The 80th Annual Oscar Awards

I know, nobody watches the Oscars. They weren't that great, anyway. I even was disappointed that Marion Cotilliard won over Kate Blanchard but I loved Elizabeth!

I did not care for Daniel Day-Lewis, nor did I care for No Country For Old Men. So, why did I watch the whole thing? Hope, pure and simple. Some wild and crazy idea that some sane person would jump out of the woodwork and say,

"Hey you nuts! We have some real talent here, and it's not the one's holding the statue!!!!"

But that didn't happen.

So, I'm sorry if you disagree with me, but isn't that also what critics do?

Cheers!

Miracle on Ice

If you're just surfing the net and come across this, but don't remember the '80 Olympics, it was truly a source of national pride.

Lake Placid was one of the most exciting hockey events ever held! Including professional sports. Are you kidding? It was a bunch of kids from the good ol' U.S.A. against Russia's professional team. Of course, they weren't supposed to be professional, but that's what they did all year.

Of the 20 players on the U.S. team, 13 eventually played in the NHL. Five of them would go on to play over 500 NHL games...

U.S.A., All The Way!!

Lunar Eclipse

I was lucky enough to check out tonight's Lunar Eclipse. It was quite beautiful but was very quick. It was supposed to start at 7:43pm (cst) and end somewhere after 10. When I looked-a bunch of us were leaving church from choir practice-it was 8:50 and the moon was almost completely eclipsed! From what I understood that wasn't supposed to happen until 9:26. Oh well, at least I saw the eclipse itself. I then called my mom and my son and made sure they saw it.

If you missed it, don't worry, a Solar Eclipse should be coming in mid-August along with a partial lunar. So, look out for it!

Cheers!

A Little Bite!

Little Robert Irwin, the 4 year old son of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin was bitten by a baby boa constrictor yesterday. I was online reading some of the responses to this article and I must say I think that most of these people don't have kids! It was a BABY boa in the first place, and as many of the statemets read, at least little Robert wasn't sitting in front of a TV set. He lives at a zoo. What do you expect? His mom was right there, she knew the dumb thing was not venomous. But kids will be kids and he just picked it up. Snakes will be snakes and it reacted and it bit. A baby snake bite, granted, but it bit.

So, before anyone has anything negative to say, remember the old saying about living in a glass house before throwing any stones...

Crikey!

New Indy Movie!

Ok, I've got to admit it. We're movie fans, but especially fans of good adventure flicks-I mean really good ones. I've already mentioned the Star Wars series so of course the next one that pops to mind is Indiana Jones. Fantastic! While hubby loves the original, I go for the 3rd installment with Sean Connery as Indy's dad. The new tale ready to keep us enthralled is due out on May 22nd and is titled: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. If you haven't seen any teasers yet, online or TV keep a lookout, they're well worth it.

Shia LaBeouf who was in the popular Transformers movie, has also been cast in 'Crystal Skull'.

Whatever you pick out...

Cheers!

Star Wars

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a new animated movie about Anakin Skywalker and his friends, including Obi-Wan Kenobi set to open on August 15.

The movie is a set up for the animated series coming out in the fall on the cartoon network. I have to be honest, normally I don't care for this stuff, but I have followed Star Wars since the first one came out in '76-which is when we were married! It was a very good year. I believe we saw Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope about 7 times at the theatre. I've lost count of the times we've seen the sequels.

I was glad to see George Lucas had a hand in putting this together, otherwise it just wouldn't be quite the same. Who knows? It still might not come up to what we all expect from some of his earlier productions. But then again, they can do wonders with animation!

Cheers!

Chicago Bulls Stampede Drumline

It has been brought to my attention that a group of former Prospect High School students who played in the Prospect Knights, now play as the Chicago Bulls Stampede Drumline!
To say this isn't familiar is an understatement. I guess that a couple of the percussionist also marched with the Cavaliers-who also had a drumline going for 'Da Bears'. I forget what they called themselves.
But the cool thing is, last month they had a "drum battle" with Detroit Pistons drumline. These guys sound more entertaining than the ballgame itself!!
So, if you're on your way to a basketball game or a football game watch out for the new sport in town-'Battle of the Drums!' Who knows? Baseball might even get wise, we pay enough for tickets!

Cheers!

Another Snow Storm!

It didn't just snow, it came down fast and hard. They said on the weather that it was 2 inches an hour. Although I don't quite believe that, I do know we got about 14 inches of the stuff to shovel at home and had to wade through through the white stuff-now turning into ice and slush-on the way to even get home!

The whole problem with that is that we didn't hardly see a city plow all the way! It was like glass in many parts of the road and in other parts it has been described as a 'washboard'. Great description! I was truly scared for the undercarriage of our car! Even now, 2 days later, there are streets that have not been plowed. So, what are our village elders waiting for? Oh yeah, I read it in The Daily Herald, someone mentioned they could hardly wait for the sun to come out and melt the stuff. Isn't that why we pay taxes? I'm sure someone with the power to do something about this situation is working at it this very second. Unfotunately, why did they miss the snow storm and in the long run most probably cause all sorts of damage to cars?

Cheers!

Super Tuesday...

There were a lot of news stories today, but I guess the first thing that everyone is talking about is the elections. Let's see, I love teasing my boss and telling him I'm voting for a Democrat. (He voted for Bush in the last election and I Kerry and we really had some arguments)
But then I don't tell him which one. He then pulls out that John McCain's father was an admiral in World War II, and to really drive it home he was MY DAD'S admiral! That's nice...I'm not voting for him anyway-the admiral, I mean.
The last I saw it was McCain in front with Obama and Clinton close behind. Should be interesting in any case. Oh and I plan to study up a lot furthur before any final vote in November.

Cheers!

Super Bowl

If you didn't see the Super Bowl this afternoon then you missed a great game-Bears or no. The Giants came out with a little field goal and led with a measly 3 points until New England followed that up with another full touchdown. New York answered finally with a touchdown of their own and the score was 10-7. The Patriots bounced right back with another touchdown in the 4th quarter. With only 2 minutes and 56 seconds on the clock-I was watching-New York started its drive towards its own end zone and final 7 points and Super Bowl Championships.

Oh and me, I bet on the Giants...

Cheers!

Snow storm!

It snowed out last night. I guess it started in the afternoon sometime because getting home was bad news. We even stopped for groceries because hubby was going out of town on a retreat. I only wanted some soup. I heard the drive into Chicago was the worst, though. It took some co-workers up to 4 hours to get home! I think it took us about 10 minutes to go 1 mile, but at least we were moving. I remember one guy was walking past us, but he looked so cold. Then again, he could have been laughing at all of us cars crawling along-he was all bundled up and kept trekking along!

That said, the drive home tonight was normal because the snow was plowed and temperatures are expected to climb. Did I hear that it should reach 40 degrees by Monday?? A virtual heat wave!

Cheers!