tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293822592024-09-10T18:10:09.496-07:00Big PenEntertaining Thoughts On EntertainmentSona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-78591772241796034192019-09-21T11:30:00.002-07:002019-09-21T11:33:02.554-07:00My Top 50 Comedians of All Time(Because I at times have no life!) I put pencil to spreadsheet and listed every remotely known comedian, and decided to rank them from best to worst. Comedy is obviously subjective, but I wanted to leave behind another defining element of who I am to my son. What makes me laugh?
Material that sneaks up on you, and in a split second, explodes with the truth. Political humor isn't funny for longer Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-81358472531054876302015-11-14T12:49:00.000-08:002018-08-26T19:58:39.302-07:00Top 10 Superstar Musical Acts I Used To Hate* But Now Respect/Like/Love
Let's Just Get that asterisk outta the way right now.. It denotes that I hated either the very first exposure I had to a musical act, that later (sometimes much, much later) I came around to, and even loved. I rank these in the order of "how far they've come in my reversal of opinion," with number 1 being the band I thought sucked the most and then eventually liking the most now.... And with Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-79892978158837993972015-03-24T22:50:00.000-07:002018-08-26T20:02:41.015-07:00Netflix Vs. Amazon Prime -A ThrowdownI've been a long-time Netflix user, but 3 months or so ago, Amazon had a $79 deal for a year of the full Prime service, which was simply too good to pass up. The free music streaming, the free delivery.. Yes!! The TV? Who knew... They've done a rather weak job of highlighting just how much content they have available for streaming.
I started out watching some their own original programming, Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-65404569556881053152015-02-12T21:23:00.000-08:002019-09-21T12:47:17.258-07:00My 70 Favorite Movies Of All Time
It starts off with James Cameron.. Then 2 more Camerons!
Let me know how brilliant my rankings are...
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8The Stunt ManPeter O Toole
9Groundhog DayBill Murray
10Toy Story 2Pixar
11The PlayerTim Robbins
11Toy Story 3Pixar
13The Princess BrideMandy Patinkin
15It Could Happen To YouNicholas Cage
15Toy StoryPixar
17ForrestSona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-68157605809572639502015-01-12T13:06:00.001-08:002015-01-12T13:06:37.373-08:00Hey GEICO! We Got It 15 Minutes AgoOh Dear God! If I see another freaking GEICO ad, I will do something to my TV screen I'll almost certainly regret. I say 'almost' because its not immediately clear to me what I'm losing if I hurl a brick at the screen. Will I be losing the dancing lizard? the hokey banjo players? EVERY commercial break has a GEICO ad in it, on every network, from sun up to sundown and beyond. My TV set has been Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-21124823016209271602014-10-18T11:38:00.003-07:002014-10-18T11:39:28.774-07:00Good Stuff Round-Up: Tornados Stunts and MusicToday, I am posting links to good articles I've found around the web over the past few weeks and months...
One of them is:
Here-are-10-of-the-most-awesomest-movie-stunts-in-film
Who Knew Tom Cruise does nearly all his own stunts?
Or How about THIS link, of a family surviving an Illinois tornado?
chilling-video-of-tornado-destroying-family-s-illinois-home
Or perhaps this "quiz" about Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-10363578371539490102014-10-18T11:21:00.001-07:002014-10-18T11:21:21.791-07:00Prevent Scumbags From Stealing Your PIN at Checkouts A recent article showed how people can figure out your PIN CODE while you are swiping out a a grocery store... The chilling details, and the simple solution are all at Lifehacker... Hint: Use a Pencil.
Lifehacker Article Here
Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-66911328229727016242014-10-18T11:18:00.000-07:002014-10-18T11:21:52.068-07:00Customize Netflix A LOTCustomize Netflix A LOT
Chrome Plug-In Customizes Netflix
Features:
- This extension will add a hide button next to every movie poster so that you can
hide it from any future listings. You can still use the search box
to bring that movie up.
