Thanks for taking the time to read my miserable attempt at playing in a poker tournament, I'm much too tight and weak, I'm gonna fix that though, here's what you'll find in this issue:
News, Contest, A movie I watched last night.... Read On
THERE SURE IS A LOT OF NEWS
But is it porn? Spencer Tunick, famous for his large group nudes is at it again, this time he's doing in Caracas around a statue of Simon Bolivar, a revolutionary who happens to have one of my favorite cigars named after him. Nudity, Cigars, C[a]rac(k)as(s)? It's porn right?
Wow, proactive Policing in South Africa. Not what we've come to expect but I welcome it.
Have you paid to see Metallica or any of the other major acts at the Coca-Cola CoLab? What a lame name btw. Well you may be disappointed by your concert experience as Big Concerts have been accused of very poor organisation at the Tshwane (another lame name) event. One fan was quoted as saying: "The monumental incompetence of the organisers of this event is stupefying!". My brother is going here in Cape Town one so I hope things are better.
Does what these guys have done make them any better than those they did it to? Discuss.
There's a lot of technical language that I don't understand here, basically it's a story about the big bang and stuff. What I found interesting was that according to them the universe expanded "many trillion times its size in less than a trillionth of a second". Maybe I'm missing something here, but surely that mean that matter travled faster than the speed of light?
So to follow up Dan Brown is still in court. Do you think that's it's just coincidence that the whole Davinci Code thing is getting some more publicity just before the movie is released?
Yet more instances of corruption by senior government officials? I'm not sure, in some cases these could well be oversights, but I'm sure not in all of them. Hey guys, people are trusting you to run a country, you could at least get the small things right! I was going to say "We are trusting you" then I realised that I haven't put my trust in them at all.
Well apparently the arms deal wasn't a complete waste of time. The SA Navy will be ferrying the new rotor for Koeberg from france. So all is forgiven Tony, Shabir and Jacob. Let's just hope the numbnuts don't drop it overboard.
Speaking of Tony Yengeni (he got the free Merc, was convicted of corruption and hasn't gone to jail yet remember). Apparently he was racially victimised by an official at a Cape Town golf course. Tony, did you ever think that maybe when he said: "I told you clearly at the pro shop you must use the first tee, not the 10th - it was clear. What's wrong with you people. You people never listen, do you?" that by "you people" he meant power-hungry corrupt politicians who don't follow the rules? I don't suppose that "blood on the grass" could have been more figurative than literal?
Movie theaters in the States are considering asking permission to jam cell phone reception in their theaters. Obviously this will stop annoying people from interrupting your movie, but what happens in the event of an emergency. Wil Wheaton makes an interesting comment about it in his latest podcast.
CONTEST UPDATE
South Africa's best blogs were recognised in a ceremony in Cape Town on the weekend. I've had a look at the winner and honestly I don't know what all the fuss is about. I think that most of the runners up are better, but I suppose that's how democracy works. The guy who runs this blog won a whopping R20,06 for his efforts.
Now if you want to win almost 5 times that amount all you need to do is submit the winning contest idea. That's right, no need to slave for months hacking out an interesting blog, just one good idea for a contest could win it for you. I've already received a few goodies but you still have until the end of the week to enter. Are you going to let this opportunity for greatness slip though your hands?
I like the idea of a contest on the blog and I'd really like to make it a regular thing, say once a month, but in order to make it successful I'll really need your, that's the reader's, help in making them exciting. It's really boring if only one person ever enters, but you guys can spice things up by all playing along. Also it wouldn't hurt if people spread a little link love out there. I'm going to keep the prize at about R100 for at least the first three months, that excludes this month, but unless we achieve some interest this experiment is going to fail. You Can Doo EEit!
LAZY?
THAT MOVIE
Last night Elisabeth and I watched 'Man on Fire', man that was a excellent movie. It was so much better than I expected it to be. The movie was soo GD cool, the cinematography was hawsome and they even managed to use the subtitles with creative effect, it's a must see for people who appreciate good movies. I was thinking to myself that there must be some way to find out what movies are good even though they look and sound like they're gonna suck. I know we shouldn't judge a DVD by its cover but I'm pretty much too lazy, um busy, to do anything else. For a second there I thought I had it, Dakota Fanning. Yes it had to be it, any movie starring this tiny bundle of brilliant acting had to be double worth watching! Then the bubble burst, she's in War of the Worlds. There goes my theory. Maybe Tom Cruise negates the Fanning Effect.
BEFORE I GO
If you still get this entry on monday, try to catch 'Hustle' on SABC 3 at 21:00. It's a six part miniseries from the UK about Confidence Men. If you liked movies like 'Matchstick Men' and 'Catch Me If You Can' you might like 'Hustle'. It started last week, but all they did was introduce the characters. At this point it's either going to be great or really sucky, tune in tonight and find out for yourself.
schpat out
News, Contest, A movie I watched last night.... Read On
THERE SURE IS A LOT OF NEWS
But is it porn? Spencer Tunick, famous for his large group nudes is at it again, this time he's doing in Caracas around a statue of Simon Bolivar, a revolutionary who happens to have one of my favorite cigars named after him. Nudity, Cigars, C[a]rac(k)as(s)? It's porn right?
