It’s been a while since we did a proper out of state road trip… So tomorrow we’re leaving for a long weekend away in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania.
I’ve never been to PA before, so add another state to the list… Plus Robyn gets to show me around her birthplace.
“Cloverfied” Teaser Trailer. The new movie from JJ Abrams, but what is it about? Cthulhu? Godzilla? Voltron? Lost? Mothra? Ruxpin? 1-18-08?
Author JK Rowling has said she felt euphoric but “devastated” as she penned the last words of the final Harry Potter book, The Deathly Hallows. She was in a hotel room alone as she finished writing the book. “I was sobbing my heart out, I downed half a bottle of champagne from the mini bar in one and went home with mascara all over my face, that was really tough,” she said. Must be hard having a squillion pounds to fall back on during these hard times…
It’s Independence Day, or was…
We had a pretty cool Independence Day, starting off with breakfast at IHOP, beats making your own or dealing with the increasing crowds in Birkdale Village, then we went to the UNC Charlotte university area for a few rounds of mini golf which we split 1-1. After golf we went bowling, as you might have seen before, that was also split 1-1, we also realised we’re better Wii bowlers than real life bowlers…
To round things off we went to the “Red, White and Boom” fireworks display at Memorial Stadium, which offered a wonderful view of the Charlotte skyline which was especially cool as it got darker then they set off god knows how many tonnes of fireworks, all set to patriotic music of course.
All in all an enjoyable day, and a nice break in the week, though today felt like a Monday…
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A 6 year-old girl was disemboweled after sitting on an uncovered pool drain in the kiddie pool of her family’s country club. Horrible story, freak accident, luckily she survived but now has to live without a small intestine. Reminds me of this Chuck Palahniuk short story.
President Bush commuted the prison term of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, facing 30 months in prison after a federal court convicted him of perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators. Bush has only commuted the jail term which means that the conviction remains on Libby’s record and he must still pay a $250,000 fine. Pffft, why not just do the full pardon? I mean, this implies he condones criminal behaviour in his administration, why not confirm it?
If ye come tae Glasgow, Glasgow doesnae accept this… This is Glasgow, we’ll set about ye!
He also advocates kicking flaming terrorists in the balls, lining up to do so if need be…
Absolute legend!
As thousands of Glaswegians queued, moaned and sneakily sipped Buckfast on a rainy Saturday afternoon, one man stood vigilant outside the airport terminal. Baggage supervisor, hero, smoker. John Smeaton. Little did he know, as he happily dragged on his fag, that two crazed al-Qaeda operatives were preparing to meet their maker. But they didn’t meet their maker. Instead they met BAA’s answer to Jack Bauer. As the Jeep’s engine revved and the passenger started chucking the petrol containers out the windows like he was Santa in Shettleston, one man stepped in to help The Law take control. Those hapless al-Qaeda boys were to find out that Glasgow has no respect for international terrorism.
This evening Robyn and I took in the new Michael Moore documentary, Sicko, and as it’s a Michael Moore documentary, you know what your getting…
As I said, this is your typical Michael Moore documentary, highly controversial and padding over some elements… But hey, I come from the UK where healthcare is free (though there are private healthcare options) and knowing some of the medical bills I’ve racked up over the last 2 years I can kind of see his point. Put it this way, even though we’re on a nice Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, if I ever need any kind of major-ish surgery, I’ll be on a plane to the UK quicker than you would believe.
Sure there are waiting lists in the UK and all the downsides of national health, but I’d much rather take that wait than worry about how much it’s going to cost. I mean, my root canal cost over $1,000 (thankfully it was covered up to 80%), how much would have my appendectomy cost? Or any of the multiple eye operations I’ve had since as far back as I can remember? Or my 3 day stay in hospital for an unknown blackout? Or even surgery to remove hemorrhoids? That’s not even counting doctor visits or referrals to specialists and none of those cost me or my family a single penny…
Anyways, back onto topic after that little aside, this is a very good movie. Everyone should watch it, even if you don’t agree with anything he’s saying and you may think Moore is a bit of a dick, but I’d much rather have a dick standing up, getting things like this noticed than no one at all.