Star Trek

It was loud, and fast, and yet even while watching it I could tell that it didn't make a lot of sense. Afterwords, it makes less sense. The characters were pretty good, but the stuff they did, and especially the stuff they said, was kind of dumb. The alternate universe device was well-applied. Old Spock did alright but pronounced a couple of the stupider plot points. Supernovas destroying galaxies? Black holes sucking up supernovas like vacuum cleaners?

Recommend: I understand why it had to be done. Maybe the next one will have a little bit of "science fiction" worked into it, and a scene or two of characters talking about something other than their feelings. Recommend.

Coffee : Southern Comfort Blend

This was our first of 16 speciality coffees in a coffee sampler pack.  It sounds like a winner, right?  It's in a bright red bag and has the Southern Comfort quality logo!  The package says it's the perfect coffee to add some Southern Comfort.

Well, let me tell you this, folks:  Southern Comfort smells like cat piss, has the sour aftertaste of generic Fruity Pebbles, and just when you think you have forgotten the horrible experience, an hour later when you having your mid-morning tinkle, the generous Southern Comfort aroma comes back to slap you in the face!

Recommend?  No.  Not for friends, not for enemies.  I recommend this to NO ONE.

TV Series : 24 Season 3

I've never watched a season of 24 until finding this DVD set and watching it over a few days.   It was intense, and I have found in just this one season that there are special rules in 24 that don't apply anywhere else.

10.) The President, CTU agents, their friends and families, all look fantastic and alert at the end of a 24 hour day (although maybe a bit more bloody).

9.) If you are a main character, you are likely to die.

8.) If you are about to shoot a main character, you are likely to be shot in the nick of time by someone unexpected.

7.) Civilians and terrorists tend to drive the same make of car.

6.) If you make Jack swear to protect you, you've just entered the last 60 minutes of your life.

5.) If you don't think Jack will do it, he will.

4.) If you look like a good guy, you are probably a bad guy.

3.) If you look like a bad guy, you are probably just a frustrated CTU agent.

2.) Travel between cities and countries takes about 30 minutes, regardless of locations.

1.) If Jack wanted to kill you, you'd already be dead.

Recommend?  Yes!  Lots of intensity.  I suggesting taking a break once in awhile to do some deep breathing exercises and/or yoga.

Movie : My Bloody Valentine

Just got back from watching My Bloody Valentine.  In 3D!!!

Wow, let me just say that film censors are relaxing quite a bit!  This movie was a terrific B slasher flick.  But instead of slashing, the weapon of choice is a miner's pick axe.

There is a paper-thin plot.  There is a fifteen-minute full body nude scene that isn't sexy in the slightest.  Lots of corny 3D shots where the pick axe comes right out of the screen.

Recommend?  Oh gosh, this was a horrible, horrible movie.  Go for it!

Book : Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

This is the first Vonnegut novel I have read.   I enjoyed it very much.  It is also my first e-book, read on an Amazon Kindle.  It was a very nice experience.

It's a story about World War Two, and time travel, and aliens, and death.  So it goes.

Recommend: I do.