Here is this morning's stupid watch observation:
The average age of members working out daily is 45-50. Yet the morons insist on blasting Justin Beiber, Selina Gomez and other juvenile music. These guys were in the wrong line when God gave out brains!
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Memorial Day
My heart is heavy is and my eyes swollen thinking of the brave men and women
who laid their lives down and for those who served or continue to serve our
nation in the quest for peace and freedom. It is in large part because of
them that I can today say "I am proud to be American and have nothing to
apologize for". God Bless.
who laid their lives down and for those who served or continue to serve our
nation in the quest for peace and freedom. It is in large part because of
them that I can today say "I am proud to be American and have nothing to
apologize for". God Bless.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Memorial Day
It was a pleasant Sunday in October of 1864. A young teenage girl, Emma
Hunter, and her friend Sophie Keller, gathered some garden flowers and
placed them at the grave of Emma's father, Dr. Reuben Hunter. Dr. Hunter, a
surgeon in the Union Army, had died only a short while before. On that same
day, an older woman, Mrs. Elizabeth Meyer, was placing flowers a few sites
away on the grave of her son, Amos, a Private in the Union Army who had
fallen on the last day of the battle of Gettysburg. These women found in
their grief a common bond as they knelt together in that little burial
ground located in a quaint town in Central Pennsylvania where Mount Nittany
stands eternal guard over those at rest. Before the women left, they agreed
to meet again on the same day the following year in order to honor not only
their own but others who now might have no one left to kneel at their lonely
graves. The following year, what had been planned as a small informal
meeting turned into a community service. Just off Rt. 322, in the foothills
of the Alleghenies, you might pass right by this little town in the rolling
valley without realizing its historical significance - if not for a plain
little marker by the side of the road the reads: "Boalsburg, An American
Village - Birthplace of Memorial Day."
Hunter, and her friend Sophie Keller, gathered some garden flowers and
placed them at the grave of Emma's father, Dr. Reuben Hunter. Dr. Hunter, a
surgeon in the Union Army, had died only a short while before. On that same
day, an older woman, Mrs. Elizabeth Meyer, was placing flowers a few sites
away on the grave of her son, Amos, a Private in the Union Army who had
fallen on the last day of the battle of Gettysburg. These women found in
their grief a common bond as they knelt together in that little burial
ground located in a quaint town in Central Pennsylvania where Mount Nittany
stands eternal guard over those at rest. Before the women left, they agreed
to meet again on the same day the following year in order to honor not only
their own but others who now might have no one left to kneel at their lonely
graves. The following year, what had been planned as a small informal
meeting turned into a community service. Just off Rt. 322, in the foothills
of the Alleghenies, you might pass right by this little town in the rolling
valley without realizing its historical significance - if not for a plain
little marker by the side of the road the reads: "Boalsburg, An American
Village - Birthplace of Memorial Day."
Get out of the heat for a few hours this weekend
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/c/12_chernobyldiaries.htm> Chernobyl
Diaries
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - A stock horror movie setup and a real-life tragedy from
twenty-six years ago merge in anxiety-inspiring ways in "Chernobyl Diaries,"
a thoroughly frightening study in how to do a tried-and-true formula proud.
Will have all but the most stoic of audience members jumping and squirming
in their seats.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/c/12_chernobyldiaries.htm> Read the
Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/12_mib3.htm> Men in Black 3
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - "Men in Black 3" ups the ante ever so slightly by incorporating
some fireworks and daring to the typical gags, but it's still more often
than not no great shakes. By the end of summer, audiences will be asking the
same question: "Men in Black who?"
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/12_mib3.htm> Read the Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/97_mib.htm> New Retro Review - "Men
in Black" (1997) >>
(c) 2012 Dustin Putman
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/c/12_chernobyldiaries.htm> Chernobyl
Diaries
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - A stock horror movie setup and a real-life tragedy from
twenty-six years ago merge in anxiety-inspiring ways in "Chernobyl Diaries,"
a thoroughly frightening study in how to do a tried-and-true formula proud.
