The governor’s back…
with more furlough fun. Apparently California lawmakers once again failed to pass a budget to close a now $26 billion dollar gap. So they can’t make the big billion-dollar decisions (tax or cut), but they can save another half a billion. When will the madness end?!?
Link: Furlough Fridays back - now three days a month
On top of that, there’s six state parks that California was thinking of closing to save money - but guess what…the federal government is threatening to take them back if the state doesn’t keep them open. Hmm, what do you think California will end up doing?
Link: Feds could seize Calif. parks if closed by budget
Good stuff - great news prank
All I can write is hahahahahahahahahah….ehhhh….
To think, this was video from the show Lost. I love it!
Link: Bolivian TV falls for Air France crash hoax
New, “clear” images of moon landing found
Those shots of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon surface? They were actually videotapes of videotapes (think if you were to take a video camera into a movie theater…now who the hell would do that?!?) Anyway, for quite some time the originals were lost, and well, uhh, now they’re found. Duh.
Link: WORLD EXCLUSIVE: NASA FINDS MISSING MOON LANDING TAPES
Transformers 2 - not bad, not bad
S and I went to see Transformers 2 on opening day, and I have to admit, it wasn’t as bad as the reviews made it out to be. Granted, there are some assumptions you have to make before seeing the movie. 1) It’s a popcorn action movie, not some eloquently written think-piece. Get over it already. 2) Most of today’s actors are not great. 3) It’s Michael Bay, for chrissakes. The Rock was fun, but you still had the slow-mo scenes, the explosions, the cheesy one-liners.
Anyway, what I liked about the movie were the genuinely funny interactions with the human stars. The robots’ characters were about as interesting as dirt, but the other stars did a good job. Sam’s new roommate, John Turturro’s character, Sam’s parents - they were actually amusing. Ok, there was one sorta funny robot - the R/C car that Meagan Fox captures. The two ghettobots were not that funny, though I did hear some idiots in the audience laughing at their attempt at Ebonics. Well, i guess it was funny when the autobots called Sam’s roommate a pu**y.
The plot was overly complex. (wait, now there’s a key they have to get? And why was that dude so easy to kill, but not Megatron? Ughhhh…). It could’ve been a lot simpler, and then I could have allowed my eyes to glaze over a little more and more drool to come out of my mouth. The slow-motion scenes were done to death, to the point where I was walking really slowly walking out of the theater and taking a full minute to say my girlfriend’s name because that seemed, well, normal after that movie.
All in all, this was a decent way to spend 2.5 hours of your time. You’ll probably enjoy it.
*Update* - this movie is kicking ass at the box office.
Link: Transformers 2 Box Office Actuals - $200.7 Million in 5 Days
Tax or cut, tax or cut?
Or…both? We have to do something here. California has $24 BILLION less to spend for 2009-2010. How do we close the gap? Do we tax cigarettes and gasoline? Do we cut welfare and health care? Do we let convicts out of prison? Do we pay state workers less? Do we fire our state workers? What is it guys? And no, I don’t see these little tax tricks doing the job. Just as many families in California are already doing, we’re going to have to cut spending, AND add taxes. And it will HURT. But yes, I understand, politicians need to be liked by everyone. “How can I go back to my constituents with this kind of proposal?” they argue, “The people of California can’t afford a) more taxes, or b) cuts to their health care, or c) something else that’s bad!” It’s all true. However, the state of California also can’t afford, in the long run, to duck its creditors and dance around a workable budget. The state can’t go bankrupt; all it can do is keep on down this path of lowered credit ratings, disappointed citizens, and pissed-off state workers.
Link: Assembly Democrats push budget plan that doesn’t need GOP support
Band of the Week - And yet another RIP: Michael Jackson
Ok, so this was ripe for some bad joke-making, but I just couldn’t do it to the guy. What a friggin’ crazy thing to have happen.
Here’s a few of my favorite songs:
Billy Jean
Beat It
Thriller
*ok, so I guess they’re all off the Thriller album. That was a decent record, ok? I still remember Shock-G and I listening to that LP…G, you remember that?
Beat It was great in that it had Eddie Van Halen doing the shreddin’ guitar riff at the end. I have to admit, I wasn’t the biggest fan of Jackson, but this song kicked ass!
Link: Michael Jackson is dead
RIP Farrah Fawcett
This was the women that graced many a young man’s wall with her sexy-as-hell posters. And now she’s gone, early. Life’s a bitch sometimes. It reminds me of my uncle, who passed when he was 61. A person in their 60s used to be old. Now they’re just middle-aged. Hell, if a person has taken good physical care of themselves, they should be out and about into their 70s. Dying in your early 60s is a tragedy, IMHO.
Id Software acquired by ZeniMax
Wow - for some reason I thought that id was doing well financially. Their game engines are highly sought after, and their games are always top-notch. Shoot, they practically invented the FPS genre!!! I think this quote says it all, though:
“We will now have financial and business resources to support the future growth of id.” (id CEO Todd Hollenshead)
To me, that means that id was running out of money, and needed a big publisher to come in and save them. I could be wrong though. Still, it does seem kinda sad.
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