The Most Impressive Line of Prose in a Movie Review

Brandon Fibbs wrote the following lines in a movie review:

This is another of those movies in which one character says the inevitable line, “You’re the most interesting person I’ve ever met” despite the fact that there is nothing whatsoever in the script to support the claim. Just once, I want that line to be uttered in a movie about a mid-19th century Amazon explorer who lost one of his arms to ravenous piranha and the other to pigmy cannibals and still managed to climb Mount Kilimanjaro blindfolded and backwards while wearing a tutu. Instead, it’s nearly always applied to exceedingly drab, near 30-something-year-old men wallowing in life’s doldrums and dead end jobs with absolutely zero ambition.

Writing just doesn't get any better than that.

This appeared in a review for an R-rated movie that I haven't seen and don't particularly want to publicize. However, I reckon you can search for it on his site.

Brandon Fibbs.com

I MISS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION

Check out this NPR Planet Money interview with Elizabeth Warren, the democrat appointed during the Bush administration to oversee the correction of the banking crisis via TARP.

The NPR reporter Adam Davidson lays into her because of her belief that there is a crisis within American families as well as the banking system. Elizabeth Warren doesn't give in.

NPR: Elizabeth Warren Checks In (Start listening at 5:00)

Despite the controversy and supposed "failure," I liked the era of the Bush administration. People from all sides of the political spectrum presented their ideologies and fought to implement those visions. For me, I was thankful that usually the conservatives won.

The Obama administration is not framing the debate in this way. Obama and his cohorts pretend that no differences exist when they do, they use the language of conservative values and implement liberal policies, and they condemn institutions such as as the Guantanamo tribunals but keep them going.

Mulberry Mountain Harvest

If I were living in the Midwest, you couldn't stop me from going to the Mulberry Mountain Harvest, a music festival with the likes of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Big Smith. It's a three day event and tickets start at $109.

Official Site
Mulberry Mountain Harvest

Blogging Can Make You a Celebrity in Singapore

SoyJoy bars have just launched a campaign that features bloggers. They are apparently going to run them through a small gamut of trials and people will vote on who should win.

In my various blogging adventures, I've met three of six contestants and I think that they're all great folks. (From Left to Right)

Eunice, online alias Eunique Flair, is a fantastic photographer and has helped chronicle the consequences of the tsunami in Sri Lanka. She blogs about fashion and video games.

Nadia, online alias Nadnut, is a friendly gal who prolifically chronicles her glamorous day-to-day activities.

Pamela, called Honeymeow, is a hardworking mom here in Singapore. She appeared in the same page as me in the Blogger Calendar 2009.

Who will you vote for?
Check it out at the SoyJoy GI Challenge!

Two of these lucky contestants will get to win a trip to Japan! I'd be jealous that they didn't ask me to participate, but-

1) It seems there's just one guy involved!
2) I'm already going to Japan soon!