No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Coffee is too harsh first thing. Jumping between Monster (lo carb) and Rock Star (sugar-free), it’s the only way to wake up, jump-start the neurons in the brain and meet the charging ogre that is the new day. Even on vacation when the ogre is wearing sunglasses, hawaiian shorts and flip-flops, it’s necessary.
And don’t tell [...]

Okay, I’ve had the thing for 48 hours now, and I think I’ve figured out what’s going on with this device.
Working with my Blackberry 8700 a little last night (I’m running two phones currently while I figure out numbers, MS Exchange use, etc) I was struck by how retro my pretty new Blackberry is. I’m [...]

I don’t quite know what to make of this one…Johnny Depp being gracious, but clearly uncomfortable on a television show in Japan. Can you imaging the surrealism of, in the middle of a promotional tour, flying across the Pacific, jet lagged and sitting through this bizarre ordeal?

From the fascinating Japan Probe.
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*****Spoiler - If you haven’t yet seen The Departed, or aren’t up to date with The Sopranos, stop reading - You’ve been warned***** Everyone’s got their theories. Dave thinks there’s a good chance that both Tony and Carmella die on Sunday night. The kids live, he says. Silvio dies, Paulie somehow makes it.
Well, here’s [...]

As you’ve probably learned, Marlon Brando has passed away. Brando for me was something I “got” only after accumulating the experiences of watching him on screen. In any one role, it’s like “okay, it’s Brando. And?” It’s the transparency of greatness that’s telling. For me, watching a great actor is like looking at glass. When [...]

Dave’s right on.
I won’t be voting for Bush this fall, but it always amazes me how the left can be so quick to cry “hate!” when conservatives disagree with them. How they can yell “vast right wing conspiracy!” when the right tries to politically and legally get to the bottom of some situations that really [...]

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg team up again for a wonderful movie, based loosely (but close enough that they paid him for his story) on a real guy.
The Terminal tells the story of Viktor Navorski, who gets to JFK only to find his home country is in turmoil and his passport no good. The [...]