May 19, 2006
He Bows to the Pressure
from - smijer
I'm giving in today - I'm blogging from a Krystal wireless hotspot. As you may have guessed by my lack of posts this week, I am on vacation. And, one thing led to another and I find myself doing something I never thought I'd do. From a hotel room? Maybe. But I really didn't see myself as the sort of SOB who would pull out a computer in the middle of a fast food restaraunt and start surfing the internet. I'm waiting on a car to be serviced and I don't want to go all the way home, so this is how I'm killing time. If I could log on VPN to work on my side project, I would be doing that instead of this, but the VPN is wisely configured not to work on an unsecured wireless network.
And, I'm going to watch the horrid Da Vinci Code movie today. Yes, I resisted, but I have a friend who liked the book (a), and (b), I like Tom Hanks... and, well, the Google game with its previews promising action and suspense managed to get me hooked. Maybe, if I catch up enough to do it, I'll blog all of the poor reasoning, wrong facts, and sly hoodwinks in it afterward. But probably not - I'll just be another Rube shelling out $7.50 to help Dan Brown and his Hollywood sponsors get lots of $7.50's.
I'll try to check back in later. I'm going to go kill precious time at the Barnes & Nobles now.
::Posted by smijer at May 19, 2006 08:29 AM
C'mon Smijer.
Labeling something as "horrid" before you see it guarantees disappointment.
Just keep saying to yourself over and over and over again.........."this is not a documentary".
And if nothing else just seeing the various locations where the movie was made should provide lots of entertainment.
| Posted by Buck on May 19, 2006 10:48 AM Link to comment |
"But I really didn't see myself as the sort of SOB who would pull out a computer in the middle of a fast food restaraunt and start surfing the internet."
Oops. I am just that sort of SOB. In fact, if I'm traveling, I will search out restaurants that have wireless. I am addicted.
| Posted by RSA on May 19, 2006 11:10 AM Link to comment |
Oops. I am just that sort of SOB. In fact, if I'm traveling, I will search out restaurants that have wireless. I am addicted.
mmhffphhmm, mmmffhph hmphf? *POP* Never, mind - I was just asking how to get this foot out of there, but I think I got it.
| Posted by smijer on May 19, 2006 12:55 PM Link to comment |
I saw it now... It was OK, I guess. Kind of flat - I was hoping that the redeeming qualities would be the intrigue and suspense, etc.. Not there. On the other hand, Gandalf played a wicked bad guy, as did the guy with the weird eyes. And, Tom Hanks was loveable as always. Maybe I'll discuss the historical presentation later.
| Posted by smijer on May 20, 2006 04:02 PM Link to comment |