I should just quit reading the news.

I know I'm shocked by lots of lawsuits, but this one really is impressive.

Family Files Lawsuit in Metal Baseball Bat Injury Case

When are people going to start taking responsibility for things? They decided to let their kid play baseball and he got hurt. That really, really stinks. It stinks more than I can say. I can't imagine how upset they are.

But how do you sue someone for making, selling, and approving an aluminum bat? Seriously! Plus they're suing Little League Baseball and it wasn't even a Little League game?! Really??

Money vs. Time

I'm a teacher. I have a second job working at the after school program. It's a pretty easy job, I basically watch kids play sports or shoot pool or whatever. It pays alright and I don't have to drive anywhere else, so that's an added bonus.

Orange County has decided next year they are swapping the middle school and high school schedules. This means instead of teaching from 9:30 to 4:00 each day, I will teach from 7:30 to 2:00. It also (likely) means the after school program will be extended. Instead of going from 4:00 to 6:00, it will (probably) go from 2:00 to 6:00.

This would offer me the opportunity to make a load of extra money. But it also means I would be working 55 hours a week. I'm thinking I should take all the hours I can get, try to pay off my credit card debt, and get ahead on my savings. Sephie may be working 9-5 by then anyway, so it wouldn't rob me of too much time with her.

What would you do?

Dance your cares away!

They're making a Fraggle Rock movie!!!!

Goonies

There was once a plan to have an animated series of The Goonies using the original actors as the voice actors. This is a drawing of the concept art from the scrapped project... I sure wish it had worked out! They look great.

No.

I was just about to post some song lyrics in lieu of a real post, and decided 28 is too old for me to be doing that. I'm not saying I will never post lyrics... but I want to post lyrics because I want to, not because I can't think of something else.

Maybe the juices will flow a little better tomorrow.

Please?

Ferrell Plans 'Anchorman' Return?

Ol' Cooney

Some of my best friends in the world lost a treasure of a dog quite recently. Buck was a good boy. I spent many a night in Bristol huddled in my nook with him curled up with me. His passing has been felt by all who knew him. For Aaron, Beth, Israel, Sephie, and all the rest who have been missing our friend:




Here's hoping we see him again some day.

Finally, something that really makes me feel appreciated.

How to get me to avoid your movie.

1. Make parts one and two totally badass.

2. Make part three crappy.

3. Announce another sequel despite part three being crappy.

4. Make McG the director.

5. Announce that you've decided to shoot the movie as a PG-13 film despite the fact that all other films in the series were rated R and this movie is supposed to be about killer robots defeating (and enslaving) the human race. How is that a PG-13 movie??

Movie Ticket Prices

I got to thinking this week about movie ticket prices. I am frustrated by the fact that Iron Man is coming out this weekend, and somehow the people I always go to movies with never want to go to matinees. Regal has upped their prices once again so if I go see Iron Man on opening night, I'll be shelling out $10, not including dinner beforehand or whatever else.

This is a very interesting article about why ticket and concession prices are constantly rising. I found it interesting, at least. Maybe it will bore you to tears!