While traveling for meetings, my recent book review, and an upcoming giveaway contest have all kept me quite busy, there has been no lack of noticing the news. [Did I just mention the giveaway?] The odd and serious news has kept on coming, and now I will try to catch up on a couple of things I noticed.
One shameful act was the disposal of 196,000 beers in Malaysia. Yes that is a lot of beer, and sadly there was no party. Smugglers got caught preparing to sell the duty-free stash, and since that much beer would kill the local markets, down the drain they went. That is truly alcohol abuse. I mean that is easily a 3 maybe 4 day party for a college somewhere, if they made a donation they could start their own version of spring break. A very American idea I am sure, but come on. Well the fish were having a huge toga party at least.
For those trying to figure out what to do over Christmas this year, rejoice. The Spice girls are reputed to be getting back together. I know that far too many fans have been depressed since the girl band broke up, but here is a gift just for you. Yep all 5 of you. Ok, so there must be more fans than 5 since they are getting $2 million a piece, but I don’t think I know any of them. Can anyone name 3 top songs by the Spice Girls without using Google or Limewire? I mean the Police are in Atlantic City. Now that is a reunion that works. Sometimes I just think promoters put together old bands just to see if they can. What’s next, the adult members of Menudo doing a concert? [Yes Ricky Martin is a good singer, I just don’t like the band since my girlfriend at the time loved them. A 20 year old grudge, what can I say.]
Speaking of comebacks, have you heard about T4? I mean Terminator 4, which should be out in theaters in the not so far future of 2009. The saga continues, sans Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Some might be upset about this but if the storyline is anything like the old Dark Horse comic books I recall it will be fine. [If you don’t know who Dark Horse is, you aren’t a real comic book fan – or geek. They had a great line of comic books dealing with storylines for several good movies, and a few that became movies. If you ever saw their version of Aliens Vs. Predator you could never sit through the awful movie of the same name.] Hint to the executives working this Terminator concept, read some of the Dark Horse books, then get their writers to make your movie. Otherwise, I give the odds of the movie being worth seeing about 7-2 against. Now watch them get a great movie and someone making me eat my words in 2 years.
More soon I promise.
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