Twitter

I have no idea if and how often I am going to use this, but I created a Twitter account for myself. It seemed pretty easy to set up. I'm following a show called PTI on it, and also following the New York Giants. Apparently alot of NBA players are using twitter to update everyone minute by minute about their lives. I still don't know what to think of it.


https://twitter.com/lukewarmsoda

Random reading

I am currently reading Freakonomics(Thanks for the suggestion D) I liked the common sense approach that the authors bring to the book. It was always a book that I wanted to read. It reminds me of the books that Malcolm Gladwell writes where he talks about how certain trends in culture originate from a simple beginning. The authors of freakonomics even have a blog: http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/ It is definitely worth checking out. Hopefully the post about the rejected chocolate sin tax in Scotland NEVER gets proposed here. Apparently there will be a sequel to this book, should be interesting. I have also read a recent book called Moriarty. It is a fiction book about Sherlock Holmes arch-nemesis Professor James Moriarty. It was a fun read. In one of Sir Conan Doyle's books, Moriarty and Holmes fight on top of a waterfall where presumably they both fall and perish. In Doyle's later work Holmes is said to survive the fall, but not Moriarty. But in books by other authors Moriarty is said to also have survived the fall. The book I read tells of how Moriarty survived the fall and is trying to keep his criminal empire from falling into other hands. I like how modern day authors try to retell older stories from the past. Sometimes it works, other times not so much.

wes alasa tuna

I tell you at the end the translation of that title. I saw an interesting website that I found about from a magazine. It was about labryniths. http://www.labyrinthsociety.org/. They even have a labrynith locator that tells where labryniths are near your city. I thought it was pretty cool. Its pretty interest seeing the diverse way labryniths are conceived. Okay so the translation of the title is: Whistle us a tune. So now you know.

Mah-Jongg

I recently bought a mah-jongg set. It is pretty cool. I'm hoping one day I can find some hand-held electronic versions of the game. I'm going to check out a book about the game and its history. I don't care what anyone says. It is NOT a game just for old women. Its fun for the whole family!! Okay, I'll stop.

A gripe

I understand that Youtube has a right to remove videos from its site or to make videos unwatchable on people's blogs(like mine) But what is the big freakin deal?
I'm not making any money out of putting its videos on my blog. Arggh! Oh well.

Of course...

That movie, and I'm not going to type out its name, actually made it to number one. Why? Whatever. If that is the type of movie that people feel they can be entertained by, then go right ahead and watch it. You just wasted a couple hours of your life, and you can't get it back. You!!!!(yet another inside joke)

Taken and an urgent plea

I watched the movie Taken this week with Liam Neeson. It was really good. It was kind of formulaic, but I always enjoy seeing him get mad. It's too funny. Of course he is also a good actor. Now my urgent plea. There is a movie coming out this week called "He's just not that into you" Please, please to everyone. Do not watch this movie. It is based on the book whose premise is a good idea, but it is so damn pretentious. Of course a woman should not be with a guy that takes her for granted and treats her like crap, by the way guys should also leave women who treat them like crap. It goes both ways. I'm sorry but anything connected with that awful Sex and the City should NOT be seen. So go watch Taken. Make it the number one movie again this week. That is all. End communication