Hollywood Stock Exchange

     Originally I bought 400 shares of Star Trek 11 stock at $50.13/share under the assumption that JJ Abrams was directing. Not 3 hours later it was announced that the Abrams thing was just a rumor and the stock plummetted like a duck in winter. I decided to hold on to it though and see if I could recoup a bit of the lost revenue before I sold it as we came closer to the release date.

     Then yesterday and today happened. Rumors of Matt Damon (Kirk), Gary Sinise (McCoy aka Bones), Adrien Brody (Spock), Daniel Dae Kim from Lost (Sulu) and James McElvoy (Scottie) being cast in the roles. On top of this, an actual release date has been announced (Christmas Day - 2008) and it appears the JJ Abrams rumor might be more than just a rumor. Stock prices soared and I am now in the plus as the shares are currently selling at $53.41 and climbing steadily. This puts me at a current net gain of $13,120! Happy day. Also, the boss is gone today so I'm leaving work early to go home and take a nap. Can it get any better?

You too can buy and sell stock of your favorite actors and films at HSX.com - have fun.



~Drewbacca
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So Tell Me What Ya Want, What Ya Really Really Want. Well I'll Tell Ya What I Want, What I Really Really Want...

     Just heard this morning that there's a slight chance that the Spice Girls may get back together this summer for one more UK tour for AIDS charity. Yeah, baby.. yeah!

     In other news, if the Oscars are any indication, it shouldn't be too hard to get a grammy this year. I'm planning on getting a super group together and remaking The Beatles' White Album.





~Drewbacca
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Welcome to Firefox

     Thank you for using Firefox as your web browser. We suck ass. If you're a webmaster, we have two words for you: "HAahahahahahahahahaahaha!" Thank you.

Sincerely,
Firefox




~Drewbacca
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Exclusive!

     My movie website, MoviePatron.com, is being completely overhauled over the next few days and weeks. As a Birds Eye re-View reader, you get exclusive access to the progress of said overhaul. To watch the site change and evolve over the next 10 days or so, you can just go here:

Update 2/28 - Site overhaul complete:
MoviePatron.com/

     If you keep refreshing the page, a new picture will appear in the masthead. Let me know what you think of any of the mast heads. Any that are cool or any that are hideous and should be removed? Send an email to: feedback@moviepatron.com.

     Please keep in mind that things may look funny, links probably won't work right and there may be a general sense of ugliness at times as the programming is done and worked on. Rest assured, when it's finished, it will be cool. But of course plans for another overhaul will start almost immediately as I am never satisfied.

...end transmission



~Drewbacca
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It's All Business

     Here is a brief summary of my first out of town business trip for my current company...

DAY 1-
8am-6pm: watch 6 year old children explain to their parents how to use a computer.
6-7pm: eat
7-12: consume alcohol, listen to live music
12-7am: sleep

DAY 2-
8am-6pm: stare in awe as dozens and dozens of middle aged people have no idea how to use a mouse.
6-7pm: eat
7-12: consume alcohol, listen to live music
12-7am: sleep

DAY 3-
8am-2pm: wonder how people make it through life without knowing what "double-click" or "right-click" means. Yet somehow they swear to me they're going to check "how their order is doing on the internets."
2-6pm: clean, drive home, nap.
7pm: hold up a McDonalds (no, not really. Just checking to see if you're still reading this).




~Drewbacca
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The End Has Come

     Today is the last day of my Star Wars lunchbox being used to carry my lunch to work everyday. She's been faithful, practical and above all, cool as hell. Sure I've taken some flak from people who don't get the greatness that is George Lucas and his marketing campaign that changed the world in the late 70s and early 80s. But I also get plenty of compliment and discussions about the nostalgia factor too. She may not look like much, but she's go it where it counts, kid. I've made a lot of special modifications myself.
     You see the problem is, as of late, that the old girl just has started to rust out and smnell a little funny on the inside from years and years of dripping pear juice, lasagna not properly wrapped, exploding Coke cans, cheeze whiz, old milk cartons left over a weekend and bread crumbs within the hinges and cracks; just to name a few things. it's not fair to make her suffer anymore. So it is time to clean her up one last time, give it one final polish and set her on the shelf to retire in glory and prestige; to live the rest of her days in the comfort of the knowledge that in her day, she was at the top of the game.
     You've served me well over the years darlin'. Here's to you...










~Drewbacca
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Anna Nicole 1967-2007

R.I.P.







~Drewbacca
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Super Bowl (insert a bunch of letters here)

     And the Birds Eye re-View winner for the best advertisement during the Super Bowl goes to...






~Drewbacca
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The Debate on Global Warming Continues

     Sarah Silverman is doing her part. Are you doing what you can to help global warming?





~Drewbacca

Quote of the (yester) Day

     "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man."

