Sunday, December 18, 2005
Lord of The Rings
I think i stand with millions of fans of the books by JRR Tolkein that the announced fil of the Hobbitt is exciting. But further information about the project has been nil and something should definately be done about this.............Don't you think? Fans deserve to get more info at this point so late after the film was initially announced.
Three good Short stories under thirty pages each.
If you have a couple of hours and want to be thouroughly entertained, then i have three great stories by a fantastic juggernaut writer. "Bernice Bobs her Hair", "The Sensible Thing", and "The Ice Palace".
In Bernice, you get a tale of a couple of girls trying to be popular, mainly with the young men, and their struggles that come between them after the popular girl makes her cousin, the not so popular one, extremely popular. The mishaps insue and revenge is bittersweet.
In The Sensible Thing, we follow the exploits of young Goerge Rollins/O'Kelly as he tries to court his Tennessee sweetheart into marriage.(Eventual Marriage). The dismal path is complex and is fun to sort out. It keeps you guessing but do they, do they give in to eachother and finally agree to get married. It carried George all the way to Peru. You tell me.
In The Ice Palace you have a northern chap trying to snare him a southern bell. He gets her to come to the north during the dead of winter to announce their engagement and they visit the local winter attraction, an Ice Palace. In its basement their is a Maze and as he leads a group of friends through its chambers he loses her and doesn't notice. She figures he is joking and will come back for her at any moment but he doesn't. What happens next, read to find out.
These three should get you stimulated enough so get a hold of some Fitzgerald and get reading!
In Bernice, you get a tale of a couple of girls trying to be popular, mainly with the young men, and their struggles that come between them after the popular girl makes her cousin, the not so popular one, extremely popular. The mishaps insue and revenge is bittersweet.
In The Sensible Thing, we follow the exploits of young Goerge Rollins/O'Kelly as he tries to court his Tennessee sweetheart into marriage.(Eventual Marriage). The dismal path is complex and is fun to sort out. It keeps you guessing but do they, do they give in to eachother and finally agree to get married. It carried George all the way to Peru. You tell me.
In The Ice Palace you have a northern chap trying to snare him a southern bell. He gets her to come to the north during the dead of winter to announce their engagement and they visit the local winter attraction, an Ice Palace. In its basement their is a Maze and as he leads a group of friends through its chambers he loses her and doesn't notice. She figures he is joking and will come back for her at any moment but he doesn't. What happens next, read to find out.
These three should get you stimulated enough so get a hold of some Fitzgerald and get reading!
Monday, December 12, 2005
Attention Sports Fans
A Sports Steal of a Deal
Do you want a deal. How does 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 sodas, and 1 program sound for a small price of only $34. This bargain basement deal is for the highly competitive Florida Marlins Major League Baseball team in Miami, Florida. A night out to a movie and dinner for four will ver easily exceed one hundred dollars. Of coarse this depends on which resteraunt you choose.
The troubling part of this is that the attendance for homegames last season was dead last in the National League. Can it be that the heat of Miami i making people delerious. Even bad traffic can't account for this. What a waste! The only time this team has seen big attendance was in their last World Series but since then attendance has been steadily growing more dismal.
Why not move the team? After all three different owners groups haven't been able to work any magic in Florida. So why not find them a new home where fans would attend if if they are routing for the away team. Believe it or not there just maybe a few cities interested in being home to the team. Need a good fit? how about Charlotte, NC. Pro basketball and football are big in the Quenn city as well as minor league hockey (Charlotte Checkers) and baseball (Charlotte Knights).
So why not pro baseball? Well on the defense of MLB not having not delivered a team to the Carolinas there are three obvious bits of worthy evidence. First off the Atlanta Braves are emmensley popular in the Carolinas and are not so far away to rule them out as a place for fans to travel to a game. Second the city of Fort Mill, SC (just across the border from Charlotte) has the minor league baseball team the Charlotte Knights. This maybe the strongest arguement against bringing pro ball to the city. Even though the team has a winning tradition and good history they also struggle a bit in the area of attendance. I once attended a Knights game when it meant clinching their spot in the minor league World Series in Las Vegas. It felt odd. I almost felt lonely like I was watching from the comfort of my own den. The fans were attentively watching the game but were doing so in almost complete silence. The game was close and was a come from behind win but you certainly woudn't have knowm by looking at the crowd. The busiest time for the stadium was when the game ended and people left for the parking lot. The third problem is the basic issue for any sports franchise, MONEY! Could the taxpayers welcome pro baseball after forknig over millions to pay for a new basketball arena for the pro basketball team the Charlotte Bobcats. After the Hornets fled Charlotte (All the Owner) it left sports fans with a sour taste in their mouths and memories of winning fresh in the heads. They have no winning memories for pro baseball.
