Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

NOTE: NO SPOILERS

Wow, finally got to see Indiana Jones IV. Now there is a one movie that should have never have been made! It was beyond horrible, Harrison Ford, seemed to be just reading his lines, Steven Spielberg's name is no longer synonymous with modern high end special effects, since they all were right out of the 1980's. The only part that saw a modern computer was close ups of Ford's face where it was obvious they had retouched it, but not the other parts in the scene behind him.

The plot, writing, timing, editing, were all off, and hodge-podge at best. In the three previous movies we could suspend disbelief a wee bit on how Indy would get out of a situation, but not this time! They didn't even try to give us a plausible reason for him staying alive through some of the stunts and situations.

The only good thing I can say about the movie, is the current trend of "fore head to lower neck" style of close up wasn't used. For those that don't know, this is used by lazy film makers. It allows for no background work or scene set up needing to be done, since the actor's head fills the screen.

2008 Indy 500

Another Indy 500 has come and gone. I was pulling for Vitor Meira to win, but 2nd isn't shabby!

Someone needs to tell Danika Patrick that this "aint white trash NASCAR", if she wants to act like that (going down pit row looking for a fight) she needs to go race somewhere else!

Techie Thoughts

I haven’t checked the news too much today, since it’s all about Kennedy and his tumor.

So here are a few “Techie” thoughts.

Windows Vista rocks! No really, it does! So far all the complaints against it have been by low end users and the technically challenged. If you know what you’re doing, it really does blow XP out of the water!

The one weird quirk is IE 7 fails on many fronts where as Firefox is great on Vista, go figure!

Now for the shocker! Yahoo search has been blowing Google out of the water for past week or so! It would seem Google has forgotten that it is a search engine, and Yahoo, after many years of dormancy, has woken up!

A Must See

Here is the major problem in the USA today. This lasts for about 80+ minutes. It's called "Maxed Out" and can be seen on Showtime on Demand this month (under all movies).

Of course it has a Leftist lean to it (read anti-Bush), but it does show the Democrats have an equal hand in this too.

FREEDOM!

Well I was 10 minutes late today for where I work, and was canned. Shed no tears for me, it was the best thing that could have happened! I was getting to the point that I couldn't stand working there. My fellow co-workers and bosses were fine, some even outstanding! But it was a go no where, do nothing company. They are being over run by a bigger company in competition, and don't want to do what it takes to even survive. So like so many others that work there, I was finally only there for the customers and secretly out looking for another job. I have three good prospects already!

The good part is I can now lose the fucking 50 lbs I gained working there, and I get to spend time with my wife and kids. Working from Noon-9pm was really messing with my family life, and the boss lady was hiring new folks and giving them better hours. Even though this blog is new, any readers probably picked up on the fact that I really hate injustice at any level!

So those that want to shed a tear, please do so for the poor souls still working there!