Good movie or good Beatles?

The gloves are back on since last blog... I had fun with all the back and forth banter. Thanks for the conversation.

In the last few weeks I have seen two movies that use the Beatles anthology as soundtracks. The first film, "I am Sam" was decent once I got over the whole Sean Penn is mentally challenged thing. (sidenote: I have a hard time with actors pretending to be mental. Reference the abomination entitled "The Other Sister". I broke up with a girl because she loved it.) The second film, "Across the Universe" is a visual musical based on the 60’s “experience”. Despite some plot holes including a bizarre side story of an Asian lesbian singing “I want to hold your hand” to a fellow cheerleader, I liked it, too.

Here is the rub.

How do I really know whether I liked the films or the epic Beatles music accompanying them? See I love the Beatles, period. My recurring thoughts during both films was, “Those Brits are amazing… how many freakishly good songs did they create?”

Is my suspense that Sean Penn gets his daughter Dakota Fanning back or that I can hear Ben Harper cover “Strawberry Fields?”

Is my anticipation that Jude and Lucy get back together or the chance that they might sing “All you need is love” upon reuniting?

Regardless I have realized that it would be easy to disguise a lousy movie by having great music playing throughout. I may never know whether these movies are actually good but in the meantime my house is full of humming Beatles tunes and the occasional lyric.

In fact, Heidi is sitting on the couch behind me as I type this and twice now she has spontaneously sung in her cute hushed voice, “Nothings gonna change my world.”



(I heard on the news yesterday that the pedestrian on the right standing in the back ground passed away yesterday. You can click on the picture to see it bigger. It's a pretty cool story, he discovered after the fact it was him and became a pseudo celebrity in England. Rest in peace Abbey Road pedestrian. You are immortalized on one of the most famous photos in history.)

The gloves are off.

Heidi's blog action (the bees knees) is beginning to out pace mine and decisive action is required (It is hard to compete with Luke pictures☺). I have however been told by several people recently that they read my blog off and on but never leave a comment.

Excuse me?
Here is a formula for you blog reading cheap skates….

blog comment=$ for services

That’s right folks… I said it. All of you fellow bloggers know exactly what I am talking about. That magical “comments” number at the bottom of each posting drives your creative mind on and on to more engaging entries. They fuel the blog… period.

Comments don’t have to be ultra witty or even make sense. Take this recent one from marc, “Ha... you're like my wife.” I have no idea what this means but you know what, who cares? That OCD lawyer back east still loves me.

I of course realize that I have an obligation to maintain a high level of posting quality and consistency. I commit to do my best. This symbiotic relationship is a beautiful thing so don’t mess it up blog world.

In addition, I have become fascinated by the recent “couples blog” phenomena where couples use blogs to stay updated with each other. I’m sorry but my blog is for hardcore thoughts, no mushy stories about sugar cookies (see bees knees) dyno bites (see Connors) or picnics at the beach! (see matt and kay).

Ponder this until my next blog...

Myspace is for high schoolers
Facebook is for college students
Blogger is for young married couples?

This or a minivan?

It seems as families begin to grow like ours they are faced with the inevitable question... do we get an suv or a minivan? All practical reasoning would lead to the mini-van choice. They are most likely better for function, gas mileage, and purchase price. They are just missing one thing... guts! As my friend pointed out recently mini vans are great as long as you accept the immasculating factor of driving one around. So I am thinking if my manhood is at stake let's go all the way! This beast from Ford makes the Suburbans, Seqouias, and Armadas of the world look like kid toys. Here is it's description...

"Based on a Ford Super Duty truck, the F-650 is powered by a 7.2-liter Caterpillar diesel engine. Inside, it's got hardwood floors, custom captain's chairs, a 42-speaker sound system, two 16-inch TVs that drop down from the ceiling and another 42-inch plasma screen TV. It also has four computer workstations and, in case someone doesn't see you coming, a train horn.
The total price is about $200,000."

Wow! We could actually live in there and with house prices dropping it might even be a better investment. I wonder if I could depreciate it on my taxes?

(For more pictures of my future ride click the blog title and it will link you over)