In film, there is something known as the B-movie phenomenon.  That’s when a movie is so bad that it actually becomes enjoyable.  The double feature Grindhouse which was released on DVD not so long ago really drew upon that B-movie legacy to create a modern-day example of the seventies exploitation films best known for their […]

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Seeing a book you really enjoyed made into a movie can be a painful and exhilarating experience.  You want to see the movie turn out wonderfully, but you are also so afraid that they will mess something up.  This was a subject of constant debate in the kingdom of nerds while Lord Of The Rings […]

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I know this is swimming against the current, and I’m aware that I open myself to ridicule.  But, chivalry demands that I comment on a situation that has made national news over the past week.
Chivalry – there’s a word you don’t see to often these days.
The story I’m referring to is the one about the […]

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Today I was working and managed to catch the sentencing of OJ Simpson on the television. I am so glad he is finally behind bars as it has been 13 years too late. America knew he was guilty then and is guilty now. Judge Glass called him arrogant and was so glad that she saw […]

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Victor calls for Frank and when he gets there he wants to know why he is there. Victor tells him his lawyer is on his way but he won’t be paid a dime. Frank says that he heard that the diary had been checked out and even his own experts say the diary has been […]

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A more timely book I can not think of. The mortgage world is in tatters, banks are falling in ever increasing numbers, and our flagship automotive industry is going cap in hand to the government begging for a bail out package.
Plunder makes for a very interesting read, it takes a long hard look at what […]

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We have all heard the news of outsourcing American jobs to Mexico with their cheap, almost free labor costs, and of course the transition of skilled computer related jobs to countries such as India. Why would any company pay $40 or $50 an hour for something that can be done in another country at a […]

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According to a recent report many people that work as asbestos removal specialists may actually be uncertified, and may not have the proper certification required, using instead fake documentation in order to get work as the asbestos removal industry.
The warning comes from an official from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. He said that Georgia law […]

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I’m an agnostic on global warming: I figure climate change may or may not exist, but that the theory is being used to explain away things when the real problem is pollution and misuse of resources.
So we have a Health Secratary blaming recent typhoid, Dengue and malaria outbreaks on Global warming:
The increasing number of dengue, […]

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