe, a little more to the east, he called them on their mobile. They fortunately answered and he warned them about some serious waves heading their direction. This gave his mates a few extra seconds to get their shit together before the connection was broken. They did survive although many around them did not.
We'll never know, however those couple of seconds just to jolt them into action (how many people simply stood and stared in bewilderment) may have been what saved their life.
Actually, more relevant would be to ask what was going through Neal's mind when Raven, a man mountain of a character packing a thermonuclear weapon linked to a chip in his skull, boinks YT, a diminutive 14 or 15 year old (I forget) hottie.
I didn't realise I was dyslexic until I went to a toga party dressed as a goat.
I wish it were that simple. Yes Howard has his head so far up Bush's arse, Bush has to constantly swallow. The guy gets smarmier by the minute, however the economy, the 51st state of the Land of the Free and Brave, is trundling along quite nicely at the moment, and for some, if it ain't broke.......
The alternative, the "anyone but Howard" candidate is Latham, a potential loose cannon (whose deprecating remarks put Keating to shame) and a thug. It was only in 2001 that Latham wrestled a taxi driver to the ground, breaking his arm, in an argument over the cab fare. Quite funny, in an Aussie humour type of way, but not exactly the dude to run the country. Perhaps if his campaign platform was to remove Aussie troops from Iraq pronto (a la Spain), yeh, that could do the trick, although I have yet to see such a stance.
Guess come election day I'll be hoisting a couple of frothy ones waiting until someone decent comes along before re-registering my name on the electoral role.
I can see it now, on one of my long haul flights from Hong Kong to Europe, middle of the night (relatively speaking), dog tired, almost drifting off to sleep, when someone's phone, in outdoor/loud haler cheesy Auld Lang Syne mode, rings, and some Chinese dude bellows:
"Wei! Wei! Wei wei wei wei......."
Oh yes, we're talking a barrel of laughs.
I'm gonna get shot down for this but:
Q: What kind of wood doesn't float?
A: Natalie Wood
Well, it was funny back in high school.....
The book, Perfect Storm, described specific details leading up to the time the now infamous fishing trawler boat disappeared. It described these radio beacons tethered to the sea-bed (IIRC) that provided amongst other data, the height of waves as they passed underneath. One of the last pieces of info from one beacon during the big storm, was it registering a wave around 100 feet high. It was wrenched from its tether and vanished not long afterwards. Made for pretty compelling reading, not to mention how utterly frightening it must have been for those fisherman who died.
There was this Japanese kid in my baseball team (in Australia), and one game he was a no-show. When we caught up with him later (this is before mobiles and such), it seems he went to the specific park where we were playing, however as there were another three or four games concurrently underway (we're talking a pretty big park), not only could he not locate his team mates, but that it was doubly hard as we all looked the same.
I can't remember how he replied when I asked about the different uniforms.
Since yahoo revamped their email service to 100MB, I constantly bring up blank pages when I hit "Inbox", "Check Mail" or simply using the back function. Anyone else experiencing a few minor glitches?
Wikepedia (perhaps you've already seen this) provides a relatively thorough bio on Tesla: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
(not sure how to do the clickity link)
Amazon reviews can be insightful, but like guidebooks, they really are just a guide. It's pleasing to see (I wasn't aware of this new measure) that the most helpful review for this album discusses the pitfalls of this protection and ways to help circumnavigate it. Spread the word through whatever means possible.
A-ha. I thought they were concerned that the winter temperature may be too harsh for the rovers (wouldn't space be colder than the surface of mars? Notwithstanding direct sunlight). However the article mentions: "Right now, we're seeing a pretty sharp drop off in solar power on both vehicles. That's a consequence of both the onset of winter and declining solar power because of the dust build-up" So wiat until spring when hopefully everything will fire up with more solar power.
Where the hell can you live in Japan on 50K yen a month? Looks like the spare room in Mum & Dad's pad for the ol' Japanese animator.
Someone needs to convey these comments to John Williams' next of kin before he suffers the same fate as his dad: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/doc_o_day/doc_o_day.h tml