Ignored Netflix Movies Fight Back

The classic movies in your Netflix queue that you never actually watch are sick and tired of your neglect. At least, that's what the blurb says.... Ever feel that you're just one innovation behind the curve?

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I might be doing the right thing...

Couple this with the recent announcement that bloggers are now MSM, and I should be thrillled and delighted....

clipped from www.clickz.com Study: Blogs Influence Purchases More Than Social Sites By Enid Burns, The ClickZ Network, Oct 28, 2008 Articles  |  Contact Enid  |  Subscribe to Newsletters  |  RSS Feeds Blogs can have more impact on purchase decisions than social networks, a new study finds. Blogs create a conversation and trusted resource that influences purchase decision. The study, "Harnessing the Power of Blogs," sponsored research by BuzzLogic and conducted by JupiterResearch, a Forrester Research company, looks at the evolving influence from the reader's perspective. "What we wanted to do was look at the reader's side of the coin, look at reader patterns and how people are reading blogs...and drill down into the content impacting other media platforms," said Valerie Combs, VP of corporate communications at BuzzLogic.

And if that doesn't convince you...

This whole thing comes downto, who do you trust? And more importantly, who has the better plan. I believe it's McCain. Others will disagree with me, however, they have yet to tell me why Obama's plan is better. Taxing the 5% of Americans that are responsible for what was the last number I heard? 98%? Of the money coming into the federal government isn't the way to go. I know it's counter intuitive to believe that lowering taxes is a good idea to raise more money, however, the taxes that are generated as a result of me spending the money I keep, helps more at the state and local level, not to mention the economy of the businesses I choose to be associated with.

And, this coming from one of the 95% of American's whose taxes won't go “up” under Obama's plan. Of course, I don't believe that, either....

clipped from www.gopusa.com “Sen. Obama owes it to the public to let us know how much of our hard-earned money he, in his wisdom, believes we have a moral obligation to give away to poor people around the world—and how much of our money that he has a moral obligation to extract from our wages forcefully, through federal taxation.” —Tony Blankley

Why I'm voting for McCain

And why it doesn't make me a racist.

clipped from theblacksphere.blogspot.com So in his comments, Obama has set the stage for Murtha’s comments, since he talks of the small town Pennsylvanians “cling(ing) to guns or religion…”. This comment was Obamaspeak for small town Midwesterners being stupid, racist, and redneck.

UK Schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah!

Two UK schoolboys at Alsager School, near Stoke were given detention after refusing to kneel down and ‘pray to Allah’ during a religious education lesson.Parents were outraged that the two British boys (11year-olds) were punished for not wanting to take part in the practical demonstration of how the Muslim God Allah is worshipped.That's the front of the story.... The rest is worse. Much worse. If we are indeed in End Times, as one of the commenteers projects, then I suggest you all prepare yourselves for The Rapture. Not to be confused with the mediocre movie of the same name....

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My Whole Universe is Blown....

Many people know my favorite character in all of literature and media is, Batman. Other's know that I am indeed, him. But that's another rant for possibly a different blog. Right now, I'm focusing on the comic book, as Comic Con is coming dangerously close to reality.

There's too much out there to keep up with it all, given a finite amount of money with which to purchase the various Bat-titles. I thought long and hard about that hyphen, BTW. In any case, my recent influx of money, courtesy of other unfortunate randoms, allowed me to catch up.

Or so I thought. Bruce Wayne had a heart attack. He's got a 'new' girlfriend. New Batmobile. Looks cool, but still. Why wasn't I notified? I understand that change is a constant, especially in the DC Universe, however, another epic with my favorite character might be one too many for me.

Don't get me wrong, I'm ok with Grant Morrison creating a storyline to tie up all his work on the title, however, don't hit me with the "so and so will never be the same!" mantra, as I've heard it too many times before.

Oh yeah. Jason Todd is apparently still alive, and running around as, get this, Red Robin. Thumbing the proverbial nose at all those that voted for, and thought he was, dead. Maybe I'm the last one to know. However, if you stopped reading about ten years ago, and then picked up the comic again, you might be in for a rude awakening.

So, to review, Batman will never be the same. Good to know.

One Really Big Fish

Or, a beautiful Koi. You be the judge....
I just thought this was cool, based on what it is.

Cram this: a firsthand account of cramming

The Federal Trade Commission calls this "the practice of placing unauthorized, misleading, or deceptive charges on your telephone bill." Crammers rely on confusing telephone bills in an attempt to trick consumers into paying for services they did not authorize or receive, or that cost more than the consumer was led to believe.