Will have all but the most stoic of audience members jumping and squirming
in their seats.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/c/12_chernobyldiaries.htm> Read the
Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/12_mib3.htm> Men in Black 3
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - "Men in Black 3" ups the ante ever so slightly by incorporating
some fireworks and daring to the typical gags, but it's still more often
than not no great shakes. By the end of summer, audiences will be asking the
same question: "Men in Black who?"
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/12_mib3.htm> Read the Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/97_mib.htm> New Retro Review - "Men
in Black" (1997) >>
(c) 2012 Dustin Putman
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Memorial Day 2012
continue to watch over all wear a uniform and serve our nation.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Democratic and Republican Conventions
My opinion:
Take the $36,000,000 tax payer dollars earmarked to be spent on these two events and divide up the money between the surviving family members of our men and women who have lost their lives in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. A much better use of our money. Share if you agree or offer an alternative opinion.
Take the $36,000,000 tax payer dollars earmarked to be spent on these two events and divide up the money between the surviving family members of our men and women who have lost their lives in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. A much better use of our money. Share if you agree or offer an alternative opinion.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Come on Summer
playing, refrigerator stocked, grill gas on and the flag is up!
Friday, May 18, 2012
Something for everyone this weekend!
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/12_battleship.htm> Battleship
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Without any feelings of wonder and certainly not enough
outward horror to be scary, "Battleship" readily loses its way, the
cornball dialogue calling all the more negative attention to itself. As is,
all we have is standard Big Hollywood fare, as creatively lazy as it is
technically competent.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/12_battleship.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/12_beyondtheblackrainbow.htm>
Beyond the Black Rainbow
★★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - "Beyond the Black Rainbow" is imperfect, but gloriously so,
creating, in its own way, a new, exciting, disorienting, unsettling, and
long-overdue filmic language. When 2012 is over, it will stand apart as a
motion picture not quite like any other.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/12_beyondtheblackrainbow.htm> Read
the Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_dictator.htm> The Dictator
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Sacha Baron Cohen is a fearless actor, never ceasing to
impress with how far he'll go to sell his characters and their personas.
When "The Dictator" wants to make a point, it does. When it doesn't, it
moves steadily between strikingly clever and disappointingly immature.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_dictator.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/12_whattoexpect.htm> What to Expect
When You're Expecting
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Exactly what most audiences will be expecting. It's safe,
obvious, and kind of vanilla. The best that can be said about "What to
Expect When You're Expecting" is that it's an agreeable way to spend 110
minutes-preferably at home on a rainy day, with expectations appropriately
tempered to "eh."
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/12_whattoexpect.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
ⓒ 2012 Dustin Putman
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/12_battleship.htm> Battleship
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Without any feelings of wonder and certainly not enough
outward horror to be scary, "Battleship" readily loses its way, the
cornball dialogue calling all the more negative attention to itself. As is,
all we have is standard Big Hollywood fare, as creatively lazy as it is
technically competent.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/12_battleship.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/12_beyondtheblackrainbow.htm>
Beyond the Black Rainbow
★★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - "Beyond the Black Rainbow" is imperfect, but gloriously so,
creating, in its own way, a new, exciting, disorienting, unsettling, and
long-overdue filmic language. When 2012 is over, it will stand apart as a
motion picture not quite like any other.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/12_beyondtheblackrainbow.htm> Read
the Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_dictator.htm> The Dictator
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Sacha Baron Cohen is a fearless actor, never ceasing to
impress with how far he'll go to sell his characters and their personas.
When "The Dictator" wants to make a point, it does. When it doesn't, it
moves steadily between strikingly clever and disappointingly immature.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_dictator.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/12_whattoexpect.htm> What to Expect
When You're Expecting
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Exactly what most audiences will be expecting. It's safe,
obvious, and kind of vanilla. The best that can be said about "What to
Expect When You're Expecting" is that it's an agreeable way to spend 110
minutes-preferably at home on a rainy day, with expectations appropriately
tempered to "eh."
