A Spike Lee joint

Just went and saw the new Spike Lee movie Miracle at St. Anna and I really liked it! Though, it was a little long - 2 hours and 40 minutes. I'm not one to tell Spike Lee how to make movies, but maybe he could have just done a little more editing? But, if you have three hours to kill and want to watch a WWII drama on a Saturday afternoon, I would recommend going to see it.

Quick observations

Don't have a whole lot going on so I figured I would throw out there a few observations I have been thinking about...

1. I wish someone would give me an $85 billion dollar loan.

2. I love the start of fall tv programming, but I only know of one other person out there who goes and looks up the new fall tv schedule (like me). God bless Tivo. My 2new favorite shows right now are:
a. Trueblood on HBO. Sex, drugs, violence, backwoods southern culture,vampires
b. Fringe on FOX. Might be an X Files ripoff, but i've liked it so far

3. The United Way Campaign is about to go into full swing for the next two weeks. It's a crazy time for me.

4. It's going to reach a high of 80 degrees tomorrow so yes, that means I still keep my AC on. No one likes a stuffy house! Besides, everything evens out in the winter because I normally don't turn on my heat unless it falls below 32 degrees outside.

5. Reading a pretty good book right now called City of Thieves by David Benioff. It's set in Russia during WWII. But, if your looking for an even better book set in Russia during WWII read Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith.

Thats all for now!

Warm fuzzies

I would like to talk about Sarah Palin again. But before that, I need to say something. I really like the songs in the FreeCreditReport.com television commercials. They make me happy. I'm going to download the commercials and put them on my Ipod so I can drive to work singing about freecreditreport.com.

The Anchorage Daily News (yes, i've been reading it) put together an article consisting of jokes at Palin's expense. And some of these just had me rolling...I would like to list a few for you:



"John McCain's V.P. pick is the governor of Alaska, an unknown hockey mom named Sarah Palin that no one ever heard of. The only other job she had in politics was the mayor of a small town known as Wasilla, Alaska, and now she has the opportunity to be on a ticket opposite of Barack Obama, the first black man she's ever seen."

"She's not bad-looking. She looks like one of those women in the Van Halen videos who takes off her glasses, shakes out her hair, and then all of a sudden, she's in high heels and a bikini. All of a sudden, I am FOR drilling in Alaska."

"Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is out on the campaign trail, and today she attended a rally in Wisconsin. The Alaska governor said she was thrilled to visit Wisconsin, because she's never been to the Deep South."

"Whoa, man, I like that Sarah Palin looks like the weekend anchor on Channel 9. She looks like the hygienist who makes you feel guilty about not flossing. She looks like the relieved mom in a Tide commercial."

That just makes me feel good inside. Honestly, i'm sorry if you do like Sarah Palin. And really, she will be making huge strides for women if the Republicans win in November. And you can only tell my looking at the picture above how excited she is to be running! But c'mon! Who doesn't like a good joke! (Besides, it's not our moms).

Now I would like to talk about something serious for a moment. Taking 2 Benadryls with dinner and laying down on your couch can have negative effects. I fell asleep and didn't wake up till 11:00 that night, completely missing the Cardinals come back and beat the Cubs at home. Garrr!!

How rude!

I was just sitting there, on my couch, TRYING to watch the season premiere of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and the darn tornado warning sirens kept going off outside and FOX 2 news kept cutting into my program to bable something about the weather. Jeez! I want those minutes back that I missed ;[

Cock a leekie pie

So, I went to the Scottish Arms for dinner on Friday with some friends of mine. I know I made fun of the cock a leekie pie in my previous blog, but that is what I ended up having. I thought the resturant was one of the best ones i've been to in St. Louis, but the cock pie was...um...thick. Think of something that looks like a pot pie with the breaded crust on top. Inside is all cream, chicken and onions. I can only take so much real cream before things start to go wrong so I wasnt able to finish it. It was okay, but I wish there was more bread so it would have counteracted the cream.

But, the desert was the best ever. In fact, I should have ordered the desert for dinner as well. It was (drumroll please) a fried Mars Bar with vanilla ice cream. A fried candy bar. So awesome. I have heard of fried Snickers bars or fried Twinkies, but I had actually never really seen one before. Brilliant idea. I can't image that there was a single redeming healthy quantity to anything I had for dinner..

After the resturant we went over to the Just John's bar. I would like to make a recommendation. Never have a heavy cream meal and then have Midori sour drinks. Cream and anything sour dont' mix. At all. I didn't get sick, but my whole body is telling me that it hates me.

In the end, it was a fun night though. I'll definately go to the Scottish Arms again. But next time, I'll stick to fish and chips and fried Mars Bars. No more cock pie for me.

Word Sarah Palin. Word.

Alright, alright, I obviously was one of forty million that watched Sarah Palin's speech. I was also one of the forty million that watched Barak Obama's speech as well. All I have to say...is holy crap. Now that was a speech!. It actually had me cracking up during it because someone wrote her some real zingers. Her's and Obama's speeches should be shown in speech classes so students can learn from them. I was totally impressed by Sarah Palin and how she came together in such a short amount of time to put together a stunner of a speech. I'm still not voting for her and McCain though. Oh, did anyone see the undercover cops taking out that lady during the speech? That was pretty cool.

Does anyone else think Cindy McCain is a little....scary? There's something I just don't like about her. And, she was born in 1954. I thought she was in her late 50s early 60s. Must be that Arizona sun.

I'm going to an authentic Scottish resturant for dinner tomorrow. I was looking over the menu and while Cock a Leekie Pie and creamy tatties sound good, I was so happy to see fish and chips on the menu. And shepard's pie. I'm a huge fan of shepard's pie. As long as it tastes exactly like my Dad's. I'll be sooooo disapointed if it doesn't taste like his.

While I am writing this, I'm watching John McCain's acceptance speech. He is nowhere as good as Sarah Palin was. She should give all the speeches from here on out. And CNN keeps cutting to protesters in the crowd and turning away from McC. How awesome is that! We know who CNN wants to win as President ;)

Wasilla calling

It's been awhile since I've been able to get on my computer. On Saturday, I plugged in my Ipod to charge it and I swear, my computer crashed and burned. I plugged it in because I figured it ran out of juice, but 5 days later the computer would still not turn on. Fearing the worse, I took my laptop down to Best Buy so the Geek Squad could take a look. And of course, as soon as he plugged it in, the computer started right up. But, he said the issue was with the plug in in the back. Something about the cord wont stay in anymore and I had to wiggle it around in order for it to connect. He then went on to say that in order to fix the problem, they would have to fix the entire motherboard (?) and it would be more worth it for me to buy a new laptop. Just what I want to do right now ;(

I have to admit, I am fascinated to watch Sarah Palin's speech tonight at the Republican National Convention. Does that mean I will consider voting McCain/Palin? Sure! She just needs to change her position on abortion, gun ownership, gay rights and polar bears. Oh, and switch to the Democrat side. Is that too much to ask for? Still, I don't want her to fall on her face tonight. It could set back women for years on the political scene as the parties try to avoid another Sarah Palin. I don't want that. This is a huge step forward.

So Sarah, go out there and give a great speech. Just not one that will sway the fence voters to your side.