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Play The Flip Side

    Sometimes in life you get a little turned around and need a helping hand. When my wife and I went to the creek today we saw a turtle that had flipped over. I flipped him back upright and we went on our way. These guys were not nearly as large as my buddy Walter, the lonesome turtle. In the first one I could see his orange eye with the black center, here on the big screen. I doubt you guys can make it out on the blog.
     I found this picture of a turtle track that I got a few weeks ago. I just inserted it and blogger put it above the turtle pictures. It's not terribly clear.
    By the way, "play the flip side" is a term from a bygone day referring to playing records.
     For the information of my I-Pad readers, EA Games is running another huge sale this weekend. They have a bunch of their more expensive games on sale for 99 cents, including Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, Hot Pursuit, Scrabble and many others. Some of them are not on sale for the HD version and you'll have to get the I-Phone version for 99 cents. It doesn't matter because they will play fine on all your IOS devices. It's a terrific opportunity to establish a stable of good games at a cheap price. My wife's favorite game is Scrabble. She bought it for 99 cents at Thanksgiving and has played it for hundreds of hours. So that is a huge bargain compared to  $100 a month for cable or something.
     I understand that the Thor movie is coming out a week early in Australia, probably because the title role is played by an Australian. The previews look great and I'll probably catch the first available showing, though I won't fly to Australia to do it. I remember the comics from my youth and I actually went out and bought a newer version of Thor the other day. I think modern comics have gone down hill a bit since my day. Perhaps it is just me that has changed.
    On the subject of movies, this weekend has a pretty severe lack of great new shows. I couldn't find one I wanted to see.
     Have a great holiday weekend!
CE Wills.
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