The fact is that just about any city would support the Marlins better that Miami. Plus a nigh out at the Charlotte Nights is cheap but will surely cost four much more than $34 for the same items. If a pro baseball team could come to Charlotte and offer a similar deal that the Marlins are in Miami, well let's just say its a no brainer! People in the area would love it as the whole place is booming like crazy as it is. Many northern baseball fans are moving to the city and would surely like to be able to support a new home team. Personally I would love it. My whole family loves baseball and we would go as regularly as possible. We also would do as we always do when at any sporting event. Be loud and help get the crowd in the game (and out of their trances.) You never know, it could happen!.!!!!!!
Do you want a deal. How does 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 sodas, and 1 program sound for a small price of only $34. This bargain basement deal is for the highly competitive Florida Marlins Major League Baseball team in Miami, Florida. A night out to a movie and dinner for four will ver easily exceed one hundred dollars. Of coarse this depends on which resteraunt you choose.
The troubling part of this is that the attendance for homegames last season was dead last in the National League. Can it be that the heat of Miami i making people delerious. Even bad traffic can't account for this. What a waste! The only time this team has seen big attendance was in their last World Series but since then attendance has been steadily growing more dismal.
Why not move the team? After all three different owners groups haven't been able to work any magic in Florida. So why not find them a new home where fans would attend if if they are routing for the away team. Believe it or not there just maybe a few cities interested in being home to the team. Need a good fit? how about Charlotte, NC. Pro basketball and football are big in the Quenn city as well as minor league hockey (Charlotte Checkers) and baseball (Charlotte Knights).
So why not pro baseball? Well on the defense of MLB not having not delivered a team to the Carolinas there are three obvious bits of worthy evidence. First off the Atlanta Braves are emmensley popular in the Carolinas and are not so far away to rule them out as a place for fans to travel to a game. Second the city of Fort Mill, SC (just across the border from Charlotte) has the minor league baseball team the Charlotte Knights. This maybe the strongest arguement against bringing pro ball to the city. Even though the team has a winning tradition and good history they also struggle a bit in the area of attendance. I once attended a Knights game when it meant clinching their spot in the minor league World Series in Las Vegas. It felt odd. I almost felt lonely like I was watching from the comfort of my own den. The fans were attentively watching the game but were doing so in almost complete silence. The game was close and was a come from behind win but you certainly woudn't have knowm by looking at the crowd. The busiest time for the stadium was when the game ended and people left for the parking lot. The third problem is the basic issue for any sports franchise, MONEY! Could the taxpayers welcome pro baseball after forknig over millions to pay for a new basketball arena for the pro basketball team the Charlotte Bobcats. After the Hornets fled Charlotte (All the Owner) it left sports fans with a sour taste in their mouths and memories of winning fresh in the heads. They have no winning memories for pro baseball.
The fact is that just about any city would support the Marlins better that Miami. Plus a nigh out at the Charlotte Nights is cheap but will surely cost four much more than $34 for the same items. If a pro baseball team could come to Charlotte and offer a similar deal that the Marlins are in Miami, well let's just say its a no brainer! People in the area would love it as the whole place is booming like crazy as it is. Many northern baseball fans are moving to the city and would surely like to be able to support a new home team. Personally I would love it. My whole family loves baseball and we would go as regularly as possible. We also would do as we always do when at any sporting event. Be loud and help get the crowd in the game (and out of their trances.) You never know, it could happen!.!!!!!!
Lets discuss this Political Nightmare!
In recent developments with the wars in the middle-east USA spreads itself thinner as we dredge on into huge debt. Our deficit is our biggest concern or at least it should be. The trouble is that our president needs to be able to focus on education and creating jobs not just fighting wars.
Our integrity and our future as a nation is at risk and if we do not fight for our stance by voting and voting in each election. Accepting the looming danger of the economy is not an excuse as a final farewell of power and security. The time for Americans to take charge of its own Democracy is now. We must balance our endeavors as a nation. It is not the time to care if Iraq's Democracy fails when the country urges more and more for civil war out-right. Our Democracy is still more important than that of one oversees.
