Thursday, April 4, 2013

The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey

Once again I have forked out my life savings to go see a movie during its’ first week in release.  This time the offering was The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey.  Now that the movie has been released to video I thought that it would be a good time to post my review.

The Hobbit was some of what I expected and quite a few things different.  Did it match the hype?  Not totally.  Was it grandiose?  Sure.  Was it well done?  Yup.  So, here’s the run down.

Monday, April 1, 2013

Links-R-Us, Vol. 23


Welcome to another Link-Friday.  Having Link-Friday on a Friday would be a pretty novel idea if you ask me.  Ok, not really.  But, for anyone who has followed my blog for any length of time, you already know that the day doesn’t matter – as long as there are links, its Friday.  So, to avoid subjecting you to any further ramblings about the real definition of “Friday,” here are your links!

Our first link is left over from the election.  I know, I know…  You thought that you were finished hearing about the election.  Well, some people got together and tried to make it so every state would have the same representation and value in elections by re-aligning the country to reflect states by population.  That’s right…  Let’s redefine our nation so every state has equal pull in the next election to eliminate three states having the ability to disproportionately influence the success or failure of a candidate.  The idea is novel and gimmicky and really has a snowballs chance in Hades of ever happening, but for those who follow politics it’s a fun little thing to look at.  Enjoy.