- Senator Joe Biden (D - Delaware) talking about Barack Obama; apparently the first black man to be articulate, bright, clean and good looking. Will Smith responded to this statement by washing his armpits and becoming the second black man to fit this criteria.


~Drewbacca
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Paragliding Girl Savaged by Eagles

     Reprinted from a story in the daily mail (UK):

I've bolded the part that I think is hilarious the way it is written.

Floating 2,000ft above the ground, you have to be prepared for any eventuality.

But when a flock of angry eagles attacked, British paragliding champion Nicky Moss didn't know what had hit her.

Trying desperately to fight off the onslaught of razor-sharp beaks and talons, she plunged 500 terrifying feet in a few seconds before managing to regain control of her glider.

"Luckily I was wearing a helmet or I would have been in very serious trouble," she said last night, safely back on the ground.

"Because I had to hang on to the glider I could not use my hands to ward them off so all I could do to protect my face was to force my head down against my chest and hope that they didn't get to my eyes.

"I thought I was dead meat. They were ferocious."

Miss Moss, 38, a member of the British Paragliding Squad, was taking part in a competition in Queensland, Australia, when the wedge-tailed eagles swooped on her.

Last night an Australian paragliding official said eagle attacks were "fairly common". They regard the paragliders as birds threatening their domain.

Dave Thompson, a technical officer for the British Hangliding and Paragliding Association, said: "It's not uncommon for paragliding pilots to come into contact with birds. That's especially true of big birds of prey. We fly using the same currents to stay up as they do."

It is the second time Miss Moss has had a close call in Australia.

In February last year, her canopy failed to unfurl and her reserve chute also malfunctioned. She landed in a tree.

~Drewbacca

I Wish I Knew How to Quit Ewe

     Curing Gay Sheep.
excerpts taken from the Feb 2 issue of "This Week" Magazine.

     Apparently, scientists from Oregon State University have found that if left to their own devices, between 5% and 8% of adult male sheep will engage exclusively in "ram on ram action." These gay rams seem to have one thing in common: they all have unusually smaller hypothalamus' than straight sheep.

     Gay rights organizations of course loved this news; indeed, embracing it because it provides huge evidence of their theory that "gayness" is genetic or caused by natural, physical characteristics and not a mental issue or a choice by some radical or perverse humans.

     But now of course, since scientists have figured out "the problem," they are able to fix it. By tinkering with the sheep's testosterone levels within the brain, they have been able to make the gay sheep prefer ewe over their usual taste for anal action. So because of this, gay rights activists are now speaking out against the procedure, or "tinkering," for fear that it may be used on humans. Of course, this is the same problem we'll have if a "gay gene" is ever found. The gay rights people, who are very usually on the side of "abortion on demand" policies and a woman's right to choose, will be singing a very different tune when abortions sky rocket because women's babies are found to have this alleged "gay gene."

     Now, I found this to just be a rather interesting story and one you can think about and take what you will from it. But what got me, is the absolutely fabulous quote by the lesbian, tennis player, Martina Navratilova; who said in all seriousnes, "Sheep have 'a right' to be gay!"


Update: read the comment section. Apparently the facts in this article might be skewed and inaccurate. Still, I'm leaving it up because the quote is way too funny to not publish. Plus, though the links in the comment section seem legit, it's really weird this person who happens to be the guy who did the research found my blog within about 15 minutes of me posting it. I have no outbound links or trackbacks. Nobody reads this blog, so the chances of him stumbling across it at random are pretty low and it wouldn't appear in a Google search. So the guy must be purposefully scouring the blogs looking for this story. The commentor (Jim) has no profile or blog posts of his own. The whole thing is just fishy.

~Drewbacca
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Why NBA Fans are Morons

     I just saw the starting five players for each team in the NBA All-Star game. Besides several strange choices that are debatable and can therefore be overlooked, can someone please tell me why Shaquille O'Neill was named as the starting center? Anyone? Let's just take a look at his stats on the year, shall we?

Games Played: 6
Min. Per Game: 25
Free throw percentage: .44 (despite the fact he's 7'1" and been pro for 14 years)
Points per Game: 12
Rebounds per Game: 6.5
Assists per Game: 1
Steals per Game: 0.2
Blocks per Game: 1.5
On top of this, he can't act or rap either.

So again, why is this guy the starting center for the East? Please. Nice voting people. You couldn't find one center in the east that's played more than 6 frakking games? Tools.


~Drewbacca
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Weekly Movie Trivia Update

     3rd. I came in 3rd. Again. The DJ took my advice though and put a cap on the "cheating team" that wins every week. It will now be my turn to prevail.

     In the meantime, if anyone knows a lot about 70's films, celebrity gossip and has a good eye for detail (for video clips), meet me at Champps next Thursday and we'll split the money... 70/30.