- Every Netflix profile has their own data set. For example, if you and your wife
use the same netflix account, each of you can hide Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-7995228182477461952013-09-28T15:52:00.001-07:002013-09-28T15:52:08.088-07:00Joseph Gordon Levitt: Not The Smartest Guy in the Room After AllI am hard pressed to find a dumber movie than "Premium Rush". In JGL' other notable films, he comes off as a smart guy's smart guy, but he evens out his image in the most hackneyed film to hit the screen this decade.
I won't waste your time or min with a full review with spoilers, but if you believe that a bike messenger can hit 50 mph in NYC, with a police bike officer chasing him with no Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-70509409993098826452013-09-14T11:41:00.001-07:002013-09-14T11:41:06.655-07:00Jinji Kohan Cooks Up Another Winner with 'Orange.."There have been a lot of great ensemble casts over the years, from the Sopranos, to Deadwood to Frasier and Weeds. One season in, and the cast they've assembled for 'Orange Is The New Black"
might be the most talented of them all. The show, about a WASP-ish 30 year-old girl who gets sentenced to prsion for being a drug mule, gives the audience a look at female prison life that clearly side-steps Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-85770542713811497532013-09-14T11:22:00.000-07:002013-09-14T11:22:55.732-07:00Breaking Bad's Final Eps Are EpicBreaking Bad. If you haven't seen the show by now, I guess there's not much else that will convince you that you don't like well written, edge of your seat drama. It's free for viewing on Netflix, so it can't be a money issue... Are you afraid of the time committment? Yo, the first season is only 6 episodes! You'll be wishing that the last season had 60.
The most recent episode (SPOILERS AHEAD, Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-56486603176185787652010-10-15T21:07:00.000-07:002010-10-15T21:07:36.638-07:00Viral Video: If This Isn't Viral, It Should Be....
My nephew, who is a dad himself, sent me this clip... What's it like to be a DAD? This sums it up, Yo!Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-31285600395124576672010-09-17T22:14:00.000-07:002010-09-17T22:14:22.599-07:00Oh Dear God... Ryan Seacrest's High School Picture11 Points . com has a fairly great set of lists such as the list of 11 Musicians who would rather you didn't see their High School Photos..... and 11 movie stars..... The biggest mind-blowers: Eminem, George Clooney and the manly-man Ryan Seacrest.... I like Ryan.... He's good at what he does.... but woah.... Never would've seen his potential back in high school......Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-74162831570832074252010-09-08T11:47:00.000-07:002010-09-08T11:52:02.266-07:00How NOT To Fire A WatermelonImage via WikipediaPoor girl...... She obviously never got up at 6 a.m. on Saturday mornings to watch Wile E. Coyote beta testing these type of contraptions, and moving on to something less.... headache inducing.... I guess not winning the Emmy this year made The Amazing Race go into panic mode (i.e. "someone's gotta get messed up every episode, or we'll become irrelevant"..) And how Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-4404757204705877062010-08-31T19:01:00.000-07:002010-08-31T19:01:55.579-07:00Mashups: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Do Them
I've been very busy, creating over 50 instrumental and vocal mashups, specifically mixing new music with 80's music.... Here's an example....
Tons more at my website: Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-6579542537133917312010-08-30T21:09:00.000-07:002010-10-01T13:23:48.512-07:00A Musician's Thoughts on Tech and TrashImage via Wikipedia My favorite band for the past 5 years has been Porcupine Tree, a British progressive metal band that's been around for 20 years.....
A couple samples, if interested....
Halo Shallow Your Blackest Eyes
Lead Guitarist, and mastermind of the band Steven Wilson was asked about the shape of the music industry...
Difficult Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-87216330272545421892010-08-26T22:27:00.000-07:002010-08-26T22:27:39.672-07:00The Most Alive Man In The WorldIf this video hasn't gone viral, than it will soon... Unbelievable... gorgeous... thought-provoking....
To see the video, you must be a Facebook member... This is almost worth joining the service for..
