Living it up yeah, Friday night.
Actually most of the living it up was done earlier in the day on Friday. Saw two movies at a multiplex. One was "Dead Man Down" starring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace and Terrence Howard in a drama about people seeking revenge without having first dug the requisite two graves that seeking revenge requires. It wasn't awful. It wasn't bad. It was almost good. The three leads were very good, Farrell in particular. But the story of revenge is cliched and flawed and all the great acting in the world can't overcome it. Better action sequences would have helped.
"Oz the Great and Powerful" is a lot of fun, features plenty to look at in the way of stunning and imaginative visuals, and is not nearly as dark as some are making out. Kids of almost all ages will enjoy it.
The office is now limiting our Sunday hours from the original 9-5 to Noon-4. That's fine except I had a client on the calendar tomorrow for 11, so I guess I'll be going over the preferred hours. Ah well. The big question is, will we be open on Easter Sunday. It changes from year to year.
Other ponderings on what is now a Saturday afternoon:
Ever feel like you don't spend enough days just doing nothing. Even the days I don't work, which are plentiful, something is always going on. Not today. I blew off today's planned movies, today's planning writing and I've just been sitting and watching television. It's been a gloriously restful day thus far. There's still some discomfort at the site of the incision from Thusday's test, but no sign of infection.
Long overdue, the city of Los Angeles has finally gotten around to doing something to honor Ian Campbell, a slain LAPD officer whose story was told in "The Onion Field." Signs were placed honoring him near the intersection where he and his partner were kidnapped.
What's up with the growing fascination with "rednecks" on television? I could go the rest of my life without seeing any of "Duck Dynasty", "Redneck Island" and/or "Honey Boo Boo".
A school board member who was moonlighting as a pimp? I guess that Oscar-winning song was accurate after all. BTW, he'll be an ex-school board member as he's going to prison.
Burbank is going to become the site of a First Amendment battle, after the city banned vans and other vehicles whose sole purpose is advertising. I think it's appropriate to ban unhitched trailers being parked in the public right of way, but if I want to paint my car to advertise my business and drive around; or park legally, that's my right.
I'm excited! There's a personal finance column every Sunday in the L.A. Times Business section. Last week there was a question about delaying IRA withdrawals for someone working after age 70 1/2 (the age at which mandatory distributions must begin). I sent in a clarifying email and it is running in her column in tomorrow's paper. I'm not identified, but I don't care. I'm just jazzed that she felt it worthy of inclusion.
Student loans make me wonder if some of the people currently in school are making the best decisions. When the average income earned by people in certain fields will never allow them to fully pay-off their student loans, should they be pursuing that avocation? I think anyone and everyone should do what they love, but if you can't earn enough money doing it to pay off the cost of getting the education required to do it, will you still love it as much? Should society be providing even more of a subsidy than we're already providing with student loan guarantees, tax-favored status for educational institutions, giving schools the ability to pass out tuition remission on a tax-free basis to professors at public universities funded by the taxpayers and more?
Rachel Weisz wants to be a Bond girl. So does Rihanna, Jessica Alba, and Jennifer Aniston among others. More power to em. I'd like to see Michelle Yeoh come back and reprise her Bond girl role.
Former tennis prodigy Jennifer Capiati has been accused of smacking her boyfriend around. Domestic violence is horrific, and the overwhelming majority of it is committed by men against women. But when women are violent toward men, it seems to be treated dismissively. Why is that?
1/2 cent, 1 cent, 2 cent, 3 cent, 5 cent (nickels and half-dimes), 10 cent, 20 cent, 50 cent, 1 dollar (gold and silver, with special silver dollars minted for "trade" overseas), 2.5 dollar, 3 dollar, 5 dollar, 10 dollar and 20 dollar gold pieces were all minted at one time for circulation in the U.S. How far we've come. When coins first began being used, we had to have 1/2 cents because merchants charged prices requiring them. Now we're considering eliminating the penny because it isn't cost-effective. And yes, there were $4 gold pieces called "Stellas" but they were never minted for circulation.
This Date in History:
On this date in 632, the last sermon of the Prophet Mohammed.
On this date in 1009, the first mention of Lithuania was recorded.
On this date in 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Josephine.
On this date in 1841, the US Supreme Court rules the captive Africans who seized the Amistad had been taken into slavery illegally.
On this date in 1862, the Monitor and the Virginia fought to a draw in the first battle between iron-clad warships.
On this date in 1933, FDR submitted the Emergency Banking Act to Congress.
On this date in 1959, the Barbie doll made its debut at a toy fair.
On this date in 1989, Eastern Air Lines filed for bankruptcy.
On this date in 1990, Dr. Antonio Novello was sworn in as Surgeon General of the U.S. becoming first woman and Hispanic-American to serve in that job.
