Saturn to close its doors.

I've never driven a Saturn but I almost did. The quality of their rigs has gone up a lot over the last couple of years. Enough, that I was considering buying one in the future. I guess not.

It's weird that sign language is the only universal language that means the same thing regardless of what country it's used in. Whether you speak English, Japanese, or Spanish, the sign language stays the same. However, it's probably the least known form of communication out there. Wrap your head around that one.

Is Flash Forward in my future?

Maybe. ABC's new drama, Flash Forward, definitely has an interesting premises. If you get a glimpse into your future, are you destined to create that glimpse or can you change it? Well shot and well acted, the premiere episode was enjoyable. But coming from the creators of Lost, I can't help but wonder if the show is going to ask more questions that it answers every week. That's exactly why I don't watch Lost.


I don't have the wherewithal to sit through a series for 8 years without any resolution. Crime dramas have become so popular because they have a steady plot but each episode focuses on a problem then resolves it. Viewers are drawn to the big picture but can leave every episode with a sense of gratification.

So while Flash Forward might have all of the making of series hit, unless it establishes a formula that allows for instant gratification, I won't be sitting through it every week.

When in Roman

Roman Polanski was finally arrested this weekend in Switzerland after being on the run since 1978. Well he wasn’t really on the run. Even though he was accused of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl, the U.S. did very little to actually try to capture the aging film director when he fled to France.

If you know nothing about the Oscar winner, I recommend reading some of the recent articles about him. He grew up in the Polish ghettos during WWII, was married to “it girl” Sharon Tate when she was brutally murdered by Charles Manson followers, won awards, and got young girls drunk for his pleasure.

The Tales of Woe

Last week I came home to my wife incessantly telling me that something in the bathroom stank. Well duh, it’s a bathroom. Stanky things go on in there. But she wasn’t buying it. Something else had to be the matter. After investigating the slightly mildewy smell, I decided to have a looksy under the house. It had only been a month since I had taken a peek at our crawl space, so I wasn’t expecting much. Of course, this is what I found.

And this is what it looked like every time we turned the water on.

And this is me pretending to enjoying taking a day off of work to buy a pump and crawl under my house knee deep in sludge.

But I got to it.

And now we have shiny new plastic pipes.

The Book of Eli

Denzel Washington becomes a badass again. Looks post-apocalyptic cool. Wo where as "The Road" is post-apocalyptic depressing. Check out the trailer here.

Hindsight

I wouldn't mind making mistakes if my hindsight was 20/20. Unfortunately, my hindsight seems to register at around 20/40.

Sometimes #2 feels better than #1

After coming up a little short in a recent soccer pitch at work, Frank is packing away the voodoo dolls and pouring out the holy water. We’re not sore losers here. We don’t need to cast spells or wish ill will on the winners…Right?

We can forget about the multiple late night refinements that led to the early morning printing and binding session. We can laugh off the hours spent on three unique graphic executions and fully flushed out 18-month marketing plan. And we’ll simply digest the countless pots of coffee that kept the creative juices flowing because this is the life we chose.

Besides, we watched “The Bachelor” last season. We know what happens to #1s and #2s. You see, Melissa was picked #1 and offered a proposal while Molly was rejected and left asking “why?” on national TV. Of course a couple months later, #2 Molly was asked back and #1 Melissa was dumped, making her the actual #2 and Molly the new #1. And when “Dancing with the Stars” heard about the now #2 Melissa, they asked her to be on their #1 hit show where she made bank. And the first #2, who eventually became #1, is still in love, which is worth more than money - kind of like ideas. You can’t put a price on good one.

So sometimes #2 feels better than #1. And at the very least, 2 is twice as many as 1, which seems like a step up if you’re still doing the math. You know what I mean?

Is Jim Mora Jr. really a Wahlberg brother?

Mark Wahlberg

Jim Mora Jr.

Samsung Rogue

This is the phone I'm gonna get in October. Touch screen, full web browser, and you still get the flip out keyboard. I will finally be able to text without dealing with the T9 functionality.

New Internet Sensation - Michael Jackson Remix

Michael Jackson remix @ Yahoo! Video

I would like to give a shout out to Donovan McNabb for being made of glass. Way to make through half a game this year.

Pass the Popcorn: Sunshine Cleaning

Hey, somebody's got to clean up the mess that suicide victims leave behind. Let me start off by saying that I thought this was a good movie, but I really think they could have brought more to the table. Writer Megan Holley created some very interesting character who had the potential for extensive exploration. But we just didn't get to see it play out on screen. Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, and Alan Arkin all did a fine job, however, with a little more script, they could have really shined. The subplots never fully ran their courses and the ending felt rushed. A nice movie, but not life changing.

The Madden Curse Lives

If you're unaware, virtually every player who's been on the cover of EA Sports' Madden NFL game has been injured in the same year their cover was released - From Michael Vick to Shuan Alexander. Even Brett Favre tore his bicep part way through last season. He played through the pain, but his effectiveness dropped dramatically.

This year, Pittsburgh Steeler Troy Polamalu sprained his MCL in the first game. He'll be out 3-6 weeks. But the twist is that Larry Fitzgerald is also on the cover, which means there could be more to come. Who do the VooDoo that Madden's proved true? It remains a mystery.

She's a He and a She!

Caster Semenya, the South African track star, is a hermaphrodite. Check out the article here. In all reality, this shouldn't be that big of a surprise considering her name says it all. Caster (Castrate - to remove sexual organs) Semenya (See! Men, yeah).

Her parents were trying to tell us something this whole time.

Yup, the girl at the wedding I went to last week had a Guitar Hero tattoo on her back. That's for real.

It's in the stars, kind of.

Holy Crap, it's 09/09/09. And when I got to worked, I looked at the clock at 9:08, waiting for the glorious moment of quintuple nines. But I got sidetracked. And when I looked back, it was already 9:10. Nooooooo! I missed it. The moment that was going to change my life forever... at least, until 10:10 on 10/10/10.

Hugh Hefner's "Guitar Hero" commercial is much more stimulating than the one with all of the basketball coaches. Hey, I'm just saying.

Warning!

There was a little girl on the Today Show this morning who literally had her hand torn off. She was riding home in the back seat of her Suburban when she decided that it would be cool to see her jump rope blowing in the wind. She tied one end to her wrist, cracked the window open, and tossed the other end out. The rope was just long enough to catch under the tire (or in the axle) of the moving car, and rip her hand right off.

Not only is that completely messed up, but it's also understandable. Pay attention to your kids people.

Donnie's Sweet Find - The Literal Translation of "Total Eclipse of the Heart's" music video.

For some reason it wouldn't embedd, so you'll have to follow the link.

Chupacabra Found? Maybe.

Things have been a little hectic at work of late, so I might be a bit sporadic when it comes to blogging.