Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides – There you have the title of the fourth movie in the series. That’s right, they aren’t done yet. It’s expected release date is in the summer of 2011. I have been reading some of the buzz around the internet about the upcoming movie, and was surprised by some of it. There seems to be a lack of faith in the worth of this upcoming chapter.
Oh, Mickey Mouse, say it ain’t so. Why can you not keep a handle on your girls? First Miley Cyrus, then Vanessa Hudgens, and now the Adrienne Bailon photos that are quickly growing in their infamy. The Cheetah Girls never had an adventure like this!
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I guess the Circuit City bankruptcy is just another dismal sign of the times. The electronics powerhouse filed for Chapter 11 today in an attempt to beat those creditors off with a stick, many of which are owed tens of millions of dollars.
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If you haven’t heard about Z Coil shoes yet, they are, simply put, the coolest shoes on the planet. Now, when I say this, I don’t mean that you should expect to see your favorite celebrity sporting them to the Oscars any time soon. And I don’t think they will be the hotness at your local clubs, although you never can tell what will catch on with glowstick toting dance fiends. In fact, scratch that. I can completely imagine someone waving the glowsticks and bouncing around.
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The first blizzard of the year has touched down in Deadwood, SD. I guess the season is officially here. It never feels like winter until that first blast of snow hits. Although, I think South Dakota may have gotten a little more than they bargained for. Deadwood, SD got the most accumulation at four feet of snow, with winds hammering them at fifty miles an hour.
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Who among us of a certain age doesn’t remember that bit of marketing genius that put the tune in our heads. I don’t want to grow up, I’m a Toys R Us kid. That coupled with Geoffrey, their giraffe mascot, got us hook, line, and sinker.
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Whether it’s with katana swords or any other kind, there’s just something about a sword fighter that makes him more of a hero. Maybe it’s the proximity of the weapon. That is to say, a gun fighter can certainly be a strong, heroic character, but he or she is also capable of taking out the bad guy at a hundred paces or more. Something like that can certainly come off as unsporting like.
But put some katana swords in the good guy’s hands, and all of a sudden it’s a duel. Good versus evil. Right versus wrong. Mano a mano. May the best one win. The one with the cause that’s most just, that is. Very few of us want to see injustice prevail in our entertainment. I suppose there’s enough of that in the real world around us.
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The American Bank of Texas in Garden Ridge was recently robbed at gunpoint. As armed assailants go, this seems to be one of the more peaceable sorts. I haven’t seen any report of violence. Just a quick in-and-out in a bad disguise. I’m sure he managed to scare the poor teller half to death though. As anyone who has had a pistol pointed at them will readily tell you, it’s no fun at all.
There are some who view bank robbery as a fairly victimless crime as long as no violence isn’t involved. We have been conditioned to think this way somewhat by tales of eloquent scoundrels such as Robin Hood who robbed the rich to give to the poor, or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid who I’m sure were far less charming in person than Paul Newman and Robert Redford were in the definitive portrayal.
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As people, we are obsessed with television and lives as seen on TV. It goes beyond lines of country, culture, or creed. I have been to many places in my travels, and in every one of them, have found the same thing. Popular entertainment in a box. Who would have thought that the technology isn’t even a century old.
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