Famous Folk Born on This Date:
Emperor Go-Nijo
Amerigo Vespucci
Eddie Foy
Will Geer
Mickey Spillane
Yuri Gagarin
Joyce Van Patten
Mickey Gilley
Marty Ingels
Raul Julia (I'm still sad that your final film had to be "Streetfighter")
Bobby Fischer
Jeffrey Osborne
Linda Fiorentino
Steve Wilkos
Brian Bosworth
Brittany Snow
"Oz the Great and Powerful" is a lot of fun, features plenty to look at in the way of stunning and imaginative visuals, and is not nearly as dark as some are making out. Kids of almost all ages will enjoy it.
The office is now limiting our Sunday hours from the original 9-5 to Noon-4. That's fine except I had a client on the calendar tomorrow for 11, so I guess I'll be going over the preferred hours. Ah well. The big question is, will we be open on Easter Sunday. It changes from year to year.
Other ponderings on what is now a Saturday afternoon:
Ever feel like you don't spend enough days just doing nothing. Even the days I don't work, which are plentiful, something is always going on. Not today. I blew off today's planned movies, today's planning writing and I've just been sitting and watching television. It's been a gloriously restful day thus far. There's still some discomfort at the site of the incision from Thusday's test, but no sign of infection.
Long overdue, the city of Los Angeles has finally gotten around to doing something to honor Ian Campbell, a slain LAPD officer whose story was told in "The Onion Field." Signs were placed honoring him near the intersection where he and his partner were kidnapped.
What's up with the growing fascination with "rednecks" on television? I could go the rest of my life without seeing any of "Duck Dynasty", "Redneck Island" and/or "Honey Boo Boo".
A school board member who was moonlighting as a pimp? I guess that Oscar-winning song was accurate after all. BTW, he'll be an ex-school board member as he's going to prison.
Burbank is going to become the site of a First Amendment battle, after the city banned vans and other vehicles whose sole purpose is advertising. I think it's appropriate to ban unhitched trailers being parked in the public right of way, but if I want to paint my car to advertise my business and drive around; or park legally, that's my right.
I'm excited! There's a personal finance column every Sunday in the L.A. Times Business section. Last week there was a question about delaying IRA withdrawals for someone working after age 70 1/2 (the age at which mandatory distributions must begin). I sent in a clarifying email and it is running in her column in tomorrow's paper. I'm not identified, but I don't care. I'm just jazzed that she felt it worthy of inclusion.
Student loans make me wonder if some of the people currently in school are making the best decisions. When the average income earned by people in certain fields will never allow them to fully pay-off their student loans, should they be pursuing that avocation? I think anyone and everyone should do what they love, but if you can't earn enough money doing it to pay off the cost of getting the education required to do it, will you still love it as much? Should society be providing even more of a subsidy than we're already providing with student loan guarantees, tax-favored status for educational institutions, giving schools the ability to pass out tuition remission on a tax-free basis to professors at public universities funded by the taxpayers and more?
Rachel Weisz wants to be a Bond girl. So does Rihanna, Jessica Alba, and Jennifer Aniston among others. More power to em. I'd like to see Michelle Yeoh come back and reprise her Bond girl role.
Former tennis prodigy Jennifer Capiati has been accused of smacking her boyfriend around. Domestic violence is horrific, and the overwhelming majority of it is committed by men against women. But when women are violent toward men, it seems to be treated dismissively. Why is that?
1/2 cent, 1 cent, 2 cent, 3 cent, 5 cent (nickels and half-dimes), 10 cent, 20 cent, 50 cent, 1 dollar (gold and silver, with special silver dollars minted for "trade" overseas), 2.5 dollar, 3 dollar, 5 dollar, 10 dollar and 20 dollar gold pieces were all minted at one time for circulation in the U.S. How far we've come. When coins first began being used, we had to have 1/2 cents because merchants charged prices requiring them. Now we're considering eliminating the penny because it isn't cost-effective. And yes, there were $4 gold pieces called "Stellas" but they were never minted for circulation.
This Date in History:
On this date in 632, the last sermon of the Prophet Mohammed.
On this date in 1009, the first mention of Lithuania was recorded.
On this date in 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Josephine.
On this date in 1841, the US Supreme Court rules the captive Africans who seized the Amistad had been taken into slavery illegally.
On this date in 1862, the Monitor and the Virginia fought to a draw in the first battle between iron-clad warships.
On this date in 1933, FDR submitted the Emergency Banking Act to Congress.
On this date in 1959, the Barbie doll made its debut at a toy fair.
On this date in 1989, Eastern Air Lines filed for bankruptcy.
On this date in 1990, Dr. Antonio Novello was sworn in as Surgeon General of the U.S. becoming first woman and Hispanic-American to serve in that job.
Famous Folk Born on This Date:
Emperor Go-Nijo
Amerigo Vespucci
Eddie Foy
Will Geer
Mickey Spillane
Yuri Gagarin
Joyce Van Patten
Mickey Gilley
Marty Ingels
Raul Julia (I'm still sad that your final film had to be "Streetfighter")
Bobby Fischer
Jeffrey Osborne
Linda Fiorentino
Steve Wilkos
Brian Bosworth
Brittany Snow
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