Thursday, May 26, 2005

Linked In?

I've LinkedIn to approximately 30 people. I've seen services like this in the past. For reasons that I cannont adequately explain this one seems to be getting more traction than the others I remember. In a stunning bit of foresight, I predict this will be absorbed by google or yahoo in the not too distant future.

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Star Wars Episode III - No Spoilers

Well I'm sitting in the theater ready for my senses to be overwhelmed.

It is about 1 hour to showtime. Lots of noise. People in costume are here. I see an Obi Wan and a few Vaders and several Anakins. Quite a mixed crowd. Mostly younger. Doesn't seem quite as many as when I saw Episode II in Columbus.

We managed to get center seats towards the front (I'd prefer to be back a little more).

I am hopeful that much like Episode II this will be a good crowd intently watching the movie and not being noisy during the show.

I'll post afterward with my opinions of the movie. I unlike some others liked I and II. There were parts I didn't but overall I thought they were good.

We'll see what Lucas has in store for us.

Update - After writing the original I felt the need to add that some of the costumed Obi-Wan's and Anikins had a phony light saber battle in the theater. Yikes!!

Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper

Do we really need all of these flavors mixed together? Dr Pepper is already Black Cherry, so now they've added vanilla, more cherry and taken the sugar out. I think the flavoring of soda has gone completely around the bend. Well at least Coke came up with it and then Pepsi will have to copy. I am most definitely a Coke person. I did really like when Coke came out with Vanilla Coke, and I remember precisely where I was when I called them to ask them when Diet Vanilla Coke was hitting the shelves. I will admit however that Diet Vanilla Pepsi is better than Diet Vanilla Coke.

Sunday, May 01, 2005

CNN, MSNBC, FOX what are you doing?

So some woman goes crazy - falsifies a report of being kidnapped - and returns unscathed. Do we really need to spend more than 13 seconds covering her return? What a royal waste of airwaves.
Hayden had it right. They will put anything on to get eyeballs.
Consipracy alert - Personally based on the numerous showers and voluminous guest list, I suspect that in fact the parents of the bride are quite rich. Upon having their daghter vanish - they pulled some strings to get phenomenal news coverage and now have a healthy heaping of crow to eat.