Oh my gosh, what am I doing? Instead of reading more about the gastrointestinal system, I have decided to fix my attention on the movie Scent of a Woman with Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, and the greatness that is Philip Seymour Hoffman. I've only seen two segments thus far (it's on Spike TV, the First Network for Men), but it appears to be quite a good movie.
Plans have now been finalized for me to attend my family's reunion in Hutchinson, Kansas at the end of the month. It's going to cost $300 to fly in an airplane to Kansas. What is this world coming to? If the airline industry was run like the computer industry, a flight to China would take 15 minutes and would cost 55 cents (roundtrip). But the airline industry certainly is not run like the computer industry, so I guess it will have to do. I read somewhere that since the very first commercial flight years ago, the airline industry has made exactly zero net dollars. Sounds like a winner to me. Hutch will be nice though. I haven't seen a lot of the Kansas people in quite a while, so it will be nice to head up there. Plus the golf will be spectacular, so why not eh? I do remember the last time I was up there...must have been at least 10 years ago. It seems I used to go there on a more regular basis, as I remember visiting Aunt Gladdie in her old white house. I don't recall everything about it, but there were two stories and a room upstairs with a bunch of old stuff in it. I also seem to recall a very woody backyard and perhaps a fence? But for some reason, I remember the front room being connected to the kitchen, both facing the front yard and street. I think there was a piano in the front room, but I'm not totally sure. I recall Gladdie being such a nice lady, always smiling and laughing. She sort of reminds me of the Oracle in The Matrix...sort of that motherly nice old lady type person. She and Grandmother had such a great relationship; I hope Carolyn and I will have something like that long into our futures. Of course, we'll never be old ladies together, and I can be happy for that.
Scent of a Woman is truly a wonderful film. I even enjoyed it on Spike TV, the First Network for Men. I really hate edited movies. If the writer wanted the character to say "fuck", why change it for cable? The movie started at 8PM and finished at 11PM. If little kids are up that late, the parents should be ashamed. Plus, we are required to pay for cable television, so if parents are afraid of a little cussing, quit paying for cable and switch to over the air television. On top of that, parents can filter what their kids see by locking certain channels out or by using the so called "V-chip" which only allows programs of certain ratings to be shown. I think I'm just tired of people relying on society to police everything and edit everything and beep out everything. How about we take responsibility for what we see and do? How about we exercise our freedom to chose instead of forcing our wishes upon everyone else? Yikes, calm down.
I received a package from Nathan Beach today. It contained valuable HTML editing software. Now all I have to do is learn how to use it. Expect changes to this website sometime in September when I have time to learn such things.
I have confirmed that dad is smoke-free for 14 consecutive days now.
Plans have now been finalized for me to attend my family's reunion in Hutchinson, Kansas at the end of the month. It's going to cost $300 to fly in an airplane to Kansas. What is this world coming to? If the airline industry was run like the computer industry, a flight to China would take 15 minutes and would cost 55 cents (roundtrip). But the airline industry certainly is not run like the computer industry, so I guess it will have to do. I read somewhere that since the very first commercial flight years ago, the airline industry has made exactly zero net dollars. Sounds like a winner to me. Hutch will be nice though. I haven't seen a lot of the Kansas people in quite a while, so it will be nice to head up there. Plus the golf will be spectacular, so why not eh? I do remember the last time I was up there...must have been at least 10 years ago. It seems I used to go there on a more regular basis, as I remember visiting Aunt Gladdie in her old white house. I don't recall everything about it, but there were two stories and a room upstairs with a bunch of old stuff in it. I also seem to recall a very woody backyard and perhaps a fence? But for some reason, I remember the front room being connected to the kitchen, both facing the front yard and street. I think there was a piano in the front room, but I'm not totally sure. I recall Gladdie being such a nice lady, always smiling and laughing. She sort of reminds me of the Oracle in The Matrix...sort of that motherly nice old lady type person. She and Grandmother had such a great relationship; I hope Carolyn and I will have something like that long into our futures. Of course, we'll never be old ladies together, and I can be happy for that.
Scent of a Woman is truly a wonderful film. I even enjoyed it on Spike TV, the First Network for Men. I really hate edited movies. If the writer wanted the character to say "fuck", why change it for cable? The movie started at 8PM and finished at 11PM. If little kids are up that late, the parents should be ashamed. Plus, we are required to pay for cable television, so if parents are afraid of a little cussing, quit paying for cable and switch to over the air television. On top of that, parents can filter what their kids see by locking certain channels out or by using the so called "V-chip" which only allows programs of certain ratings to be shown. I think I'm just tired of people relying on society to police everything and edit everything and beep out everything. How about we take responsibility for what we see and do? How about we exercise our freedom to chose instead of forcing our wishes upon everyone else? Yikes, calm down.
I received a package from Nathan Beach today. It contained valuable HTML editing software. Now all I have to do is learn how to use it. Expect changes to this website sometime in September when I have time to learn such things.
I have confirmed that dad is smoke-free for 14 consecutive days now.
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