Random Musings of Brian A. Thomas. Love for Sara and Ari.
Posted in TV Shows on Feb 6th, 2006
Nothing exciting the second half. I did forget Ford’s Kermit the Frog “It isn’t Easy Being Green” ad from the first half which was good. Dove’s Self Esteem ad was touching. Three Super Bowl worthy commercials, kind of sad actually. Still, the FedEx Caveman/Fed Ex Doesn’t Exist Yet ad takes the top spot IMHO. Sara [...]
Posted in Humor on Feb 6th, 2006
What happens if you combine Brokeback Mountain and the Back to the Future films? See the trailer in Quicktime, Small or Large formats. This trailer combines scenes from the Back to the Future films, with the music and implications from Brokeback Mountain. It is done by a comedy troupe from Emerson College called Chocolate Cake [...]
Posted in TV Shows on Feb 5th, 2006
Through the first half of the game, the best commercials so far were the Federal Express “FedEx Doesn’t Exist Yet” ad, and Sprint’s Crime Prevention or something like that ad. Of course I missed the first bit of the show, I didn’t come into the game until 6:30 or so.
As far as the game, good [...]
Posted in Battlestar Galactica, TV Shows on Feb 5th, 2006
After the somewhat boring S2E14 episode, Black Market, we get another great episode of Battlestar Galactica. [I know, I know, I am way behind on the survivor count, I'll try to catch up soon.] It wasn’t that Black Market wasn’t a good episode, but seemed to be more filler then any other episode so far.
Posted in Programming on Feb 5th, 2006
I have decided to make myself more valuable at my new job. To do this, I need to learn JCL, also known as Job Control Language. I’ll likely get Murach’s OS/390 and z/OS JCL to help in that regard. I will also probably get Murach’s Mainframe COBOL to learn COBOL, which I am currently [...]
I just saw John Strossel’s Stupid in America, which is about the American Education system.
Some notes:
We always hear news reports on how much lower kids do in school compared to other countries. However, in 4th grade, children in America test well above average, it is in high school when scores get to the abismal, far [...]
Posted in General on Feb 1st, 2006
To share my birthday is Angelina and Brad’s baby.
Edit to add: For those who don’t know, my birthday is 2 May, hens why it is news here.
Imajica: Featuring New Illustrations and an Appendix by Clive Barker