‘ConRANTings’ Archives
You Owe $546,688.00
It may sound like an exaggeration but it's not, but remember all the spending the government has been doing over the past year or so? Well thanks to the Bush/Obama spend-o-thon, every household in the United States owes $546,688.00. The national debt is in fact so large that to pay it off would cost all of us $25,000 per household, per year, [...]
Review: Terminator Salvation
Once again I weigh in a little late... this time on Terminator Salvation. There has been a lot of criticism of this fourth edition of the Terminator franchise, and I have to say that most of it is probably far. However that having been said, I still think that the movie works and sets up a really interesting "second" trilogy. It was pretty [...]
The Case for Star Trek
As of Wednesday Star Trek has passed Monsters vs. Aliens to be the top domestic grossing movie of 2009. Star Trek brought in $1.8M yesterday, bringing its total up to $194.8M domestically. It’s global total now stands at $286.8M. Despite this massive amount of success, I've still had to endure two people... today... talking about how geeky I am [...]
It’s Like Spring Training for NASA
Every year around the middle of February when spring training starts for the Cubs I will joke with my brother Kevin that "actual Cubs pitchers are actually playing catch right now." The Ares I-X launch isn't all that much more than a publicity stunt for NASA. Project Constellation is such a massive undertaking that it was started in 2004, but [...]
Could your promotion be killing you?
Earlier today I linked to Rob Britt's article on promotions causing health problems: British researchers found that when people get promoted, they suffer on average about 10 percent more mental strain and are less likely to find the time to go to the doctor. "Getting a promotion at work is not as great as many people think. Our research finds [...]
Blogging Delinquency
Ok, so it's not a conRANTing but rather a curRANTing... A question I’d like to pose: The news never sleeps, sort of like the postal service…right? (except the postal service gets off national holidays… and we don’t! ...GRRRR!!!) I long for those snow days of yore! To hear your school’s name get called on the radio was like [...]
The Day the Earth Stood Still
I saw the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, and I can give you a review in one sentence: It Klaatu Barada Sucked. Unfortunately it will probably be number one at the box office. To me it seemed less a coherent story than a collection of scenes. Everything in the movie, the characters, the events, they all seemed completely disjointed. In [...]
