Bob Sassone

Thanksgiving

Full of dead poultry, wine, and various desserts. Hope everyone had a good day.

And It's Not Even The Weirdest Dream I've Ever Had

Last night (or, more accurately, this morning) I had a dream that involved a college dorm, a race against time to figure something out, an art class featuring a nude model, and a large cinnamon roll. The hell?

QoS

Don't listen to the critics; Quantum of Solace is a good flick.

There are several things wrong with it. Most of the action scenes look like they were directed by over-caffeinated monkeys (in the opening car chase you can't even tell what's going on or who is in what car), it features yet another story where Bond has gone all rogue and his bosses are trying to reign him in (see also License To Kill and Die Another Day), and it has the worst theme song in the history of the franchise (and that's saying something when you have Madonna to contend with - I'd like to see Duffy or Adele do the next one). Entertaining flick though. Craig and Dench are excellent, and it has a great feel to it (even if that feel means they pretty much copied a couple of scenes from the Bourne movies). If you haven't seen the previews the film will work even better.

I will say though: please, for Craig's third movie, please make it a little more Bondian (the drinks, the exotic locales, the tux), and for God's sake get Q and Moneypenny in there.

Son Of Update

Alright, looks like the tech bugs that I've been dealing with are pretty much solved (I hope). Haven't been able to view this site 97% of the time for the past week or so. Hope you've been able to.

Back to regular postings on Monday!

Update

Sorry for the delay in getting some posts up. Working on some tech things...

Random Links

Tina Fey on NPR.
This guy is clueless.
People are buying typewriters again.
Interesting piece about diners.
You can now listen to some XM stations at Sirius.

Random Thoughts

Random thoughts on an early Monday morning:

So I didn't have any trick or treaters on Halloween, for the 10th year in a row. Is it because I'm on the second floor and the first floor store is deserted? Is it because I live near a retail section of town and there isn't much foot traffic in general? Or is it because I turn off the front light so I can eat all of the candy (Reese's peanut butter cups) myself? Another unsolved mystery. But the peanut butter cups were great.

I am so glad this whole damn election is over, no matter who wins. What commercials can we hate now that the election done? Anything with Billy Mays, 99% of car commercials, Viagra/Cialis ads, and that creepy Poltergeist ad, for starters.

We set the clocks back and hour this weekend. I like this. I like the fall and winter, I like the cold weather, and I like that it gets dark early. It's the signal that the holidays are upon us, and I like that. The local newscasters are always sighing and pointing out how cold it's getting (it was in the 50s today - yeah, a real bone chiller) and how dark it gets so early now. I sometimes wonder if they really dislike these things or say them because they think viewers hate them.

You know, I've gotten to the age where I'm just not going to like some foods, and I'm not even going to try some.

I love creditors that call my house and say "Please call 1-800-XXX-XXXX Immediately" without saying who they are, why they're calling, or even who they're calling. What if I live with the Waltons or the Bradford family from Eight is Enough?

I don't like Michael Moore. There, I said it.

Mad Men is easily the best new TV show of the past several years. There, I said that too.