Good afternoon! Had a good day yesterday & thoroughly enjoyed mac & cheese for lunch with Kyle. Had a great time at our LCFD Easter Egg Hunt today, thank you to our members who came & helped out (Judy, Kathy, Lawson, Scott), thank you to the family & friends of members who came & helped out, my daughter Eve for face painting & being the Easter Bunny for a little while, my son Kyle who helped clean & also was the Easter bunny for a little bit, & thank you to all citizens who came to the event! :) City Council meeting & LCFD BBQ & Maintenance night on Tuesday.
"What we have here is a failure to communicate." Luke Jackson (Paul
Newman) is a man who likes to do things his own way, which leads to a
world of hurt when he ends up in a Southern prison camp -- and on the
wrong side of its warden (Strother Martin). George Kennedy copped an
Oscar as a fellow prisoner who tries to break Luke and later comes to
revere him. The cast also includes a young Dennis Hopper, Harry Dean
Stanton and Joe Don Baker.
Garage:
If your garage has become a dumping groune. Empty it out & then map it out. Draw a map of the space & designate space for bikes, tools, cars, lawn equip. etc. Once you rearrange your garage the way you want it post your map on the wall so everyone will know where to find things ... including you! The map will also help people know where things should be put away.
Happy April Fool's Day! According to Cosmopolitan magazine & a highly unscientific survey on facebook, April Fool's Day is one of the most popular days for breakups. So freak out your friends by changing your Facebook relationship status to "it's complicated." Of course, if you're a true prankster, you can try adding a new maneuver to your love repertoire - like a dildo in the back door. If your partner flies off the handle, just exclaim, "Gotcha!"
Mashable!
The official Mashable iPhone/iPod Touch application delivers the latest
coverage from Mashable.com. Mashable is the largest independent news
source dedicated to covering digital culture, social media and
technology. Mashable reports on the importance of digital innovation and
how it empowers and inspires people around the world.
On this day in 1999, the writing and directing sibling team
of Andy and Larry Wachowski release their second film, the mind-blowing
science-fiction blockbuster The Matrix.
Born and raised in Chicago,
the Wachowski brothers both dropped out of college and started a
house-painting and construction business before they got into the film
industry. They collaborated on two screenplays, the second of which was
made into the action movie Assassins (1995), starring Sylvester
Stallone and Antonio Banderas. A year later, the Wachowskis wrote,
directed and executive-produced their debut film, Bound. Critics
praised the relatively low-budget crime thriller, about lesbian lovers
who steal from the mob, and it became a cult hit.
The brothers’ next project, however, brought them to a whole new level. Filmed for $70 million, The Matrix was
a stylish, innovative and visually spectacular take on a familiar
premise--that humans are unknowing inhabitants of a world controlled by
machines--central to films such as Alien and 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Matrix
starred Keanu Reeves as a computer hacker who learns that human-like
computers have created a fake world, the Matrix, to enslave the
remaining humans while keeping them in the dark about their dire fate.
Guided by the sleek, mysterious Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and
Trinity (Carrie-Ann Moss), the hacker is dubbed Neo and told he alone
can play the crucial role in deciding the fate of the world. Packed with
slow-motion camera tricks and references from a myriad of
sources--including comic books, the Bible, Lewis Carroll, Eastern
philosophy and film noir--The Matrix also stunned viewers
with its Hong Kong-style fight scenes, choreographed by the martial-arts
master Yuen Wo Ping and performed with the help of invisible wires
allowing the characters to fly through the air. Greeted with enthusiasm
by computer-gaming fanatics and mainstream audiences alike, The Matrix earned
a staggering $470 million worldwide and won four Academy Awards, for
Best Editing, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Visual Effects and Best
Sound.
The Wachowskis had always envisioned The Matrix as a trilogy, and they shot back-to-back sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions,
in Australia. Released six months apart in 2003, they were generally
agreed to be less successful than the original film. All in all,
however, the franchise--including a best-selling video game, Enter the Matrix--earned
the production company, Warner Brothers, more than $1 billion. The
Wachowskis, meanwhile, became famously reclusive, refusing to promote
the Matrix sequels or give interviews. The air of mystery
surrounding the brothers was exacerbated by rumors that Larry Wachowski
had undergone a sex change and was living as a woman, Lana Wachowski. As
reported by Fox News, Joel Silver, producer of the Matrix films, emphatically denied these reports in a 2007 interview.
As a follow-up to their phenomenal success, the Wachowskis wrote and produced for Animatrix, a series of short films based on The Matrix, and wrote and produced the provocative action thriller V for Vendetta (2006). In 2008, the brothers returned to directing (as well as writing and producing) with Speed Racer, a film adaptation of the Japanese anime series by the same name.
Right words when ...
A co-worker loses a loved one.
Write, & speak, your condolences. All you need to say is, "I was so sorry to hear about James. If there's anything I can do - help you with errands, babysit - please let me know." If you're close, you might go to any pre-funeral visitations & try to attend the funeral or memorial service. Avoid comments such as "It was a blessing" & "Be thankful his suffering is over." The death of a loved one will deeply affect your co-worker, so don't expect him or her to bounce4 back in a few weeks' time.
Rose Kennedy:
After all the tragedies she'd withstood (Senator Ted's plane accident was one, the matriarch was a model of strength & grace.
Skosh:
A small amount : a bit or smidgen.
The barista sprinkled a skosh of cinnamon onto the milky surface of the latte.
This work comes from the Japanese word sukoshi, which is pronounced "skoh shee" & means "a tiny bit" or "a small amount." The Japanese word was shortened bu U.S. servicemen stationed in Japan after WWII. Later, in the Korean War, a small soldier was often nicknamed "Skosh." In civilian-speak, "skosh" can be used as a noun (as in our example sentence) or adverbially (as in "I'm a skosh tired").
To cook hard-boiled eggs that are easy to peel, don't use fresh eggs. Use eggs that have been stored in the refrigerator for about 9 days. Carbon dioxide escapes through the shell as eggs get older, reducing acidity of the egg white, The reduced acidity also reduces the white's cling to the shell.
What is the name of the friendly monster in the kiddie board game Candy Land?
Gloppy. In current versions of the game, it’s Gloppy the Chocolate Monster. Previously, it was Gloppy the Molasses Monster.
When it comes to life insurance, ask yourself why you're buying it. Who are you truing to help, & how much will they need? It's really about taking care of the people you leave behind.
Which country makes the most, 2nd most, & 3rd most ice cream?
A. Switzerland
B. Sweden
C. Canada
BAC. However, the countries that eat the most ice cream are New Zealand, the United States, & Australia. Now we're talking.
Who was the model for Uncle Sam in the U.S. Army’s famous “I Want You” World War I recruitment poster?
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