I just watched "What Would Jesus Buy?" A documentary about a guy who dresses like a flashy TV fundamentalist who's message is simple, Quit Shopping. Quit buying Christmas from Box stores. Make your own gifts. Figure out what is important. Give your time and love to those around you.
I watched this on a lark. It looked so goofy. But it is a fantastic film about attitudes and values and a creative way that some dedicated people have taken a stand about something they believe in. Watch it now or some how remind your self to watch it before next Christmas. Join the revolution.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The Christmas Card: Also the last Christmas review
This was a sweet, predictable movie with out being completely saccharine. Ed Asner is fun. There is a soldier, a randomly received Christmas card and love. I liked it. No angst either, which is a nice change from all the other stuff I watched. Sometimes you want to watch a movie that is more like a cup of hot cocoa than a shot of Jack Daniels
Saturday, January 10, 2009
30 Rock
I had resisted, for no good reason, watching 30 Rock. It is fantastic. I know, everyone knows that. But I didn't and now I do.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Fun Free Internet Stuff
These are two great places to go.
Pandora radio is free, no commercial music that plays only what you want to hear. It is great for having a seamless background and for finding new artists.
Librivox is free audio books, read by real people that volunteer to do this. Now the catch is they only do books in the public domain, but that just means old. There are a few contemporary authors that have given them the right to read their books and let them go free of charge.) I just signed up for a podcast of The Beasts of Tarzan A chapter a day. Walking the dogs is going to be so much more fun.
Pandora radio is free, no commercial music that plays only what you want to hear. It is great for having a seamless background and for finding new artists.
Librivox is free audio books, read by real people that volunteer to do this. Now the catch is they only do books in the public domain, but that just means old. There are a few contemporary authors that have given them the right to read their books and let them go free of charge.) I just signed up for a podcast of The Beasts of Tarzan A chapter a day. Walking the dogs is going to be so much more fun.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Poirot's Christmas
The boiler in his flat is broken, and Poirot's vision of a quiet Christmas with succulent food and a good book is shattered. So when an offer comes in from a paranoid, elderly diamond mine owner to protect him over Christmas comes, Poirot asks if he has central heat and accepts. The rest is all classic Agatha Christie, a dead body and dysfunctional families. The good part is the sound track, snatches of English Christmas carols in a minor key, by far the coolest part of the drama.
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