I was checking out my Amazon.com Gold Box Offers today when I was presented with a DVD that I feel is essential to any collection - Trading Places.
How can you not love this movie? It was about $15 so I jumped at the chance to add it to my DVD collection.
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As some of you may have noticed, I have a DVD collection of well over a hundred movies. What you probably don't know is that after I buy most of them, I don't even watch them. Strange, huh?
Anyway, Steven fell asleep on the couch last night so I popped in one of the movies that I have really wanted to watch - Frailty, a movie about a father who sees demons and teaches his kids how to destroy them. One of the kids sees his dad commiting murder and one sees him dispatching demons which leads to a struggle of what is truly reality.
All in all, I quite liked it. The ending was not impossible to guess, but I thought it was done very well and I really liked the idea behind it. The two kids who played Fenton and Adam were great. Rarely does a movie like this get kids this good. Bill Paxton directed it (it was shot in just 37 days) and I thought he did a good job since he has directed a film in almost twenty years. I would have liked it a little more suspenseful, but I still recommend it.
Anyone else seen it? What did you think?
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The sounds I'm hearing in my head sound a bit like crashing and burning. Help.
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I just managed to completely freak myself out by reading Nicole's posts in her category Spirited. They aren't incredibly scary or anything, but for some reason, I started getting a little weirded out by them. Maybe because Steven won't be home until after midnight. Glad the cat's here with me!
Btw, I will be guest postuing over there while lucky Ms. Nicole is in Paris. Have fun, Nicole!
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Several years ago I found a site called United Devices. They ask you to volunteer your PC to help process molecular research being conducted by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford in England and the National Foundation for Cancer Research. To participate, you simply download a very small, no cost, non-invasive software program that works like a screensaver: it runs when your computer isn't being used, and processes research until you need your machine. Your computer never leaves your desk, and the project never interrupts your usual PC use.
There is no cost to participate and no impact on your computer use. The project software cannot detect or transfer anything on your machine but project-specific information. It just allows your computer to screen molecules that may be developed into drugs to fight cancer. Each individual computer analyzes a few molecules and then sends the results back over the Internet for further research. This project is anticipated to be the largest computational chemistry project ever undertaken and represents a genuine hope to find a better way to fight cancer.
You can download the agent here and read the FAQ here.
If you do decide to join, I have created a team called Blogging For a Cure. Please sign up for the team after you join. If you dedcide to become a team member e-mail me your username at UD (so I can tell who you are) and site info and I'll add you to the blogroll.
This is an easy, free way to help fight cancer, so please add your computer's resources to the project.
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Every Wednesday those who are involved in a relationship with somebody share a few (simple but significant) reasons for their love. Please keep in mind that this does not have to be a romantic relationship. It can be about a parent, a sibling, a friend, a co-worker, your kid, your dog, whatever.
Stop in here to join the notify list, see who else has left their reasons, and to be added to the blogroll. Also, feel free to save the button below to your server and link it to http://www.neuroticfishbowl.com/reasons.html
I love Steven because...
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Just because it sounded so fun and cool today's "It's a Group Thing" term is:
A Boo! of Teratologists (teratology is the biological study of monsters)
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After erasing my sidebar at BiblioBlog when I upgraded my MT, it's now back to normal and I even added a few things like a random review and some more links. Go take a peek if you're a reader (or even if you're not).
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This is too awesome! Steven came home, turned on the tv, and The World Series of Poker was on! That rocks! I love watching this!
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Woo hoo! The poker account is over $200 and my wireless keyboard and mouse finally came in today.
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Well, I upgraded Movable Type 2.62 and the upgrade was near flawless. I say near flawless because I gave my sidebar and my sidebar info files the same template name over at BiblioBlog, thus overwriting all of the sidebar information I had so carefully crafted.
If by any chance you go over there and see all the correct info (currently you'll see multiple calendars. Obviously not the right info), do me a favor and send the html pretty please. :-)
Otherwise, painless upgrade and all should be functioning properly. Please send me an e-mail if you notice anything wonky.
Update: It seems to be taking a long time processing comments. Anyone else have the Scripty Goddess Subscribe to Comments on their site having the same issue?
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In September I upgraded my TiVo and have had absolutely no problems with it until this past week. Lately there is a problem with the saved shows having "skipping" in the sound.
The biggest problem, however, has been that the TiVo freezes up and I have to restart it by unplugging the power cord. It's missed several shows and when I checked the Recording History notes it says it was because the TiVo was either unplugged or the power was off. Btw, when restarting, it does the same skipping (think jerky play) during the TiVo intro.
The hard drive is probably pretty full, so I was wondering if maybe it's a bad hard drive issue. Has anyone else encountered this? It's a huge issue, so any help at all would be appreciated. I know several people who drop by here have units too.
FYI, the unit is about two years old.
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Where the hell is the UPS man? I want my wireless keyboard and mouse! Figures that getting a prize delivered would be a Herculean task.
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I saw my first Trading Spaces today and I quite enjoyed it. It was the episode where the kid's room was turned into an outdoor adventure complete with a rock climbing wall and tent and the other couple's bedroom was turned into a romantic meditative space with a hanging bed.
I really thought the couple was going to hate what was done to their bedroom but they did seem to like it. All that orange would probably quickly get on my nerves.
It's definitely a cool idea, but I don't know if I could get behind letting my neighbors loose in my house to redecorate a room.
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I hadn't posted my Amazon.com Gold Box Offers in quite some time, so I thought I'd share them even though I didn't buy anything.
.: Hoover F5866-900 SteamVac Deluxe Carpet Cleaner: we're not in the market for a vacuum, so pass.
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I posted on Friday that Bella wasn't feeling well after going to the vet and getting four (it was four, not three) shots.
It's been a couple of days now and she's still pissy if anyone picks her up (she was never like this before) and while she's using her box, she's also peeing in the floor, one time right in front of Steven.
I'm planning on calling the vet tomorrow and telling them about all of this, but I thought I'd ask and see if any of my readers might now if this is normal behavior or not. I miss my sweet kitty. :-(
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