Hey, everyone. I wanted to mention several things tonight. First of all I watched a cool movie on TV starring Denzel Washington. The title is Unstoppable. This show is based on a true story. It happens in Pennsylvania, USA. Through gross negligence a train is moving down the tracks at high speed, without anyone on it. Yeah, it is scary to think about.
Denzel Washington stars as aging engineer Frank who has a new conductor named Will. (Played by Chris Pine) Frank and Will are hauling freight with their train when they hear about the runaway train that is heading their way. Without revealing too much, I'll say that the rest of the movie deals with the efforts of the railway people to: A. stop the train or B. Cover their backside as well as possible.
Frank comes up with a pretty crazy scheme to stop the train. Since Frank has just gotten his lay-off notice, it certainly is noble, and perhaps foolish, of him to risk his life for the railway folks. But really, the hazardous chemicals on board the misbehaving train are heading for a derailment in the town where Frank's two daughters work, so he has a vested interest in the disaster.
This movie is a nailbiter. There are not any spots that drag a great deal. Suspense is the operative word. I liked it and so did Carley. She rates it as 4.5 stars out of 5. I rate it as 4 stars out of 5. Give it a try, if you are not out on the town. Lucky you.
We put up our Christmas tree this evening. I usually wait until about two weeks before Christmas so that I don't get tired of it. If our work schedules don't coincide all that well we just put it up whenever. Tonight was whenever.
We had a bunch of the Baggage TV show taped up on the DVR and watched a couple tonight that were not re-runs. Man, I am so glad that I am not dating right now. People really have some baggage. I am learning some new slang. For example, Manscaping and Bromance. Don't ask, this is a G-Rated blog. Stop a 20 year old on the street and ask them. By the way, this show is on The Game Show Network, if you want to check it out.
I know that I have been over-doing the gaming a bit here on the blog. I like to write about a variety of stuff, like books, movies and so on. Let me say that there is a cool, free game that I like. It is called Zombie Samurai Lite. The recipe is this. You have a dojo and zombies are attacking. You use your sword (your finger) to stop them. Don't hit the civilians who are fleeing to you for help. Then these Kamikazi zombies on hang gliders start flying in. I gather that there are more types of zombies in the full version which is 99 cents.
Need For Speed Shift 2, a racing game, is free right now. I've played it a bit. It is a nice game for free. You should try it if you like that genre.
I try to get rid of some games off the Padster fairly often. Tonight I looked under Settings, then clicked About, to see how many apps I have on my I-Pad. 185. Yeah, the gaming is out of hand. Looking back on my younger years I think I either had incredible restraint about things or I was a nerd. Now it seems so easy to overindulge. Is this some sort of Roman Gladiator "Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die" sort of mindset, brought on by old age and knowledge of one's impending dirt nap? I don't know. Perhaps this question and others will be answered the next time we get together, here at the author's green retreat.
I'm CE Wills.
Denzel Washington stars as aging engineer Frank who has a new conductor named Will. (Played by Chris Pine) Frank and Will are hauling freight with their train when they hear about the runaway train that is heading their way. Without revealing too much, I'll say that the rest of the movie deals with the efforts of the railway people to: A. stop the train or B. Cover their backside as well as possible.
Frank comes up with a pretty crazy scheme to stop the train. Since Frank has just gotten his lay-off notice, it certainly is noble, and perhaps foolish, of him to risk his life for the railway folks. But really, the hazardous chemicals on board the misbehaving train are heading for a derailment in the town where Frank's two daughters work, so he has a vested interest in the disaster.
This movie is a nailbiter. There are not any spots that drag a great deal. Suspense is the operative word. I liked it and so did Carley. She rates it as 4.5 stars out of 5. I rate it as 4 stars out of 5. Give it a try, if you are not out on the town. Lucky you.
We put up our Christmas tree this evening. I usually wait until about two weeks before Christmas so that I don't get tired of it. If our work schedules don't coincide all that well we just put it up whenever. Tonight was whenever.
We had a bunch of the Baggage TV show taped up on the DVR and watched a couple tonight that were not re-runs. Man, I am so glad that I am not dating right now. People really have some baggage. I am learning some new slang. For example, Manscaping and Bromance. Don't ask, this is a G-Rated blog. Stop a 20 year old on the street and ask them. By the way, this show is on The Game Show Network, if you want to check it out.
I know that I have been over-doing the gaming a bit here on the blog. I like to write about a variety of stuff, like books, movies and so on. Let me say that there is a cool, free game that I like. It is called Zombie Samurai Lite. The recipe is this. You have a dojo and zombies are attacking. You use your sword (your finger) to stop them. Don't hit the civilians who are fleeing to you for help. Then these Kamikazi zombies on hang gliders start flying in. I gather that there are more types of zombies in the full version which is 99 cents.
Need For Speed Shift 2, a racing game, is free right now. I've played it a bit. It is a nice game for free. You should try it if you like that genre.
I try to get rid of some games off the Padster fairly often. Tonight I looked under Settings, then clicked About, to see how many apps I have on my I-Pad. 185. Yeah, the gaming is out of hand. Looking back on my younger years I think I either had incredible restraint about things or I was a nerd. Now it seems so easy to overindulge. Is this some sort of Roman Gladiator "Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die" sort of mindset, brought on by old age and knowledge of one's impending dirt nap? I don't know. Perhaps this question and others will be answered the next time we get together, here at the author's green retreat.
I'm CE Wills.
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