Holiday Slow-down

Ho ho ho.  According to this article, it looks like everyone, their grandparents, their pets and their neighbors, all got iPod devices for the holidays.  Not really a surprise.  It seemed to slip everyone’s mind how that would overwhelm the iTunes servers on Christmas Day.  I wasn’t crazy, after having to make 5-6-even 7 attempts [...]

Tis the Season…

To drink.  Talk about being spoiled.  My first immersion into the world of beer came in high school.  At that time, the drink du jour was Bud.  Cold, iced, warm, whatever, Bud.  Then came Coors, Mich, and soon after: Heineken, Becks, Sol, and the usual import varieties that are considered second-rate shlock at home.  Much [...]

5 Stupid Things to Avoid Doing

Here’s a list to refer to in 2007 that might make your life more enjoyable…  1. Mountain Climbing in Wintertime:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16262193/ 2. Owning pets which find humans tasty:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16255785/ 3. Wear the wrong outfit to competition:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16258993/ 4. Burn your judicial bridges when you’re losing:  http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/18/debutante.murder/index.html 5. Don’t do the crime if you can’t tell the [...]

Time for Driving Lessons

This video clip is pretty funny, if not interesting.  I’m glad this “captain” doesn’t fly airplanes. Ship Almost Passing a Bridge   This apparently took place in Canada.  Here’s some news info to explain it more… http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2001/08/11/shipfire_010811.html http://www.wellandcanal.ca/transit/2001/august/windocstory.htm

Movie reviews

I updated my movie reviews to include Babel (2006) and Patton (1970).  I think I gave them each due justice and consideration.  In all, both are good movies.  http://www.steinvb.com/v2/movies/default.asp