Re: Random Thoughts

On Wed, 1 Dec 2010, pcg wrote:
> I also dislike how it takes forever for Blu-ray discs to start up. I 
> usually have to put in the movie, go make some coffee, check the mail, 
> take a nap, and *then* the menu finally loads.

I hear ya.

> Oh, and I can't just eject a disc while it's playing and put something 
> else in, because the player gives me an error and demands the first disc 
> back. I actually have to press "Stop," wait for it to go back to the 
> main menu, and *then* I can eject it.

Huh.  This doesn't ring a bell, for me.  But then, I play my Blu-Rays on a 
PlayStation 3.  I don't know how regular Blu-Ray players work.

> TRON LEGACY.
>
> Bought my tickets to the midnight 3D IMAX premiere. I'm going with my 
> brother and sister, as we all grew up watching the old VHS tape on an 
> endless loop. I'm gonna be hosting a pre-show screening of the original 
> film at my place before we all trundle out into the cold. Can't wait! Is 
> anyone else going to opening night?

Are you kidding?  Why wait for opening night?  I go to *previews*.  ;) 
(I'm seeing the new Narnia movie tomorrow, BTW, and I'm taking my daughter 
-- woo-hoo!)

> MY SON, A STUDY IN HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY
>
> Here is an actual, word-for-word exchange I had with my son the other 
> night:
>
> LIAM: This cotton candy is disgusting.
> ME: What's disgusting about it?
> LIAM: It has, like, no flavor! It tastes like eating nothing!
> ME: Then why are you eating it?
>
> (pause)
>
> LIAM: Because there's only one bag, and I don't want anyone else to have 
> it.

Ha!  Brilliant.

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