Let your vote speak your mind
Sunday, December 11, 2005
The British Basterdized Mythology!!!!!!!
Bastard Mythology
Unicorns, Pixies, Hypogriffs, and Trolls. I wonder what will come next. Maybe I will get to see a bit of the bloody warewolf or vampire. I have got to say that I am impressed with the current media popularity of fantasy and mystery. Even the recent success of crime fiction gives me a feeling of warmth in my literature minded heart. I have never felt better about the future than I have the last few days when I realized that WETA workshop that was made famous by the Lord Of the Rings films, has done King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia, is growing ever popular and it gives me the idea that maybe many more of the same kind of these films will be getting produced.
I agree with many people, including J. R. R. Tolkien and J. K. Rowling, that English or British mythology had been bastardized but I think that with the success of books and now movies from them both as well as C. S. Lewis that it makes little difference because now the mythology is both alive and well. I am ten times more of an avid reader now than I have ever been in my life. So these writers have got to be doing something right because millions are just like me.
Unicorns, Pixies, Hypogriffs, and Trolls. I wonder what will come next. Maybe I will get to see a bit of the bloody warewolf or vampire. I have got to say that I am impressed with the current media popularity of fantasy and mystery. Even the recent success of crime fiction gives me a feeling of warmth in my literature minded heart. I have never felt better about the future than I have the last few days when I realized that WETA workshop that was made famous by the Lord Of the Rings films, has done King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia, is growing ever popular and it gives me the idea that maybe many more of the same kind of these films will be getting produced.
I agree with many people, including J. R. R. Tolkien and J. K. Rowling, that English or British mythology had been bastardized but I think that with the success of books and now movies from them both as well as C. S. Lewis that it makes little difference because now the mythology is both alive and well. I am ten times more of an avid reader now than I have ever been in my life. So these writers have got to be doing something right because millions are just like me.
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Video Games and Books, Can they coexist?
Can Video Games and Books coexist?
I think that they can and not only will they coexist but with the right amount of time and precious planning applied to each they will forever compliment each other. The ever popular Halo series on Microsoft's xbox game console has also pushed for novels to be published that either follow the same storyline as the games or continue the story where they left off.
At the moment the gaming industry is at a turning point with next gen systems being finished and or released, and with the quality of graphics and etc going up along with the cost of porducing a finished product, we as consumers must do alot to press for the price line to stay low or the cost of games will skyrocket.
Books are going through similar troubles do to digital publishing media. Not to worry, our hard copies aren't doomed, but many will inevitablygive up buying them. Maybe this will mean that more people will buy them that previously would not have done so?
I think that they can and not only will they coexist but with the right amount of time and precious planning applied to each they will forever compliment each other. The ever popular Halo series on Microsoft's xbox game console has also pushed for novels to be published that either follow the same storyline as the games or continue the story where they left off.
At the moment the gaming industry is at a turning point with next gen systems being finished and or released, and with the quality of graphics and etc going up along with the cost of porducing a finished product, we as consumers must do alot to press for the price line to stay low or the cost of games will skyrocket.
Books are going through similar troubles do to digital publishing media. Not to worry, our hard copies aren't doomed, but many will inevitablygive up buying them. Maybe this will mean that more people will buy them that previously would not have done so?
Antartic Traveler, review by Scott Alexander Baker
Antarctic Traveler by Katha Pollitt
Antarctic Traveler is a marvelous collection of poetry by Katha Pollitt. This book features a variety of subjects and variations of poetry that simply leaves the reader in awe of the wording and structure of its poems. There is nothing in this book that is dismal. Actually every poem can certainly be interpreted as uplifting. The emotion the poems omit shows clearly that Pollitt wanted herself to show through making the reader believe she must have truly cherished every poem,
The collection is especially good in its organization. Starting with narrative poems that tell stories that give insight into the lives of each poem’s characters. Nothing short of genius is the middle of the book where she easily describes vegetables in such a magnificent way giving a picture in the reader’s mind of perfectly shaped potatoes and tomatoes. Her imagery adds to the charm and deliberateness of all the work. The ending of the book is full of tales that describe greatly, the moments that were key to the book.
The last poem, “To an Antarctic Traveler,” does nothing less
than say farewell to any reader of the book. Katha Pollitt has delivered a spectacular collection in a stimulating form that urges a reader to reread and understand more and more the imagery of each poem.