~Drewbacca
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Letter to Mr. Scorsese

     Watch the last 8 seconds of "The Door in the Floor" starring Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger. That sir, is how you end a film with poignancy and metaphor; not your worst ending of the decade shot in "The Departed."

Sincerely,

~Drewbacca
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Fascism, USA

     My day is going along swimmingly. The Oscar noms were yesterday, work is slow and my podcast had the best first day download traffic ever. Then along comes this story in my email alerts...

Mayor Ken Corley of Brazoria, Texas, has proposed a city ordinance that would make using the "N-word" in an offensive fashion a crime equal to disturbing the peace and punishable by a fine of up to $500.

Corley polled his constituents and found "overwhelming support" for the ordinance. Brazoria, with a population of around 2,800, is an industrial city nestled about 50 miles south of Houston near the Gulf of Mexico coast. About 10 percent of the population is black.

Under the proposed Brazoria ordinance, users of the N-word would be fined only if a complaint were filed against them, thus protecting those who think they are using the word as a term of endearment.

"This is government trying to take the easy way out," said Judge Andrew Napolitano. "When people use words that are harmful, they lack civility and they lack education, but they don't lack the right to say it."

Bishop Ricky Jones, a black minister and the head of the Living Word Fellowship Christian Center in Brazoria, "wholeheartedly" supports the ordinance and the mayor, though he doesn't agree with the "term of endearment" loophole.

"It's trying to be made a term of endearment in the black community, the way it has been used so loosely, but I for one, when I look at that word and look at the history of it, it has been used to demonize, demoralize and degrade black people as a whole."

...read full story at The Houston Chronicle

     Instead or writing 5 paragraphs explaining why I obviously would never support a bill like this for so many reasons, I'll keep it as simple as this:

UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION:
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech.

     It doesn't go on to say, "except this word and only sometimes for some people." No. This is a bullshit law that should not be tolerated by the people of that city if they are true Americans. This is a blatant rape of the first amendment.

Right?

Frontrunners

     Various exploratory committees have been formed by several prominent US politicians in the past days and weeks for the presidency of the Unites States. Please take some time to get to know the possible candidates and read and listen to their ideas. Try to read between the lines with ALL of them and ask yourself which candidate is best for the United States of America. Click on any of the video announcements below...

Barack Obama
John McCain
Hilary Clinton
Rudy Giuliani
Mitt Romney


~Drewbacca
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Cry Me a River

     Raise your hand if you're sick of hearing about the two abducted boys. I mean sure, it's a bizarre and interesting case, but why do we have to hear about it night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night after night?


~Drewbacca
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Drunken Rant #1 (A-P)

     This is the first in a series of ups and downs lately that I feel the need to communicate at 2am after 3 beers, 2 gimlets and a shot of Dr. McGillicuddy...

A) People on the road suck. The speed limit is 70 mph, why are you going 50mph? The fact that you are old, Somalian, drive a cab or any combination of the three is not an excuse. Grow up.

B) The constant bitching about 20,000 more troops in Iraq. A, they are mostly coming from Kuwait and are therefore there alrready. B, This is what the people have beem clamoring for, for 2 years (I can provide several quotes from many "distinguished" democrats to prove it). So lighten up.

C) If you are on the George Harsison Fan Club at Champps on Thursday in Burnsville, lick my butthole. I will take any one of you on, any day of the week in movie trivia. Ganging up on me with your bullshit technology only encourages me to press on. You will not defeat me forever. What will happen the day you DON'T win the $100 and can't pay for your drinks? Don't come crying to me because I know more than you...... pansies.

D) To the chicks at Eagle Street looking for a three-some: Great idea, but wrong way to go about asking me for it. Nice try. I like White Russians; but not THAT much!

E) Elephant - see it today.

F) I watched the worst episode of "Curb Your Enthusisasm" I've ever seen. So bad in fact, that I may stop watching the series all together (after 4 seasons!). Bingo is now lame in my book.

G) If you think Babel is "garbage" - I hate you.

J) I have still yet to play Guitar Hero II. This is annoying and it is all my friends' fault for owning it but not having a convenient time for me to come over and play. Get up to date on my schedule and deal with it.

K) My Dad rules. If you disagree, prove it and I'll punch you in the kidney.

L) The IRS needs to think about simplifyling their crap.

M) Myspace is seriously trying my patience.

N) Yes, I know "H" and "I" comes after G; but this is MY blog. Fuck off.

O) My entire toenail fell off tonight on the second toe on my right foot. I was wondering what the hell was scratching the bottom of my foot all night!

P) "Bright eyed and bushy tailed" is not the phrase I would use for how I will feel in about 3 hours when I have to go to work for the first work weekend in almost 8 months.

~Drewbacca
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It's About Time.... and money

     For the first time in three years, the government actually owes ME some money. Nice. I actually feel a little bit better now about having to wait an extra week for Pan's Labyrinth.


~Drewbacca
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