Ten Best Ravens Ever

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Harold Camping Movie Reviews

I'm doing some movie reviews. You can take anything I say with a grain of salt since I said the world was going to end last Saturday. Wow, did I ever put my foot in my mouth with that one. Oh well. Anyway, here are my film reviews for this week:

"The Hangover Part II" This film is exactly like the "Hangover", much like my apocalyptic predictions of 1994 and 2011. This film trades in Asian-stereotypes and debauchery for cheap laughs...in other words, a masterpiece and eerily similiar to my 1994 and 2011 predictions.

"Kung Fu Panda 2"..Another sequel. Talk about your world-enders. I give it a big thumbs down. Even pandas can't stand pandas. Adding Jack Black might make the panda-hating-panda tension even worse.

"Puzzle"... An Argentina women who finds answers to life through doing jig-saw puzzles. This was supposed to be a joke right? I was really praying for my apocalyptic predictions to come through while sitting through this clunker.

"The Tree of Life"...  A Terence Malick film. The man has done 4 films in 50 years. Lets hope he makes it another decade before the 5th film..whoopsie unless that  Oct 21 prediction comes through.

Remember everyone my new prediction for the world to end is October 21. Just please don't get up on me with questions about this. Give a brother a break.

Fox News

Today I was on a rodent, a rabbit, and a small reptile. It was a good day . Mostly I layed around until night, then took a walk looking for some grub, or as is sometimes called, "prey". Anyway, I stood next to a tree and took a few sips from the creek. I think I saw some people, not sure.That's about it for now.

Arsenio Hall also having last show after 25 years

It isn't only Oprah Winfrey who is ending her show after 25 years. This week, Arsenio Hall is also ending his talk-show after 25 years. Hall's program stopped being broadcast in 1994, but he has been running the show since then in his basement. "It will a very emotional day next week for my last show", said Hall. "I"m thinking of putting out my good dish-ware for this." For his last show, Hall is looking toward some memorable guest from his past. "I think Vanilla Ice is in town and might stop by, he still hasn't replied to my text," said Hall.

World has already ended for Harold Camping

Harold Camping isn't waiting for next week for the world to end. Having just been dumped by his girlfriend Darla, he is telling friends that the world has already ended. "That B^^^^h really tore my heart out and chewed it up. What's the point of going on?" said Camping to a close friend. "Harold is really broken up about this," said the friend. "His only satisfaction is that the universe will be imploding in about 6 days so his ex won't be able to enjoy too much time with Marty, the dentist from Durham he's 90 percent sure she dumped him for."

Bin Laden shocking DVD collection

Earlier this week it was announced that Osama Bin Laden's compound, disrupted by Seal Team 6, had amassed a collection of porn material. But what was of even greater humiliation was the more recent discovery that the residents of the compound had collected seasons 1 through 5 of the sit-com "How I Met Your Mother". Apparently, public enemy Number 1 was a huge fan. "He really loved the self-referential humor and whimsical flashbacks," reported an inside source. "But he was kind of pissed that they took so long for the narrator to finally meet the eponymous mother."

Treme

David Simon, who created the HBO series Treme is from this area. He grew up in Silver Spring, went to University of MD and began his writing career in Baltimore. He created both "Homicide: Life on the Streets" and "The Wire", two shows I admired. Now he is doing Treme, set in New Orleans. Interestingly, one of the themes of the show is about who "belongs" in New Orleans, who is authentically from there and who are the "tourists" and the 'carpetbaggers". It is interesting and ironic because Simon is from another place and feels free to offer his own heartfelt take on the city- while being highly-critical of others who are doing the same thing. I found Treme to be adequate in the episodes that I viewed. The ideas of the connectivity of humanity, the sprawling novel, the multi-layered stories, the ensemble cast, all hit a predictable yet satisfying note. The music incorporated into the show is true New Orleans jazz and extraordinary. But I kept wondering why they couldn't get a native to take on the subject of this city's rebirth from Katrina? (And why are the more heroic and redeemable characters in Simon's work white people working hard to save the "wayward" black man..but that is a subject for another post) Anyway, do yourself a favor- skip the TV show and go to the Crescent city itself.

New Orleans and back

Sorry that there have been no new postings here on the blog for about a week. I went to New Orleans to see my nephew at his university there (Tulane). New Orleans is everything that comes to mind when you think of it: music, history, architecture. It is a haunting experience as much as a city. The Frenchmen Street, which I believe is part of the 7th ward, has the best clubs for music. The French Quarter is full of tourists but has the 18th century architecture and is buzzing with life. We walked about the French Quarter in the early hours of the morning while it was quiet and serene, as well as late at night when it was hopping with revelers and both experiences were sweet. We visited the Treme and the ninth ward. On the drive back, we went through places historic to the civil rights movement including Montgomery, Alabama, and the spot the bus had stopped where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man (initiating the Montgomery bus boycott). Tulane is a great school by the way. More to come about about the Crescent city including my take on another Baltimorean's efforts to portray the city- David Simon and the HBO show "Treme". 

One day while Scout and Jem are out hunting, something happens that proves to them once and for all that their father's philosophy of nonviolence does not come from weakness. Jem spots a mad dog heading for the street where the Finches live. The dog's odd behavior shows that it has rabies, a disease that is fatal, not just to the animal but to a person bitten by it. Calpurnia orders the children indoors and alerts the neighborhood. Soon the sheriff, Heck Tate, arrives with Atticus. But when the moment comes to shoot the dog, the sheriff hands his rifle over to Atticus, with the comment that Atticus is the only marksman who could be sure to put the animal out of its misery safely with a single shot. This is the first hint the children have ever had that their father was once known as "One-Shot Finch," the best hunter in Maycomb County.