The video is here on Facebook.Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-29375698369015103672010-08-09T08:46:00.000-07:002010-08-09T08:50:14.426-07:00Caddyshack's 30th Anniversary TriviaNot by any means, a top 50 movie favorite of mine, Caddyshack still is a must-see movie... My God, I am old... 30 yrs? Anyway, here's Trivia Fact No. 1:
1. Bill Murray's classic "Cinderella story" moment came from two simple lines of direction. Harold Ramis asked Murray to play the scene like a kid who pretends he's a sports broadcaster; Murray asked for a few rows of flowers and then Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-12474746737477799712010-08-06T13:09:00.000-07:002010-08-06T13:09:54.169-07:00The Search For The Funniest Screen NamesOne of my favorite sites is Gizmodo, because the readership is pretty literate and funny.. One of the screen names on there made me spill coffee on my keyboard.. Korean Abdul Jabbar....That got me thinking.... and then I did a short search for other witty names.... a few I found amongst the crap:
iris wishkey
mexyback
Lactose_The_Intolerant
daft.vader
not eurotrash
DeucheBagalo
Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-68387738580298533052010-08-06T10:01:00.000-07:002010-08-06T10:10:35.941-07:00My Favorite Guilty Pleasure of 2009 Returns: Dating In The DarkCould I BE more embarrassed? I watched all of last season's 6 episodes of the ABC-TV reality series "Dating In The Dark," and was surprised a network would only order 6 episodes of a show...and bummed that there weren't more... I'm not a reality TV freak... but this... is safe voyeurism in its purest form... not even the people we're watching can see each other...
The Concept? 3 guys, and 3 Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-15493762348044517052010-08-05T10:05:00.000-07:002010-08-05T10:05:24.219-07:00Best of YouTube in 4 minutes? With the semi-intriguing movie about Facebook coming out soon enough, someone created a fake trailer for a film about Youtube.. And it should get made... but in the meantime, hold on to your hats for a whirlwind tour of the YouTube experience....
Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-34783911044852003192010-08-05T07:42:00.000-07:002010-08-05T07:42:50.382-07:00Back When America Actually Dreamed BigI discovered, then forgot about, then re-discovered a website/blog that highlights lots of vintage photos of America..... One reader summed up the impact of photos like these: "Having been so used to seeing this time period only in black and white it's almost surreal to actually see it in colour..." Obviously.. the main pic on this post is b&w, but click here and here for a ton Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-67941404752646488142010-07-31T18:34:00.000-07:002010-08-05T11:24:13.238-07:00FIDO is the obvious next movie to see after Zombieland....Cover of FidoShould a movie about an 11 year-old boy, who befriends a zombie get an R Rating? This was the question that nagged me as I sat down to watch "Fido." a Canadian movie releasedin 2007 starring Carrie Anne Moss (The Matrix) and Tim Blake Nelson... While the DVD cover says it is gut laughing funny, I was more intrigued, waiting for the "R" rated violence to happen...
For the first time,Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-49118910180243269842010-07-31T18:15:00.000-07:002010-07-31T18:15:21.526-07:00Don't Throw A Brick In Your Washing Machine
FAST FORWARD to about 45 seconds in..... wait for it........
Then read some of the comments posted by readers of Gizmodo below.....:
Invite a friend to comment The robots will just see things like this as snuff films and cut our food rations in the future because of it :( Tsk Tsk Tsk. He forgot to use faBrick softener. <!-- REPLY -Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29382259.post-59993056233517365442010-07-29T11:08:00.000-07:002010-07-29T11:08:32.537-07:00Sunday Night Football? Uh.....Try NFC East FootbalNBC has lost their freakin' minds, giving all the football love to one conference this season. The 4 NFC East teams: Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants and Washington Redskins appear a combined 10 times out of the 16 games televised...The Giants and Philadelphia each appear 3 times this season, despite neither team remotely doing well last season..The Giants missed the Sona Gallatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14638058799853096119noreply@blogger.com0