Thor:Ragnarok

Last night I watched Thor Ragnarok. It was a straight up comedy with action elements.

The acting was teriffic. The chemistry between the actors was great. I loved Jeff Goldberg as The Grand Master. I don't want to give anything away but the relationship between Hulk, Valkyrie and Bruce Banner was great.

I enjoyed the soundtrack. It worked really good with the movie. My son brought up one sore spot; they reused a song for two action sequences. Could they not find two good songs?

On a scale of 1 to 10 I would give it an 8. Definitely watchable (multiple times) great action and great comedy. Why not a ten? Well I set high standards. There can always be improvements and I save my 10 rating (atleast for Superhero movies) for ones that leave me tingling or wicked excited as I leave the theatre.

Bad Decision -Star Lord

*spoiler alert*

Okay so you find out your dad is god. Not God but god. As long as he is alive you have the power to create things and are immortal. Then you discover that he wants to replace all life in the universe with himself. Bad dad, but not bad enough to break his grip on you. Then he tells you it was his fault your mom got cancer and it wasn't an accident. So you and your friends kill your Dad. Great now you are powerless and mortal. Once again-bad decision Star Lord.

I'm Back!!!

Ladies, gentlemen, geeks, nerds and everyone else after a hiatus I am back. Going to do the blogging thing again and breathe fresh life into this. So with out further ado...

Miss Alternative Maine

Wow it's Friday morning and I think I may have a hangover. Last night I had a couple of firsts. My first first was the Miss Alternative Maine pageant held at Geno's bar in Portland Maine.

Unlike most beauty pageant this one catered to the pierced and tattooed crowd... I still went. Of course me being me I showed up late and missed the first round which is sad because there were only two rounds. I did get to catch the second round, the talent round. Each contest having 30 seconds to show case their talent. The first girl up there (a cute brunette with some tattoos and dressed in goth fashion) danced a little because she had no idea there was going to be a talent portion to the contest and be-bopped up there for thirty seconds. I give her points for bravery. Now the second contestant I hate to say should have been disqualified as a ringer... or perhaps co opting a member of the audience or just because she used a whole song three minutes worth. She was obviously a stripper, got to second or maybe third base with a girl from the audience and basically had a three minute photo shoot. Then the girl after her also happened to be... a stripper. No offense to the exotic dancing community, but maybe instead of doing what you get paid to do maybe some contortionist moves or gymnastics or something you wouldn't see at PT's. Still hot girl dancing and involving that same female audience member... maybe it wasn't the dancer's fault. The fourth contestant had looked at me when this was going on and point blank told me, "I'm screwed." and then with the support of her man and a friend took the stage and banged out some nice air guitar moves... which is a talent and there is a world contest every year (if you are geek enough). Then another brunette did a lil bump and grind... but it was an amateur level bump and grind so I give her points as talent being supposedly something natural and ingrained not something choreographed. Then the final contestant a lil blond with face makeup and spiked multi colored hair went up and she belly danced to Shakira. Now I suppose I should retract what I had said earlier about talent being natural because belly dancing I believed is learned, but damn she shook it for the entire song and I honestly believe she doesn't get paid to do it normally. At this point I left to go to another bar so I can't tell you who won. But overall I thought it was fun and would like to catch next year's contest from the beginning. Of course I also think they should throw in some new talents maybe draw a talent out of a hat or something... thirty seconds of improv... ouch.

Here is a link to a page that has pics of the contestants- http://www.mainetoday.com/photoalbum.html?id=8909

And my second first of the night was at another bar. I was standing near a door and kept a woman from falling over as she was headed out. Asked if she was ok. She stabilized a lil bit kissed me then promptly went to be sick... I am hoping it was from the alcohol... ummm mentos anyone?

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Time to Tax the Tall

I was reading one of those fun little articles that was talking about how tall people make more money than short people. How tall people get promotions and are presumed to be leaders. It has to do with self confidence which is developed during childhood. As a child if you are taller you often assume a leadership role because children often associate height to adults and get a certain amount of automatic status.

I see it reflected in the dating pool as well. It is programmed into women to want strong, healthy, powerful and tall men to provide and protect them and give their offspring a greater chance to survive. Men look for women with hips and breasts for the presumption of good child bearing (contrary to the opinion it has to do with being breast fed and obsessions with mom thanks Freud).

Well in the article they mentioned that there is a discussion to tax obese people for their increased carbon footprint and their impact on the environment. If they are going to tax fat people they should tax tall people (hmm tall leaders will never go for that). Should thin people also then be given a tax credit for helping save the planet? Does this mean people that are anorexic should be proclaimed as heroes of the planet?

I have always thought people should be rewarded for the merits of their deeds. And while in our personal lives we may not be able to escape "It would be easier to date you if you weren't so short... or fat." (Sorry that is a rant for another time) I would like to think in the workplace we would be judged on what we do vs. our height and weight.

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What do you think?

I see all these polls and the government is always doing such and such or so and so for the benefit of the people. But I have some questions what does the working people, the people who pay the majority of taxes, say about things? Please comment...

1. What do you think of the bailout?

2. How would you have administered it?

3. What do you think of the Junkers Clunkers bill?

4. What do you think about our tax system?

5 What do you think of our prison system?

6. What do you think of our involvement in the middle east?

Please comment and throw in any extra questions you can think of.

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Good people

On the rare occasion you get to see genuinely nice people it is very refreshing. The amazing thing is when you see more than one or more of them at a time. I dare say that is the true Legacy of my Grandmother. All her children, and all her grandchildren are really nice people. I got to see that and be reminded how lucky I am to have the family I have.

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