Yesterday, I watched attentively as Tiger Woods and Peter Hedblom teed off on the last round of the 2005 US Open Golf Tournament. Dad and I paid attention until about the third hole and then we left to go to a Father’s Day dinner. This was immediately after Retief Goosen, the leader at -3 teed …
Monthly Archives: June 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
What can I say about Mr. and Mrs. Smith? This movie was exactly what I expected, alas. A mite bit disappointing, but it did not lack in eye candy.
Jesus and his Lungs
There is an AP article today concerning the possible cause of death of Jesus of Nazareth. (acutal title Jesus may have died of a blood clot in his lungs, Israeli doctor says By GAVIN RABINOWITZ, Associated Press, Published on: 06/09/05 ) The gist of this article is that Jesus may not have died from asphyxiation …
GIS for the Common Person
This CNN story shows that geographic information systems (GIS) are reaching deeper into the populace. Having some experience using GIS for transportation planning and just generally screwing around with maps, this latest trend is specatacular! Many feliciations to Google and Google Maps for coming out with a beautiful map interface. Of course, the linked CNN …
LOST
Jenn and I watched the pilot for Lost (ABC) last night (again) and noticed that, after the monster? made it’s night-time, rip-up-trees-while-making-noise appearance, the black lady a.k.a. Lt. Uhura said something to the effect of, “Reminds me of something from home, in the Bronx.” Hmmmm… Subway? Steam power?
Additions to Reading List
I’ve added some books to my reading list at www.jbwr.net/web/bp/books/recent_books.html
Revenge of the Sith: After The Fact take II
SPOILERS! We went to see Revenge of the Sith again last night. ‘Twas just as good action-wise last night as it was the first time, although I found myself daydreaming during any scene with Annakin talking to Padme (except for the end). I’m still a bit disappointed by the beginning battle scene. It had the …
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