Saw Iron Man this past weekend and really thought it was great. Best event film I’ve seen in some months (most end up underwhelming, unfortunately). Great job by all involved, particularly Robert Downey, Jr. Great to see a Gen Xer can still kick some ass on the big screen.
Anyway, I grabbed these high-resolution walls for your desktop. Click each thumbnail for a big blowup to save (close button is lower right):
My laptop’s been hosed since I last posted and I haven’t been able to get it all the way back yet. But I did want to take a moment and feature Rotten Tomatoes’ recent compilation of the most famous movie cars.
I don’t agree with some of the list, of course. There are cars among their honorable mentions which should have made the list and others that did which should have been higher. Still, it’s pretty fun to go back and see not only your favorites again, but also some great four-wheeled characters you may have forgotten.
Psychologists know you have to be careful when you go poking around the human mind because you’re never sure what you’ll find there. A number of psychological experiments over the years have yielded terrifying conclusions about the subjects.
Oh, we’re not talking about the occasional psychopath who turns up. No, we’re talking about you. The experiments speak for themselves:
It’s been quite a loooong while since I posted a journal on what’s been happening in my personal life. One possible explanation for that is the whole me-not-having-anything-going-on-in-my-personal-life thing. I’ve been in a holding pattern for over a year now and it’s been fairly depressing to reflect on that fact in this blog.
I never understood how people make seemingly uneventful entries in their blogs on a regular basis. I always feel some need to entertain you guys. I’m not sure why. What have you guys ever done for me? I mean, really, how selfish can you people be?
Ah, well. In any event, I do have one cool thing to share with you. I’ve always been interested in trading commodities - even took a class many years ago. But I always felt that I needed a certain amount of capital to do it. Regrettably, even when I did have the capital, I always ended up using it for other things like crack and whores.
But now I’m really going to jump in. I’m taking two introductory courses and trying out the trial software for Track ‘n Trade Pro. I’ll paper trade for a bit and let you guys know how I’m doing with ‘virtual money’ - before I ever start trading the real thing.
Hey, there’s something you could do: Send me money and I’ll make us both rich. Deal? Awesome.
Heard this great song on a movie soundtrack a couple of weeks ago and I had to hunt it down. Now I listen to it all the time and it’s really got me turned onto this cool band, “The Feeling”. They claim both Queen and ELO as influences, but I hear a lot of Fountains of Wayne and just a lot of great Britpop sound.
Whatever their sound is, I like it and want to hear more!
This is the next big Will Smith movie and I have to confess I hadn’t heard anything about it till now. Smith plays the world’s most dysfunctional superhero and I have to say the trailer looks great.
Sure, everyone knows and loves The Walken and his cowbell, Monty Python’s Dead Parrot and Rick James (bitch!). But, Nerve.com and IFC have gone even farther and decided to compile the 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time.
Little Becky from Dublin has become a huge hit on this site. Her firsttwo articles, featuring her prank calls, have garnered over a thousand comments and brought many repeat visitors back to Merchantprince.com.
If you’d asked me what my biggest draws on this blog would be back when I started, I doubt it would have been an 8-year old doing prank calls. But there you are. And here you are again, for I have new media for all her fans.
Enjoy Becky on a UK Irish TV show from last Christmas, wherein she showcases a karaoke machine and charms everyone in the audience (of course).
It has been nearly a month since my last post. I have often found myself distracted, and sometimes feeling as if there’s nothing worth posting. Sadly, tonight I found a purpose. Another anniversary will pass in the next few minutes as I make this message public. It was one week ago today that our beloved family friend of so many years passed. Our dog Molly had been with us for 13 years. She grew up as my little sister grew up. During that time, she became one of our own.
After spending the last year ailing with creeping senility and other physical ailments, seven days ago tonight she succumbed. In fact, seven days ago at the moment I intend to post this message (1:18 am), Molly suffered a series of terrible strokes. Her body was wracked with seizures and her eyes with fear, as we struggled as a family to gather around and comfort her. We could only watch in helplessness as she faded away.
It has been many years since I have felt any degree of great emotional pain. I have often remarked on myself having become so emotionally detached that I feared nothing would ever affect me again. In fact, all my life I have been spared the terrible pain of losing anyone very very close to me.
I cannot — and would not — pretend that this treasured friend was anything more than a pet — an animal who grew close to our hearts. Yet somehow, after all this, it seems that that is enough.