Wow, proactive Policing in South Africa. Not what we've come to expect but I welcome it.
Have you paid to see Metallica or any of the other major acts at the Coca-Cola CoLab? What a lame name btw. Well you may be disappointed by your concert experience as Big Concerts have been accused of very poor organisation at the Tshwane (another lame name) event. One fan was quoted as saying: "The monumental incompetence of the organisers of this event is stupefying!". My brother is going here in Cape Town one so I hope things are better.
Does what these guys have done make them any better than those they did it to? Discuss.
There's a lot of technical language that I don't understand here, basically it's a story about the big bang and stuff. What I found interesting was that according to them the universe expanded "many trillion times its size in less than a trillionth of a second". Maybe I'm missing something here, but surely that mean that matter travled faster than the speed of light?
So to follow up Dan Brown is still in court. Do you think that's it's just coincidence that the whole Davinci Code thing is getting some more publicity just before the movie is released?
Yet more instances of corruption by senior government officials? I'm not sure, in some cases these could well be oversights, but I'm sure not in all of them. Hey guys, people are trusting you to run a country, you could at least get the small things right! I was going to say "We are trusting you" then I realised that I haven't put my trust in them at all.
Well apparently the arms deal wasn't a complete waste of time. The SA Navy will be ferrying the new rotor for Koeberg from france. So all is forgiven Tony, Shabir and Jacob. Let's just hope the numbnuts don't drop it overboard.
Speaking of Tony Yengeni (he got the free Merc, was convicted of corruption and hasn't gone to jail yet remember). Apparently he was racially victimised by an official at a Cape Town golf course. Tony, did you ever think that maybe when he said: "I told you clearly at the pro shop you must use the first tee, not the 10th - it was clear. What's wrong with you people. You people never listen, do you?" that by "you people" he meant power-hungry corrupt politicians who don't follow the rules? I don't suppose that "blood on the grass" could have been more figurative than literal?
Movie theaters in the States are considering asking permission to jam cell phone reception in their theaters. Obviously this will stop annoying people from interrupting your movie, but what happens in the event of an emergency. Wil Wheaton makes an interesting comment about it in his latest podcast.
CONTEST UPDATE
South Africa's best blogs were recognised in a ceremony in Cape Town on the weekend. I've had a look at the winner and honestly I don't know what all the fuss is about. I think that most of the runners up are better, but I suppose that's how democracy works. The guy who runs this blog won a whopping R20,06 for his efforts.
Now if you want to win almost 5 times that amount all you need to do is submit the winning contest idea. That's right, no need to slave for months hacking out an interesting blog, just one good idea for a contest could win it for you. I've already received a few goodies but you still have until the end of the week to enter. Are you going to let this opportunity for greatness slip though your hands?
I like the idea of a contest on the blog and I'd really like to make it a regular thing, say once a month, but in order to make it successful I'll really need your, that's the reader's, help in making them exciting. It's really boring if only one person ever enters, but you guys can spice things up by all playing along. Also it wouldn't hurt if people spread a little link love out there. I'm going to keep the prize at about R100 for at least the first three months, that excludes this month, but unless we achieve some interest this experiment is going to fail. You Can Doo EEit!
LAZY?
THAT MOVIE
Last night Elisabeth and I watched 'Man on Fire', man that was a excellent movie. It was so much better than I expected it to be. The movie was soo GD cool, the cinematography was hawsome and they even managed to use the subtitles with creative effect, it's a must see for people who appreciate good movies. I was thinking to myself that there must be some way to find out what movies are good even though they look and sound like they're gonna suck. I know we shouldn't judge a DVD by its cover but I'm pretty much too lazy, um busy, to do anything else. For a second there I thought I had it, Dakota Fanning. Yes it had to be it, any movie starring this tiny bundle of brilliant acting had to be double worth watching! Then the bubble burst, she's in War of the Worlds. There goes my theory. Maybe Tom Cruise negates the Fanning Effect.
BEFORE I GO
If you still get this entry on monday, try to catch 'Hustle' on SABC 3 at 21:00. It's a six part miniseries from the UK about Confidence Men. If you liked movies like 'Matchstick Men' and 'Catch Me If You Can' you might like 'Hustle'. It started last week, but all they did was introduce the characters. At this point it's either going to be great or really sucky, tune in tonight and find out for yourself.
schpat out
3 comments:
d3wd, tom cruise was clearly using his powers of dianetics to cancel out any non scientomogy sanctioned goodness.
during the initial moments of the big bang, i don't think the speed of light applied (due to a different set of physics?) - moonflake?
Ahh, so space is moving... mmm. So matter can move faster than light in relation to other matter is we can get the space that matter occupies to do the work?
I think I see a question for the SchpatDope Science Advisory Board.
I'll send it to them
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