My appearance in the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Fr!day Magazine with my friend, Katie.
Star Wars Marathon
At risk of being called a geek, I’m going to blog about my impromptu “Star Wars” marathon leading up to the Super Bowl.
HBO HD, had on “Star Wars: A New Hope” around noon on Sunday. I have to admit it was a movie that changed my life. I think I was just the right age at the right time to totally get sucked into the now legendary saga.
After watching Episode IV, I had to get out the DVD’s for “Empire” and
“Jedi” and watch them. It’s amazing to see how technology has progressed and just how good some of the special effects were back then.
The DVD’s were the ones where George Lucas got to “touch up” on his masterpieces with some computer graphics and animation. I don’t know what I think about that but it’s Lucas’ movie so he can do what he wants.
One thing I can say is Lucas really folded his story together from Episode I to Episode VI. From the Senator Palpatine to the Emperor, to Obi-Wan going from trainee to trainer to the rise and fall of Anakin/Darth Vader.
So I relaxed leading up to my friend’s Super Bowl Bash, which wasn’t much of a bash, four other people other than me, with the characters who I grew up with and feel like I somehow know, even though, they’re from a “long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…”
So say what you will but, “May The Force Be With You…”
Dairy Dilemma
Now, I don’t want to rant here, but here’s my problem with dairy companies around the United States, they aren’t consistent with their expiration dates.
Some, like the picture to the left, say “Sell by” a certain date. Is this some sort of warning to grocery stores or to the consumer. Does this mean you have to sell by 2/01/07 and it’s okay to drink until it starts looking like cottage cheese or does it mean, don’t drink this stuff after 2/01/07 or you’ll end up projectile vomiting?
And that’s not the half of it, other dairies, just put a date on the label. What the heck does that mean? And I love all of the people you ask whether the milk’s still good and they say smell it. Have you ever taken a whiff of bad milk? Bad news!
They say never present a problem without a solution so here’s my humble suggestion. Let’s all agree to put a “Best If Used By” on the label. Then, there’s no confusion whether the milk’s bad. I enjoy milk but I don’t want it making me sick. You know it does a body good, right?
New Music!!
Those who know me well, know how much music means to me. I love finding good new music.
I found a great new CD. It’s by Scott Smith. He’s a South Carolina musician who plays in northern Ohio every once and a while. He released his CD, Quicksand Remedies, at Flannery’s last month. I was there that night. The CD was ten bucks so I bought one and it’s great.
When he performs, he does a lot of covers; Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews, Ben Harper. I think he even did Rodeo Clowns by G. Love the night I was there. He’s got the whole acoustic funk jazz thing going on. It’s great chill music.
Check out his music on his myspace page or website.