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/12_whattoexpect.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
ⓒ 2012 Dustin Putman
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<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Yahoo CEO steps down
THOMPSON TO STEP DOWN AS YAHOO CEOAdvertisementYahoo's CEO Scott Thompson will step down, Kara Swisher of All Things D reports.Swisher says Ross Levinsohn will take over as interim CEO. Levinsohn is the head of Yahoo's media brands.The news comes more than a week after it was discovered Thompson's resume listed a computer science degree, which he never earned.Thompson will likely cite "personal reasons" when he officially announces the move.Swisher also reports Yahoo's board will reach a settlement with Dan Loeb, the shareholder who discovered Thompson's fake computer science degree.Fred Amoroso, a new Yahoo director, will be named chairman of Yahoo's board. The five directors on Yahoo's board now will step down immediately, Swisher reports.
Happy Mother's Day
LOCATION: CLUB J
MENU:
Jumbo cocktail shrimp
Salad wedge with blue cheese crumbles with anchovies
Filet Mignon
Grilled lobster tail with butter and lemon
Grilled asparagus in olive oil with fresh garlic
Garlic cheese toast
Strawberry shortcake
Selection of French cheeses
OCCASION: Happy Mother's Day
MENU:
Jumbo cocktail shrimp
Salad wedge with blue cheese crumbles with anchovies
Filet Mignon
Grilled lobster tail with butter and lemon
Grilled asparagus in olive oil with fresh garlic
Garlic cheese toast
Strawberry shortcake
Selection of French cheeses
OCCASION: Happy Mother's Day
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Mother’s Day
Special Edition:
In celebration of Mother's Day weekend, I have for you a special early
review and a fitting new/retrospective review holiday-combo! Enjoy!
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_dictator.htm> The Dictator
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide Wednesday 5/16 - Sacha Baron Cohen is a fearless actor, never
ceasing to impress with how far he'll go to sell his characters and their
personas. When "The Dictator" wants to make a point, it does. When it
doesn't, it moves steadily between strikingly clever and disappointingly
immature.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_dictator.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/12_mothersday.htm> Mother's Day
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Now on Blu-ray/DVD - "Mother's Day" is nothing if not affecting and
effective. Reactions will be split down the middle, depending on the
viewer's endurance for tough material, but no one can say the filmmaker
didn't achieve what he set out to.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/12_mothersday.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/80_mothersday.htm> Retrospective
Review - "Mother's Day" (1980) >>
ⓒ 2012 Dustin Putman
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<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
In celebration of Mother's Day weekend, I have for you a special early
review and a fitting new/retrospective review holiday-combo! Enjoy!
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_dictator.htm> The Dictator
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide Wednesday 5/16 - Sacha Baron Cohen is a fearless actor, never
ceasing to impress with how far he'll go to sell his characters and their
personas. When "The Dictator" wants to make a point, it does. When it
doesn't, it moves steadily between strikingly clever and disappointingly
immature.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_dictator.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/12_mothersday.htm> Mother's Day
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Now on Blu-ray/DVD - "Mother's Day" is nothing if not affecting and
effective. Reactions will be split down the middle, depending on the
viewer's endurance for tough material, but no one can say the filmmaker
didn't achieve what he set out to.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/12_mothersday.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/80_mothersday.htm> Retrospective
Review - "Mother's Day" (1980) >>
ⓒ 2012 Dustin Putman
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<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
Blue courts
To be honest with you, I hope they do boycott the match and come this fall,
perhaps Boise State should take note of the fact that no one like watching
football on a blue field!!!
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/tennis-busted-racquet/rafael-nadal-novak-djoko
vic-threaten-madrid-boycott-over-165258856.html
perhaps Boise State should take note of the fact that no one like watching
football on a blue field!!!
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/tennis-busted-racquet/rafael-nadal-novak-djoko
vic-threaten-madrid-boycott-over-165258856.html
Friday, May 11, 2012
Foursquare
Anybody else disappointed with the inefficiency of Foursquare? More and more often, an error message displays saying location not found. Is it time to chalk this app up to "another one hit wonder"?
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Take in a movie before the pools open!
