The beach – at last. Ahhhhh!
A Movie Day
I saw two movies yesterday. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince & a wonderful film titled Moon.
Potter was much better than I expected! In fact I really enjoyed it. By now people should know that the movies don’t follow the books exactly but they do follow them faithfully. I’d recommend that you see it!
Moon, is a film that you won’t find often at the multiplex but is definitely worth tracking down. Watch the preview… You’ll see what I mean.
This post is also a test of publishing from the iPhone. It could make it easier to post on the run.
whispers and Louise Log
Since I hadn’t been blogging, I missed posting #13 and now it is up for a vote to be played on WNET (PBS station) as a short. So I was going to post #13 (titled Louise and the Repairman), and put in a plug to go vote for it, which is real easy to do.
Just go to this Thirteen.org link and vote.
It’s been a long time since my last post, but I’m back. I tried upgrading my various blogs and all worked well until I got to my blog Whispers. The upgrade crashed with a fatal error. You can see for yourself.
Anyway the point is, I was running a series of shorts by talented film maker Anne Flournoy called the Louise Log. You get a chance to hear what is going on in Louise’s head (I like headphones but not necessary) as she goes through her daily life. It’s very funny. Since I hadn’t been blogging, I missed posting #13 and now it is up for a vote to be played on WNET (PBS station) as a short. So I was going to post #13 (titled Louise and the Repairman), and put in a plug to go vote for it, which is real easy to do.
Just go to this Thirteen.org link and vote.
I’m posting the short here, but to see all of the episodes, go to Anne’s website and click on the Louise Log.
After you see this and when you go to Anne’s site, you can view #14, but remember to vote. The poll closes at 5pm EDT.
Ocean Grove
There was a car show too!
It ain’t over ’til it’s over
I got through February and was joyous until I saw the weather forcast:
Arggghhhhh!
iPhone
I have not mentioned here, that for Christmas, I received an iPhone 3G from my wife. Now, I have never lusted for an iPhone 3G nor even mentioned it to her. It just seemed to me to be another electronic gadget, but I’ve had it almost two months now, and you’d have to forcibly prior it from my hands. 🙂
What makes the iPhone so good, is not only the tight integration of the programs that come
installed but apps you can get that add to its usefulness. Many are free or 99 cents. Now I won’t go anywhere without it. Right now, one of my favorites is Flixster, for finding movies. But, my favorite is something called Koi Pond.
The purpose of Koi Pond is, well,… it doesn’t have a purpose. Perhaps that’s why I like it. The stereo sound of the thunder is fantastic.
Why Did Ambien Change the Rooster Commercial?
I was watching tv the other day and noticed when the Ambien CR commercial, with the rooster, came on it was a different 
more emaciated and less attractive actress but basically the same commercial. I wonder why they changed.
Access-A-Ride and the MTA
By time I actually get through to a person, ten to fifteen minutes have passed and my total wait time has been over half an hour.
Access-A-Ride (AAR), is a service available in New York City for people who have disabilities. My lack of possession of even one kidney qualifies me for the service,… not to mention my cardiac problems. If you were to see me on the street, you would probably not perceive anything as wrong, but a little over a year ago, I passed out after getting off the bus after dialysis. The result of passing out was getting a couple of front broken teeth and a number of stitches to my chin. It was after that incident that I decided to try and get AAR.
Since I qualified, it has become a blessing and a nightmare. AAR is not like waiting for a friend to pick you up to take you to doctors’ appointments, but it’s less expensive than a cab ride. At present I have a standard subscription for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to be picked up at 4:29pm (yep, you read it right) to deliver me to my dialysis treatment facility for my 5:30pm appointment. The dialysis center is approximately a half hour away, if traffic is good. The client (that’s me) is to be outside and waiting for the bus (or if you’re lucky the car). Most of the time it is a bus. You are supposed to wait for at least thirty minutes. If the driver doesn’t show, you can call AAR and they will investigate where the driver is, and how long before he/she will arrive. Now you can see, if I wait one half hour to call AAR, and then they tell me (after being on hold for usually 15 minutes) that the driver will be there in another 10 minutes, I am going to be late. Even if the bus were to arrive at the precise moment I’m making the call.
Tapping my foot, I wait, trying to be patient.
I listen to my iPod.
I’ve designed a strategy of calling with AAR before half an hour. By time I actually get through to a person, ten to fifteen minutes have passed and my total wait time has been over half an hour. You see, if the driver is over half an hour late, I can request authorization for car service and get reimbursed. Whereas, AAR costs $2.00, car service is about $15.00. So, they will get me there within the allotted time, but if I get there much later than my scheduled time, the dialysis center will have to cut my time on the machine short, because the center closes at 10:30 pm.
This last wait, however, they gave me a hard time.
me: May I have an authorization code please, since the driver is over a half hour late, and I’m going to be late for my scheduled appointment?
AAR: Just a moment.
3 minutes pass
AAR: My supervisor says that since the driver will be there in 7 minutes, she will not give you an authorization code.
me: Are you kidding? May I have your name, and your supervisor’s name?
AAR: Just a moment.
5 minutes pass
AAR: Do you want to call back for the authorization or do you want it now?
me: I want it now!
Meanwhile. Thanks mayor Mike for looking out for all the citizens.
- Mayor of NYC, Bloomberg
Ghost Town
The perfect entertainment for these troubling times if you want a laugh.
I saw Ghost Town yesterday. What a fun movie. It starts out smooth and picks up speed as the movie goes on because we start to actually care about the characters. It’s premise is that a dentist (Ricky Gervais) goes into the hospital for a colonoscopy and finds out later that during the procedure, he died for seven minutes (“a bit less”) and can now see dead people. Greg Kinnear, whose demise opens up the movie, becomes his antagonist/guide/side kick/friend and tries to convince Gervais to break up the relationship his widowed wife (Téa Leoni) is in… But, never mind, I’m telling too much… Go see it. The perfect entertainment for these troubling times if you want a laugh.
The Truth Shall Make Us Free
Thank you Onion!!!
