Sunday, October 31, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Quote of the Day
"The Republicans have a chance to be warriors for liberty, and if they say in the midst of all of this one word about compromise or bipartisanship, to hell with them."
-Rush Limbaugh
-Rush Limbaugh
Bed Intruder Song Guy Meets Sex Offender App
Remember when I told you that the Bed Intruder Song was destined to be a classic?
Check this out - in a stunning display of genius marketing, a new sex-offender tracking app for the iPhone features Antoine Dodson, the star of the "Bed Intruder Song" as its pitchman.
Pure genius.
Check this out - in a stunning display of genius marketing, a new sex-offender tracking app for the iPhone features Antoine Dodson, the star of the "Bed Intruder Song" as its pitchman.
Pure genius.
My New Favorite Show: Day Tripper
Watch the full episode. See more The Daytripper.
This episode is all about Brenham.
Thanks to Jolie for passing this along!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Why Is Christian Film So Bad?
From Relevant Magazine:
I've often wondered why "Christian films" have to be so bad. Even successes such as "Left Behind," "Facing the Giants" and "Fireproof" come off as stilted and, well, just not real or relatable.
I maintain, just as in life, that sometimes the best way to deliver a message is not to come out and say it. Let the viewer realize the message on his own. Christian filmmakers simply don't have the self-restraint not to deliver a sermon in the story.
It seems to me that what Christian filmmakers need to do is to make the kind of films that Hollywood made fifty or sixty years ago. They had a message, usually wholesome, and are beloved even by audiences today. I think the people are hungry for more quality entertainment like that.
The term Christian film has become synonymous with substandard production values, stilted dialogue and childish plots.
Even with successes (Bella, Facing the Giants), we are on the outside looking in. You can have the huge budget, skilled and experienced technical crew and a firmly executed marketing plan, but if you film a pedantic script with summer-stock-reject actors, your better-looking product is simply lipstick on a pig. Throw in Christian film’s inherently agenda-driven plots and dialogue and you have lipstick on a preachy pig.
Rather than developing organically, the average Christian film is more pushy and sanctimonious than the global-warming agenda movies. Violence is almost non-existent, salty language never happens, unmarried people never struggle with lust and evil is never very bad, because showing various forms of sin is not allowed. By movie’s end, everyone is converted with no residual issues. Life is reduced to an after-school special with prayer thrown in for good measure.
If a film claims to be Christian, it was supposedly done for the glory of God, but we do not glorify God by making lousy movies.
We need great films.
I've often wondered why "Christian films" have to be so bad. Even successes such as "Left Behind," "Facing the Giants" and "Fireproof" come off as stilted and, well, just not real or relatable.
I maintain, just as in life, that sometimes the best way to deliver a message is not to come out and say it. Let the viewer realize the message on his own. Christian filmmakers simply don't have the self-restraint not to deliver a sermon in the story.
It seems to me that what Christian filmmakers need to do is to make the kind of films that Hollywood made fifty or sixty years ago. They had a message, usually wholesome, and are beloved even by audiences today. I think the people are hungry for more quality entertainment like that.
Tuesday Pipe Dream: Sony Might Be Bought By Apple
From Appleinsider:
Quote me on this: bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Not a chance.
Microsoft would be a much better fit. They've always been a software company whose hardware is lacking. Buying Sony would automatically upgrade their hardware capabilities. And there's some good synergy in such an acquisition. Both companies are behemoth bureaucracies that were once seemingly unstoppable about 15 years ago but which have shot themselves in the foot so many times that they're having trouble finding a leg to stand on.
Might be a good way to put both companies out of their misery at the same time, come to think of it.
"A new rumor has pegged Apple and its $51 billion in cash and investments as a potential buyer of Sony..."
Quote me on this: bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Not a chance.
Microsoft would be a much better fit. They've always been a software company whose hardware is lacking. Buying Sony would automatically upgrade their hardware capabilities. And there's some good synergy in such an acquisition. Both companies are behemoth bureaucracies that were once seemingly unstoppable about 15 years ago but which have shot themselves in the foot so many times that they're having trouble finding a leg to stand on.
Might be a good way to put both companies out of their misery at the same time, come to think of it.
Daddy's Girl
This morning, we were having a light conversation about life expectancy. I said I might live to be a couple hundred years old because I'll be a cyborg.
Kayci looked up and without missing a beat said, "yeah, a cydork..."
I'm so proud of that girl.
Kayci looked up and without missing a beat said, "yeah, a cydork..."
I'm so proud of that girl.
Monday, October 25, 2010
The Walkman is Dead, Kinda...
From ABC News:
Yeah. Screw the elderly.
I honestly thought that the Walkman had already been discontinued. It's been years since I've used a tape player. Heck, it's been years since I've even seen a tape player. I remember in the early '00s using a tape player to listen to music while I worked out. There was no such thing as an iPod yet, the mp3 players at the time held a ridiculously small amount of songs and I didn't want to deal with all the skipping (and bulk) of CD player. Even then, I got a lot of strange looks. I might as well have been lugging around a boom box on my shoulder.
I wonder what one costs these days.
Sony stopped Japanese production of the portable music player in April and sales will end once the last batch disappears from stores, company spokeswoman Hiroko Nakamura said Monday.
Sony has sold 220 million cassette Walkman players globally since the product's July 1979 debut that changed lifestyles by popularizing music on the go.
Demand for cassette players in Japan is now largely limited to elderly users.
Yeah. Screw the elderly.
But Sony will continue production of the cassette Walkman in China to accommodate users abroad, including in the U.S., Europe and some Asian countries, Nakamura said.
I honestly thought that the Walkman had already been discontinued. It's been years since I've used a tape player. Heck, it's been years since I've even seen a tape player. I remember in the early '00s using a tape player to listen to music while I worked out. There was no such thing as an iPod yet, the mp3 players at the time held a ridiculously small amount of songs and I didn't want to deal with all the skipping (and bulk) of CD player. Even then, I got a lot of strange looks. I might as well have been lugging around a boom box on my shoulder.
I wonder what one costs these days.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Anatomy of False Alarm
After reading a friend's post on Facebook that the Sam Houston State campus was on lockdown (and that there were shots fired and there were three gunmen), I checked the Huntsville Item newspaper's website:
It's a sad, sad day when an entire campus goes on lockdown because of a game of Nerf ball. For one, Nerf guns look nothing like real guns. And did whoever reported that there was a gun on campus not see the bright orange missiles or balls sticking off the front? It's not as is if they were running around with pellet guns that might actually be mistaken for, you know... real guns. What's next? Will the town of Huntsville be put on high alert the next time some kids decide to run around with Super-Soakers?
What a sad commentary on the freak-out society we live in. Still, so glad that no one was seriously hurt by a stray Nerf ball.
3:00 - Item investigating reports of shots fired at SHSU; campus on lockdown; officers massed around Avenue I.
3:40 - All clear at SHSU. More info to come.
4:00 - Police say SHSU reports due to Nerf game on campus.
It's a sad, sad day when an entire campus goes on lockdown because of a game of Nerf ball. For one, Nerf guns look nothing like real guns. And did whoever reported that there was a gun on campus not see the bright orange missiles or balls sticking off the front? It's not as is if they were running around with pellet guns that might actually be mistaken for, you know... real guns. What's next? Will the town of Huntsville be put on high alert the next time some kids decide to run around with Super-Soakers?
What a sad commentary on the freak-out society we live in. Still, so glad that no one was seriously hurt by a stray Nerf ball.
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