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My Life, Is Over!!!

Molly Ringwald, is playing a mom in a new television series!!! This information depresses me for so many reasons, that I can't go into them here....

Where Have I Been?

I never really left, I've just been doing other things, that precludes from posting here. Ok, I admit, I've been searching for various ways to monetize this thing, which has taken up the time that I would've used to post. So, this will change. Another thing you need to know is that I made a short film during this downtime. It will soon be available for download at a cheap paysite near you.

There's a Point to All This....

And when I come up with it, I'll let you know what it is. Suffice it to say, if you can't make better movies, then you deserve what you get....

clipped from www.thecheers.org China bans screening of American films for three months Washington, Dec.6 (ANI): Disagreements with U.S. trade policy and the recent success of American movies at the expense of Chinese films has prompted the Chinese authorities to ban the screening of American movies for at least three months. According to a report in the Daily Variety, the ban has come into fact since last Saturday (December 1) and will continue at least till the end of February. Chinese sources, however, say it could continue until May 2008. Four films that would normally have expected to be cleared for release in January or February have been locked out: Disney's "Enchanted," DreamWorks' "Bee Movie," Paramount's "Stardust" and Warner's "Beowulf." Sony's "The Pursuit of Happyness" was cleared by censors, but also finds itself shut out. The ban was not announced in writing, but some Chinese exhibitors became aware of the policy last week at an exhib convention held in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, on the eve of this week's CineAsia confab in Macau.

I Saw This Somewhere...

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Originally uploaded by Adamina

And liked it.

For no particular reason, other than it looks cool.

PETA WAS GOING TO JOIN IN UNTIL THEY DISCOVERED THIS WAS A DIFFERENT SORT OF FIR

Atheism out of hand... Love the commentary on this one :)

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I Remember When Adidas Cost $20

Checkout this shoe. It supposedly has a computer chip inside, and adjusts the shoe to your foot dynamically. Good for a product placement in my futuristic Sci Fi Action Comedy, if nothing else. At $250, I won't be buying these. That's like, $125 per foot? I can play in three poker tournaments at Hollypark for that :)

Bleed for Public Safety

Ponder the very real possibility that you may soon be driving on a public road, breaking no laws, then be stopped, questioned, and if the police officer doesn't like your answers, be forced to give him blood. Ponder that in many states, you've no right to ask that a trained medical professional draw the blood, either. The cops get to jab you.

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Scab Writers Cross the Digital Picket Lines

Clearly, some people just don't get it. Either this is a good idea, or it isn't, or it may just be fear mongering on the part of the striking WGA members. In any case...Scabs have begun writing some soap operas in violation of the Writers Guild strike. Apparently soap operas can be written by non-union workers by themselves at home with no noticeable lack in soap opera quality.

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Sizzling study concludes: Global warming 'hot air'

A major new scientific study concludes the impact of carbon dioxide emissions on worldwide temperatures is largely irrelevant, prompting one veteran meteorologist to quip, "You can go outside and spit and have the same effect as doubling carbon dioxide."

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I Guess I'm Supposed To Be On Strike...

I'm a writer. And a director, and producer, as well as an actor, but not so much of that lately. Do I go on strike against myself? Picket in front of my apartment while I scoff at myself for not understanding the other side's issues? Did I get the apostrophe in the right place? These are all questions I will be struggling with while the WGA is on strike.

Of course, I'm not currently in the WGA, although, I hope to be one day. Will this strike affect my ability to get work right now? I thought there was a definitive place I could send you, however, it turns out, I don't have a direct link. I did find the YouTube video about the situation.

In any case, what started this rant was finding this site, wherein the writer's lament.

I'm on their side. Really...

The Final Frontier...

Well, they've gone and done it. They being Paramount, and it being the new, younger cast of Star Trek:

• Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk
• Zachary Quinto as Spock
• Karl Urban as Bones
• Simon Pegg as Scotty
• John Cho as Hikaru Sulu
• Anthony Yelchin as Pavel Chekov
• Zoë Saldaña as Uhura.

Now, the industrious would link to each of their IMDb profiles, however, I'll leave the search to the reader. You can read the whole post at ScifiScanner.


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My New Favorite Word Is...

Redonkulous. Yes, that's right, you heard it here first. Or, maybe you didn't. Check it out for yourself, and start using it everyday, and we'll get more popular than ginormous :)

Oh, and use at the poker table when describing Phil Hellmuth Jr.




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