Skyfall: My First James Bond on the Big Screen

Yup, you read right. Until last weekend I had never watched a James Bond movie at a movie theater. You might say that I have been missing out all of these years. You know, you'd probably be right...

Now don't get me wrong... It's not that I haven't wanted to... It's not that I haven't been able to... It's not that I don't care for Bond (having seen every Bond film ever made makes typing that seems so heretical)... It's just that I haven't done so.

Links-R-Us, Vol. 18

I’m sure that at some point or another we have all felt that life gets in the way of us doing things that we want to do.  That seems to be my life right now.  I always wanted to start and maintain a blog that was kept up to date and regularly posted to…  Unfortunately, life has gotten in the way of that…  So, to get back into the swing of things, I bring you today another Link-Friday.

Our first link is to an article about a man who took some thieves for a ride.  When Noah Magram received a phone call telling him that his computer had an infection and he needed to download some software to fix it, he had a better idea.  You see, Noah is a computer security expert.  This story is about a computer scammer being scammed by the scammee.  It also gives some interesting information about how these groups work.  Enjoy!

Links-R-Us, Vol. 17

Welcome once again to Link-Friday.  It’s been too long since last I posted a blog entry, but I am grateful for all of you who loyally continue to follow me despite my short-comings.  Thanks for being there.  And now, on with the links…

Once again it’s that time of the year when Forbes magazine publishes it list of the top fifteen wealthiest fictional characters.  Yes.  You heard me.  The magazine that’s famous for its lists of wealthy people making a list of wealthy fictitious characters.  You would think that with the challenging economic times we live in that they wouldn’t waste time with fluff and produce something a little more substantial that might assist someone who is struggling financially.  But, then again, if all you report is stuff about how bleak the economic horizon looks I guess you could use a moment of joviality to lighten the load.  In either case, I think that my rant is way too long and really serves no purpose…  Just sit back and enjoy their attempts to bring a smile to your face.

Hunger Date Night Games 101

Recently my beloved wife and I were blessed that our eldest daughter was available to babysit the younger children.  So we took advantage of sneaking out for dinner and a movie.  There were a couple of things that made this particular date night great and there was one thing that made it less than thrilling.

Links-R-Us, Vol. 16

Welcome to another Link-Friday.  It’s been a while and some of my links are a little dated but hopefully they’ll bring you some enlightenment or enjoyment.  With that disclaimer in place, here’s this week’s links.

Our first link is bitter-sweet.  I am a huge fan of America’s space program.  I have been EXTREMELY upset ever since President Obama canceled the human space program when he first entered office.  (Granted, he did a little back pedaling and chose to reinstate some of it when the political backlash – Florida’s electoral votes come in pretty handy – seemed to become quite severe.)  I won’t lie:  I was looking forward to President Bush’s plan to return to the moon.  I was way too young to remember the last time we went to the moon and I really was looking forward to us going back while my children were still young enough that it might inspire them and their career path.  But, enough nostalgic ramblings…  Oh, wait…  Everything about this link is a nostalgic rambling.  Anyway, Space Shuttle Discovery was turned over to the National Air and Space Museum this week.  Here’s a link to the blow-by-blow account of the gutting and destruction of Discovery so that she will never be able to fly ever again.  Every time I hear of a beautiful flying machine that is intentionally injured in such a way that it won’t fly again it really hurts my heart – especially when the ship has many years of life left in her.

Storms and Stress

Storms are something we all have to deal with in our lives.  They come and they go – sometimes destroying things and sometimes inspiring us with the renewal that they bring.  The old adage “April showers bring May flowers” fits as a description of our lives as well as weather.

Links-R-Us, Vol. 15

Once again I find that my Link-Friday queue has filled itself up long before I have finished a blog entry filled with things of a little more substance.  For this, I am sorry.  Sometimes external factors related to ones’ own survival take precedence over the more cerebral items…  (Don’t take that wrong – nobody is trying to kill me and my family – we just seem to be putting out fire after fire after fire after fire after fire…).  There are a few thoughts that I have been working on for a while that I hope to turn into actual blog entries soon enough, but for now Link-Friday will need to surfice.

Our first link is to a PCMagazine article about RPG computer games of the 80’s.  Having played at least half of these games myself, the article really took me back to a more carefree time where my biggest stressor was related to what to do after school / work.  Enjoy.