Netflix is a Lying Pile of Excrement!

Yes, you read that right. I think they are a big giant lying pile of steaming dung!

Yes, we've known for a few months now that Netflix was probably not going to renew their Starz contract (News Link). Then they announced yesterday that everything from them would be leaving at midnight tonite...Wednesday February 29th. Well they lied. Its all gone already...and it is Wednesday morning as I write this. Not only that, it was pulled last night at midnight, so when we tried to stream Howl's Moving Castle for the last time as my daughter was getting ready for bed....it was already gone. If I were going to try and give Netflix the benefit of the doubt, I'd say...

Free Kindle Book: Make More, Worry Less!

I haven't read the book "Make More, Worry Less" yet, but I just came across it as a free kindle book. It might only be free for the day, but I just bought it for $0, so I know its free right now. I thought some other people might be interested, so I'm just throwing it up here quickly with out having even downloaded the book.

Rowling Announces New Book!

Earlier today the publisher Little, Brown Book Group announced that they will be publishing J.K Rowling's first novel for adults.

While an exciting announcement, my first thought was "Harry Potter isn't for adults?". I know that what she means is that she won't be writing it for children... and possibly it won't even be kid friendly, but that was still my first thought. That was pretty much all the meat to the announcement. Other information like subject matter, title, release date, et cetera will be coming out later this year. So while it is an exciting announcement, it also almost feels like a rip off. Sure I suppose that its nice to hear that she is going to be writing again, I can't even imagine trying to fill the shoes of writing an epic saga like Harry Potter, and after spending more then a decade writing it, I'm sure taking a break was welcome. But writers write, and it is nice to see that she couldn't stay away.

You Read Too?

Of course I read, its one of the premier forms of escapism! Real world sucks, escape into one someone else created.

Its not always easy to find time to read, but if you love to read, then somehow you manage. I read during commercials (although sometimes with those Hulu commercials, by the time I've grabbed my book (kindle, kindle fire, phone, whatever), the commercial is over. I've read books while waiting in a theater for the movie to start. Doctor's offices can be great for a couple of hours of reading...I was even reading yesterday while standing in line at the bank! I often even grab my kindle when I'm planning to nuke some lunch...there's no way I'm going to just stand around for those 4-8minutes!

Bang!

Just a short post from the phone...

Finished Season 1 of Big Bang Theory. It's still funny, and I'm moving on to S2. That show with your mother is still funnier, and that person that started me on big bang agrees now too.  :)

Got stuck for a few days with out any How I Met Your Mother. Installed a new router, and both my tv, and my ps3 were having issues with it. Finally got it sorted out, and now I'm streaming again with the best of them!
Not sure what to watch tonite... The options are: Real Steel, or In Time. But first I gotta get out of here for a bit. Going out for food, and I think a little shopping is required.

I'll polish this baby up, and add links when I get to the computer.

What are you watching tonite?

I've Abducted Planet of the Apes!

Howdy all!

I'm writing from my kindle fire. It's tedious and slow going (Don't those mean pretty much the same thing?), I'll have to edit later and hopefully catch the errors, but it is marginally better than blogging via phone.

Well it has been a few days since my last post, and I've managed to watch two (A third now that it took me a bit to get this post finished, but hey, who's counting?) movies and an episode of Better Off Ted. Another hilarious comedy, in today's episode Ted manages to get himself in trouble for sexual harassment while he's trying to help out Linda. Veronica comes up with the idea, and gets the "guys from upstairs" to declare sexual harassment a disease, and therefore as long as the employees attend a seminar, they can't be fired or disciplined for being harassing. Fun ensues in the office...  :D Two seasons worth is streamable on Netflix.

What's so funny?

There are some really good comedies running right now, and I LOVE to laugh.

As you all know from my last article I've been watching How I Met Your Mother. Well one of my employees thinks that the Big Bang Theory is funnier, and I had only seen part of one episode. It was decent, but funnier then HIMYM...I don't think so. So she brought me in season one on DVD, I'm five episodes in now, and it is a pretty funny show.

Current Big Show: HIMYM

As I polish this place up, I'm planning to add a page to list everything I'm actively watching/reading. In the meantime, and in an effort to post an actual post so there's more to read then just a "coming soon" type posts.

As with virtually anything I write, there may be spoilers. I don't plan to censor myself or put any further alerts. I'll try not to "ruin" a movie/show/book for you, but you've been warned!

Currently the big show I've been watching is; How I Met Your Mother. Its a pretty funny sitcom, and while Netflix says, "Playing around with traditional sitcom structure"  I don't see it. Its a great show, but I'm not sure where they think they're getting away from "tradition". Much of the show takes place at either Marshall, Lily, and Ted's apartment, or downstairs at the bar (Friends anyone?). IMDB has a much better show synopsis.

What is this place?

This is my blog (obviously).

The Back Story:
I've written a few articles around the internet and have another blog, but my other blog is more personal, and hard for me to write all the time because of that. I've been thinking for awhile about what I could start another blog about. My wife says I should write about something I'm very interested in about, so I'll want to write more often. This is true...so I spend some time thinking about "What the heck interests me?". Being a bit on the OCD/ADD side, I tend to lose interest quickly, and my job is pretty much 24/7, so I don't have time for a lot of hobbies, or pursuits. Not a lot of time for skiing, fishing, camping, or many of the other things I would love to do. So pretty much I watch movies and tv-shows, and I read books. I do a lot of both. Books are easily portable (especially thanks to my Kindle), and now so are movies (viola Kindle Fire).