Sunday, August 06, 2006

the WTC movie

I'm not a New Yorker. I'm not a Muslim. I'm not connected to the Pentagon in any way (that I know of). Am I'm not interested in seeing the new WTC movie. What's the point? Seriously, I don't see the pros, but I'm not promoting the cons, either. Nah, I won't say it's explotation by the studios. I think the actors would not want to be a part of it if it was so apparent. I do feel strongly that the towers should be replaced, but I also can see, having worked in a 20-story building, how company employees would be worried about being an everyday target. But they should build them back. By not building them back, does that mean that the original model was structurally and conceptually defective? Didn't Trump have an idea about putting them back, bigger and better? I don't know what the deal is about why they don't give Trump a shot at this. It's as if they're afraid he'll get too much power out of it. Hmmm. There must be more to the story. Back to the movie: I guess it's just too soon. Documentaries about the event? OK by me. But a full-scale fictional account partially based on fact and interpreted with dramatic license? I'm not interested.
(But wait...as I write this, I just remembered how much I enjoyed "Titanic" by Cameron. What am I missing here?)

Buck Rogers

As of today, I'm the proud recipient of my own personal wireless internet connection. Now THIS is cool. I still have the old (but mostly reliable) desktop upstairs, but I'm using the company's notebook for the trial run. And today it just so happens that the first game of the NFL season starts with the HOF game. Ok, so I'm surfing the web while watching NFL football in my garage...or on my screened-in deck...or in the living room on the comfy leather chair/couch...or in bed while smokin' a blunt and getting serviced. Well, as for that last part, that's Christmas Yet To Come. Anyway this is just way too Manly. And I like it. Kids are upstairs, playing on their new educational software, and I'm down here enjoying the show...Yes, I have heard stories about how dangerous this can be, with all the damn hackers out there, and how they can bring on serious damage. My connection, from what I see, is encrypted, so I'm hoping that is doing the trick, or at least be better than nothing... Anything else I should be concerned about? Besides wasting time?...