Dustin Putman's Movie Reviews
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_darkshadows.htm> Dark Shadows
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Based on the 1966-1971 soap opera by Dan Curtis, this long-in-
the-works big-screen adaptation is fittingly lavish and tongue-in-cheek
without, as the misleading trailers would have a viewer believe, turning
the material into a joke. Hodgepodge or not, the nostalgia-laced "Dark
Shadows" is as imaginatively eccentric as it is blithely ghoulish.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_darkshadows.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/12_godblessamerica.htm> God Bless
America
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities and VOD - An unblinking rally cry for humanity in a pop-
culture-laden media landscape that makes its fortune out of exploitation
and humiliation. Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait casts a cynical eye at
the place we all live and makes good enough points for his cinematic
diatribe to remain timely and worthwhile.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/12_godblessamerica.htm> Read the
Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/12_road.htm> The Road
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - Heavy on atmosphere but light on substance. While some of
writer-director Yam Laranas' bag of genre tricks are effective for such a
clearly low-budget effort, his tendency to cut to black before the payoff
becomes more frustrating than fun. "The Road" leaves one wishing for more
than it offers.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/12_road.htm> Read the Full Review >>
ⓒ 2012 Dustin Putman
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<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_darkshadows.htm> Dark Shadows
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Based on the 1966-1971 soap opera by Dan Curtis, this long-in-
the-works big-screen adaptation is fittingly lavish and tongue-in-cheek
without, as the misleading trailers would have a viewer believe, turning
the material into a joke. Hodgepodge or not, the nostalgia-laced "Dark
Shadows" is as imaginatively eccentric as it is blithely ghoulish.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_darkshadows.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/12_godblessamerica.htm> God Bless
America
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities and VOD - An unblinking rally cry for humanity in a pop-
culture-laden media landscape that makes its fortune out of exploitation
and humiliation. Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait casts a cynical eye at
the place we all live and makes good enough points for his cinematic
diatribe to remain timely and worthwhile.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/12_godblessamerica.htm> Read the
Full Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/12_road.htm> The Road
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - Heavy on atmosphere but light on substance. While some of
writer-director Yam Laranas' bag of genre tricks are effective for such a
clearly low-budget effort, his tendency to cut to black before the payoff
becomes more frustrating than fun. "The Road" leaves one wishing for more
than it offers.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/12_road.htm> Read the Full Review >>
ⓒ 2012 Dustin Putman
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<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
USPS-Cut hours! Not offices!
With all due respect, we all know that this will not amount to hill of
beans.
http://news.yahoo.com/usps-cut-hours-not-close-post-offices-185030579--abc-n
ews-politics.html
beans.
http://news.yahoo.com/usps-cut-hours-not-close-post-offices-185030579--abc-n
ews-politics.html
Summer time savings
Memorial Day is around the corner and the summer heat will not be far
behind. With energy costs soaring, here are some helpful hints to remain
comfortable while saving money for your vacation.
<http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/tips/summer.html>
http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/tips/summer.html
Have a safe and pleasant summer.
behind. With energy costs soaring, here are some helpful hints to remain
comfortable while saving money for your vacation.
<http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/tips/summer.html>
http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/tips/summer.html
Have a safe and pleasant summer.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Opening this Friday
Dustin Putman's Movie Reviews
Opens Friday:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/12_avengers.htm> Marvel's The
Avengers
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - As the first of 2012's summer blockbuster hopefuls, "Marvel's
The Avengers" is a crowd-pleaser through and through. It's thrilling when
it wants to be, it's got star power to spare, and the action and effects
are top-notch.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/12_avengers.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
ⓒ 2012 Dustin Putman
<http://www.dustinputman.com/> dustinputman.com
<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
Opens Friday:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/12_avengers.htm> Marvel's The
Avengers
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - As the first of 2012's summer blockbuster hopefuls, "Marvel's
The Avengers" is a crowd-pleaser through and through. It's thrilling when
it wants to be, it's got star power to spare, and the action and effects
are top-notch.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/12_avengers.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
ⓒ 2012 Dustin Putman
<http://www.dustinputman.com/> dustinputman.com
<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
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