| Start: | Jun 27, '07 5:00p |
| Location: | Badlands Golf Club |
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Badlands Wednesday Golf League Kick off
| Start: | Jun 13, '07 5:00p |
| Location: | Badlands Golf Club |
Monday, May 28, 2007
Bellagio - New Camera
I have been saving my money for a new SLR camera and I finally got it - YAY! I went all out. Canon Rebel Xti 10 MP, added on a telephoto zoom (75-300), added on an additional flash...
I went down to Bellagio yesterday morning just to play around with the new camera. I need to read the book- and boy do I have a lot to learn, but looking forward! Anway, here are a few of my first practice shots...
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Waitress
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Romance |
I chose the genre Romance, but Comedy would have worked too. This movie is the story of small town waitress Jenna, played by Keri Russell of Felicity fame. She is stuck in a horrible marriage with a real loser of a husband (played by Six Feet Under's Jeremy Sisto). Her one true joy is baking pies, which she does regularly. The diner she works at it called Joe's Pie Diner. Throughout the movie she creates (or imagines creating) new pies with crazy names like "I-Hate-My-Husband Pie".
This is what I would call a chick flick- BUT the men in the audience laughed and enjoyed it as much as the women. Probably a perfect date movie.
Personally I would have enjoyed anything including 104 minutes of Nathan Fillion (male costar- known to me from Firefly [TV] and Serenity [Film]). His character, that of the new town doctor, is so charming and kind, the audience completely falls for him along with Jenna.
The co starring roles of the other two waitresses, Cheryl Hines and Adrienne Shelley (who wrote and directed the film) added so much flavor. And I especially liked Andy Griffith as the diner owner, Joe. This was a terrific role to see Griffith in, as an old grumpy wise curmudgeon who wins us over in the end, just like most of the characters do.
The main premise of this story however, and not really a spoiler, is when Jenna realizes she is pregnant. She doesn't want to be a mom, but not having the baby is never even considered as an option. The film in the end is really about what a woman goes through in those nine months, and the love story really becomes that of mom and child.
You will laugh and you will cry and you will enjoy this movie. I am sure of it...
On a sad note, the writer/director/co-star, Adrienne Shelley, was murdered in October 2006, and never got to see the success of her semi-autobiographical film.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Friday, May 4, 2007
Yahoo is shutting down Yahoo Photos
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20070504/flickr04.art.htm
Yahoo is shutting down Yahoo Photos- for years, the No. 1 or No. 2 most-visited photo site on the Web. Its users will be directed to move their pictures to Yahoo’s upstart, Flickr.
I think they should move them to Multiply!
Yahoo is shutting down Yahoo Photos- for years, the No. 1 or No. 2 most-visited photo site on the Web. Its users will be directed to move their pictures to Yahoo’s upstart, Flickr.
I think they should move them to Multiply!
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Folks Visit Vegas, 4/07
My parents came to visit me this past weekend, to extend my birthday festivities even more. We had a great time. Golfed at Paiute and visited Lake Las Vegas. The weather was unseasonably warm (mid to upper 90's). Fun was had by all.
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