1. A billion users
I can't quite wrap my nerdy little head around this one.Facebook will have one billion users by Sep 2012
Billion with a B.
And... "Facebook says more than 50% of its users log in every day."
Jiminy.
2. Naperville crime spree
I added this Naperville Patch blog to my Reader for local news. It's intense!A 43-year-old woman in the 2900 block of Bartlett Court, reported that the faceplate from her in dash Kenwood CD player was stolen from her unlocked 1999 Ford Contour, police said.He he.
- Naperville patch post
3. Trekkies 2
Review: 3 bill-stars (out of 5)... OK
The first Trekkies was beautiful 5-star experience (williamt review) marked by its innocence and purity. It was a glimpse of hardcore nerds in their native habitat. Not just nerds, but uber-nerds. They were weird, kind, downtrodden, quirky, unaware. It was great!
In Trekkies 2, the innocence is gone. Everyone in #2 has either seen the original Trekkies or was a part of it. So, #2 doesn't have much of the magic that #1 had. I peeked at the IMDB page for Trekkies 2 and someone there pegged it. Trekkies 2 was unnecessary. Agreed.
One of my favorite parts of #2 is their re-interviewing one of the teenage kids from the original named Gabriel Köerner. He stood out because he was so young, smart, nerdy and completely absorbed by the Star Trek thing. Now, he's actually got a girl (married, and she's not bad-looking) and a job (graphic design) and is still his nerdy self, and doing well.
"Feel the power. Yeah!"
- Trekkies nerd on him actually getting a girl, marrying her and having sex
4. Jack Reacher
Book: Killing Floor by Lee ChildReview: 3 bill-stars (out of 5)... just OK
Goodreads link: www.goodreads.com/review/show/261694993
I got this book in search of another Mitch Rapp. Dop.
This is the first book in the Jack Reacher series. My Mitch Rapp expectations were way too high. Jack Reacher is no Mitch Rapp. Lee Child is no Vince Flynn. In Killing Floor, everything was just OK: plot, characters, writing style, everything. Jack Reacher is a 6 and a half foot tall brute who, when he gets into trouble, just beats the crap out of people. OK. Killing Floor is written in first person, which is fine. But Jack Reacher really didn't have much to say or think that was really all that interesting.
And weird. I was reading along and then it struck me how little profanity was used in the book. Jack Reacher is in prison. He's beating guys up. He's surrounded by violent murderers and criminals in the deep south. And not a single F bomb in the whole book. I wonder if the author did this on purpose.
... [hold on a sec, okay?] ...
Ah, here it is: Lee Child's take on Profanity in his novels. He does exclude profanity on purpose, even though he uses "industrial language" all the time in his own life. Hmm.
QOTD
"Christ," he said again. "You killed five men. That's a hell of a thing, Reacher. How do you feel about that?"
"How do you feel when you put roach powder down?" I asked him.
- Jack Reacher, pummeling people
So, Jack Reacher was OK. He didn't quite work out, but it did make me pause and appreciate my shelf of Mitch Rapp books and Vince Flynn all the more. Finally, they're making a Jack Reacher movie, I guess. Who's playing the part of the towering Jack Reacher? Tom Cruise. Snort.
5. Aw snap
Aw snap.Aw snap.
Come to our macaroni party then we'll take a nap.
I find that 12 yo Ty often values entertainment based on its randomness.
Yes, this is a fun, disturbing phase.
he he... yow, bill
PS - The Patties tonight. Go Tebow!
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