I strongly advise every lover of poetry to thoroughly read this book. A reader of this book is not to be left unhappy or disappointed in its delivery. This is the best collection of poetry I have read this year. I applaud Pollitt for her sense of imagery and diction. She has gifted us all a spectacular work to read and savor. Although the book was published in 1972 in New York, I have only now happened across it. I am happy that I have found this book and I hope that more people will find Antarctic Traveler and give themselves a chance to take in this writer’s poetry. Even if you do not generally read poetry, this book is overflowing with expression and story telling. As a reader who may enjoy short stories and novels, you may then become a reader of poetry through reading Pollitt’s book.
Antarctic Traveler is a marvelous collection of poetry by Katha Pollitt. This book features a variety of subjects and variations of poetry that simply leaves the reader in awe of the wording and structure of its poems. There is nothing in this book that is dismal. Actually every poem can certainly be interpreted as uplifting. The emotion the poems omit shows clearly that Pollitt wanted herself to show through making the reader believe she must have truly cherished every poem,
The collection is especially good in its organization. Starting with narrative poems that tell stories that give insight into the lives of each poem’s characters. Nothing short of genius is the middle of the book where she easily describes vegetables in such a magnificent way giving a picture in the reader’s mind of perfectly shaped potatoes and tomatoes. Her imagery adds to the charm and deliberateness of all the work. The ending of the book is full of tales that describe greatly, the moments that were key to the book.
The last poem, “To an Antarctic Traveler,” does nothing less
than say farewell to any reader of the book. Katha Pollitt has delivered a spectacular collection in a stimulating form that urges a reader to reread and understand more and more the imagery of each poem.
I strongly advise every lover of poetry to thoroughly read this book. A reader of this book is not to be left unhappy or disappointed in its delivery. This is the best collection of poetry I have read this year. I applaud Pollitt for her sense of imagery and diction. She has gifted us all a spectacular work to read and savor. Although the book was published in 1972 in New York, I have only now happened across it. I am happy that I have found this book and I hope that more people will find Antarctic Traveler and give themselves a chance to take in this writer’s poetry. Even if you do not generally read poetry, this book is overflowing with expression and story telling. As a reader who may enjoy short stories and novels, you may then become a reader of poetry through reading Pollitt’s book.
Movies or Books, better or equal!
Here's a question that you may have been asked several timed before.
Are the movies or the books which the movie is based, better? More specifically as an example, Is the movie trilogy by Peter Jackson or the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien better? And Why?
Are the movies or the books which the movie is based, better? More specifically as an example, Is the movie trilogy by Peter Jackson or the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien better? And Why?
Friday, December 09, 2005
Big Event Big Argument
The Chronicles of Narnia has seen two of its books released as feature length films in theaters around the World. We should all read some work of C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkien and post reviews to begin some hardy discussions about where the two author's book franchises are heading on the big screen. After all the Tolkein epics are will soon have both been retold in movie form with upcoming production of the New Line Cinema backed Hobbitt film finally beginning to show signs of vitality. There is one major issue with the C.S. Lewis side. The films are already way off from the books time line. The first book The Magician's Nephew told the story of one of my favorite Lewis characters, The Professor.
It is a shame that the Magician's Nephew has been passed over. The work was an inspiration for video game mega star Mario Bros. The magic pools that take you into other dimensions also served the same purpose for the happy little plumber Mario Bros. Those green pipes that warped you to the next stage of the game were an inpired design choice for the Mario creator directly from the pages of the Magician's Nephew and these portals are only one of many very awesome creations that Lewis devised in this first of the series timeline book.
Fans of both author's works are on edge with anticipation as The Hobbitt looms and the success of both Narnia films. The question is will there be a next Narnia installment?
It is a shame that the Magician's Nephew has been passed over. The work was an inspiration for video game mega star Mario Bros. The magic pools that take you into other dimensions also served the same purpose for the happy little plumber Mario Bros. Those green pipes that warped you to the next stage of the game were an inpired design choice for the Mario creator directly from the pages of the Magician's Nephew and these portals are only one of many very awesome creations that Lewis devised in this first of the series timeline book.
Fans of both author's works are on edge with anticipation as The Hobbitt looms and the success of both Narnia films. The question is will there be a next Narnia installment?
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