Category Archives: Film
What The Deuce… Bigalow?
Confession time. I’m one of four people in the world who thought Deuce Bigalow, European Gigolo was funny. You may think that four is an exaggeration, but here’s how I know it isn’t. I like it. My friend Dave likes it. And when I went to Half Price Books, I saw it on sale for [...]
Wasn’t this one of the scams in the movie The Grifters?
Remember the movie “The Grifters” with John Cusack? As I recall, one of the cons in that movie was that some investor had some special computers that gave him a 7 second advantage over other traders. It is the hot new thing on Wall Street, a way for a handful of traders to master the [...]
Circular waterbeds, mirrored ceilings, and razor blade necklaces – is this what the 70’s were like?
So I’m watching my favorite 70’s TV show, The Rockford Files, and saw this interesting hotel room. Note the circular waterbed and the naughty mural on the walls: The ceiling was a big mirror, too. I felt that I had no choice but to use the Polaroid effect for this screen cap, because you just [...]
The Rockford Files Predicted The Future
So I just got done watching the final episode of Season 4 from The Rockford Files. It was a two-part episode that dealt with a shady computer company trying to – get this – setup a database that kept the private financial and criminal records of 200 million Americans. Those dastardly businessmen had a computer [...]
Another lying pharmaceutical company risked patients’ lives just to make a buck
I think it’s safe to say we now have a plethora of reasons to oppose FDA preemption. ORLANDO, Fla. — AstraZeneca PLC instructed its U.S. sales representatives to tell doctors that its powerful psychiatric drug, Seroquel, didn't cause diabetes even though a company physician had at one point stated years earlier that such a link [...]
