Month: September 2004

Hot or Not?

Writer guy

One of the hottest websites on the Internet right now, safe for viewing at work � although definitely not in front of the wife or girlfriend is hotornot.com.

Started as a joke a little over a year ago, the site generates millions of dollars in ad revenue and is neither porn nor a nasty or illegal scam.

The concept is simple. Members create a small profile and post their picture ( fully clothed ). Site visitors assign a rating from 1 to 10. If interested, they can also click Yes to meet the person � although the original poster must agree by visiting the requesters profile and clicking Yes as well.

Perhaps we could apply this same concept to the voting process. Candidates could post their picture, and whoever draws the most requests to meet them wins. If your candidate won’t at least agree to meet for a cup of coffee are they really fit to decide how to spend the extortion money, er I mean taxes they collect from you on your behalf?

Forces of Nature

Writer guy

Do you find yourself sick of political mudslinging, political mugging, political ads or politics in general?

Well amen my brothers and sisters! Because, if I had a TV right now, I’d launch it through a window – screen first. Who cares who did what 33 years ago while drunk or sober?

I don’t want to Rock the vote, Move on, Anyone but X or It’s all about Y. That’s where I’m at in the constituency – the sick of it all vote.

Enough pandering and baby kissing, let’s run this charade like Survivor and get some entertainment out of it at least. Whoever connives their way to the top gets the fabulous prizes, the book deal and the endorsements. Ditch the scripts and the sound bites and the staged appearances already and rumble in the jungle!

And the runner up? The runner up goes running home to mama.

Subscribing Miss Daisy

Writer guy

I’m a long term subscriber to Investor’s Business Daily who allowed his subscription lapse. For more than 6 years, 5 mornings a week a paper person delivered the current issue by 7am. Sometimes the paper landed on the lawn, other times the porch. For awhile one of the neighbors stole it. Let’s just say they stopped doing that.

It’s a good newspaper, and eventually I will renew. Why did I stop? Not because I don’t find the paper valuable – more because I’m curious to see how hard they’d fight for my renewal. Yep, I want to be wooed.

At 297 bucks a year and 6 years in, I figure I earned a little love. And boy has it come! Since the subscription lapsed every call from the CSR has included additional incentives.

I’m holding out for 2 years for the price of 1 which is the cost of the last renewal. Works for me.

So here’s what I learned today – refusing an offer can lead to better offers.

Resident Evil 2

Writer guy

Resident Evil – Apocalypse – is perfectly evil and it’s a good thing. Imagine a world where an all powerful corporation unleashes a virus that turns people into zombies. Now imagine that the only one who can stop this company is the former head of security for that corporation, whose own DNA was altered by their research experiments. Enter Alice – professional butt kicker. She’s Rambo, Arnold and Beatrix Kiddo all rolled into one, only much, much more charismatic.

For a movie based on a video game there’s sure a lot of story here, one that delivers non stop chills and thrills. I noticed many people playing shoot-em-up in the theater during the fight scenes. A pure adrenaline rush!

Things that rock about this movie:

1) Tight pacing

2) Excellent action sequences

3) A cliffhanger ending that works, rather than annoys.

4) Good use of narrative over dialog to convey story.

5) Three words – Milla Jovovich naked.

Things that need improvement:

1) When is Resident Evil 3 coming???

Verdict: like action? like explosions? like Milla ? SEE IT NOW!