Mike Browne’s Blog

Boom Chicago : Videos
Check ot these videos especially the Michael Jackson and Guantanamo Bay Torture Toys Set. Thanks to the Zookeeper for the link.

CBC Arts: People prefer to see movies at home: poll
Surprise 73% of people don’t want to go out to the movies any more. I’m one of them.

Here are some of the reasons why:

– Stress. I’m tired of having to run for the best seat in the house (FYI It’s at the back of the theatre where no assholes can kick your chair) when I can just chill in my favourite chair at home and the dog’s the only one I have to fight for a seat with (I always win).

– Inconvenience. I’m sick of having to hold on to my ticket to be able to get back in to the theatre after I have a pee during which time I’ve missed a few crucial moments of the film as I can’t ‘pause’ it.

– Privacy. At the theatre I can’t hear the movie because some jackass’s cell phone not only rang, but he answered and is having a heated discussion with someone on the other end. There’s also the constant yacking among the twits. Hey! Keep your comments for a chat over pie in a coffee shop afterward shithead!

– Time. I have to watch films at the times the theatre is showing them. At home, even though I have to wait a month or two for the DVD, I can turn it on and pause at my leisure. If Carol falls asleep (as she has been known to do) we can finish the film later.

– Distance. Bus or drive to a theatre or wheel my chair over to the living room? hmmmm…

– Cost. The movie itself and food after that can run upwards of $50 for Carol and I. If I want to wait and buy the DVD, yes own the movie to watch over and over, it costs no more than $30 bucks on average. If it’s a rental, even new releases are only 6 bucks tops.

There has to be other reasons, but those are the main ones. I’ll be staying in wishing Star Wars and Batman would come to DVD sooner.

Shooting on 35mm is expensive, and although film looks prettier than HD, the technology is changing rapidly enough that soon enough you won’t be able to tell the difference. I guess I’ll be making movies that go straight to DVD to please myself and that other 73% of folks. I love cutting out the middle man. There’s no reason for the theatres to be making a penny.

However, looking at the box office numbers week after week sure does make theatre movies an attractive business. Not that I’m George Lucas, or even Uwe Boll for that matter, but it looks like tehre’s a ton of money to be made there.

Ugh. I feel like such a dirty ‘ho, but… well you know.

Before you forward any stupid email chain letters watch this. Thanks Big Al. He sent it to me via email… I guess it was forwarded to him.

Remember Se7en starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman with crazy Kevin Spacey as John Doe? One of my favourite creepy flicks. I loved the exchanges between Spacey and Pitt in the police car at the end of the film, especially Pitt’s lines. For example:

Mills: When a person is insane…as you clearly are…do you know that you’re insane? Maybe you’re just sitting around, reading Guns & Ammo, masturbating in your own feces…do you just stop and go: “wow, it is amazing how fucking crazy I really am?” Yeah? You guys do that?

Anyway, there was no need for all those actors. Shatner could have done it all – as seen here: William Shatner in Se7en or just download the 6.16 mb MOV file right here. The Star Trek sound effects are hilarious…

Coming to you courtesy of iFilm and The Movie Blog.

Homeless man sentenced to house arrest
Just when you think the system has done the stupidest thing ever something like this comes along…

Thanks to Prairie Woman for the link.

At my Mom’s request here are some more photos of our new place.

My office area

They definitely give a better sense of the scale of our loft with furniture.
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The first picture I scanned is one of my favourites. It’s me and my ‘Nanny’ Hall. My mom’s mother who passed away in 2000. I still miss her a lot. She was a good egg. I used to stop into her place on the way home from school for cookies and root beer.

As well as a scanner this new gadget, a Brother MFC-210C is a copier, fax machine and photo capture device. Now I have a ton of photos I can scan and share. I’ll finally be able to use that PHP gallery software that comes with my hosting package.

OMFG! I can’t believe I found the
Casino Taxi Jingle (LINK DEAD). Just click play on the graphic and turn up the sound. It plays over and over again. I don’t even have to cheat to remember the words:

If you’re a person on the go write down this number
It’s the key to traveling quick
It’s Casino Taxi’s number
4296666

Casino Taxi they’re the fast ones
Casino Taxi as near as your phone
No need to run, don’t get wet
Dial that number
429-6666
Or 425-6666!

As a kid in Nova Scotia we heard this jingle over and over again. Just like this graphic… Weeee! I love it.

Wanna listen to some music by a dead deaf guy? Go to BBC – Radio 3 – Beethoven Experience – downloads