Today I have some late night TV infomercial gold to share with you. If you've already seen this, please feel free to skip straight to the parody version.
For those unfamiliar with the Snuggie, it is an innovative powerhouse of a product, it's a blanket... with sleeves! Glorious. The Snuggie is designed to keep your entire body covered and "cozy" while you still retain the use of your hands. (more...)
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It's not often that I hire a DVD based solely on the blurb on the back of the cover, but that was the case with 88 Minutes. I walked into Blockbuster, wanted to see a film, and after picking up a few, settled on 88 Minutes, a psychological thriller, and vehicle for Al Pacino.
88 Minutes follows the story Jack Gramm (Al Pacino), a forensic psychiatrist and professor, who's testimony was largely responsible for the conviction of a serial killer, Jon Forster, nine years earlier. On the day the killer is scheduled to be executed, Jack receives a phone call telling him he has 88 minutes to live. Jack is then thrown into an investigation to try and learn the identity of his would-be assassin before his time runs out.
The film sets itself up as a 'who-dunnit' however, it doesn't really succeed, as basically anyone with a speaking role is set up to be the possible killer. I can honestly say though, that I had the killer pegged pretty as soon as the classic misdirection technique came into play (if you've seen the film you'll probably know the scene I'm talking about - it's when the film maker clearly wants you to think 'but it can't be that person because they've been... oh hang on... maybe they just wanted it to look like that...').
Besides Al Pacino, 88 Minutes features a range of actors that you'll know doubt recognise from various TV shows, even if you can't remember their names. For example, there's that chick for Judging Amy, that guy that used to be the brooding dude on the OC and that other chick that played Joan of Arc in a telemovie a while back.
88 Minutes was filmed in 2005 and didn't see release until late 2008, I guess that should have served as a warning. Maybe the studio was sitting on it hoping that it would hatch cinematic gold? Unfortunately the egg didn't hatch. 88 Minutes is an interested idea that gets bogged down with formulaic cliches. It's the sort of film you watch and can't help but think there was a lot of stuff cut out in the editing room. Overall I'd give it 2 out of 5.
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Time flies when you are doing stuff. It's hard to believe that it is Easter already. Seems like only yesterday that I was stuffing my face at Christmas. Now I'm stuffing my face with hot cross buns.
Which brings me to the Easter Bunny. WTF? A rabbit, laying eggs, made of chocolate. Is it the same rabbit each year or a different one? How does he get from house to house so quickly? Still, not as creepy as the idea of an old bearded man sneaking into my house at night leaving me 'gifts'.
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March flew by quicker than Superman during sexy time. This months goal update is fairly brief seeing as though I struggled to get it done on schedule, so here t'is.
Goal Number One: Develop Swollen Pickles into a website that can generate $350US per month.
Slight improvement here in relation to the past couple of months. The site brought in $164.20US in March, up from $138.24 in February and $112.77 in January.
Goal Number Two: Develop Swollen Pickles into a website that receives 35,000 unique visits per month.
March was a good month traffic wise with Swollen Pickles nudging past the target mark. There were 36,657 unique visitors in March, up from 32,627 in February.
Goal Number Three: Exercise a minimum of three times per week (30 plus minutes per session).
I missed one session in March due to an unforeseen commitment I unwittingly became committed to.
Goal Number Four: Achieve a Body Mass Index (BMI) within the "Normal" range (from 18.5 to 25).
I'm slowly getting closer to my goal. In February I was 28.6, at the end of March I was 28.5. I started the year at 29.
Goal Number Five: Reduce my waist measurement to below 94cm.
I've still too lazy to source a large enough tape measure. My bad.
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As a bloke, you may occasionally find it difficult to understand what the woman in your life is thinking. You may find it difficult to pick up on some of the subtle signs and signals she's putting out there. Sometimes it's hard to know when she's really pissed off at you.
If you need some help figuring out if the woman in your life is angry with you then here are a few things to look for that might help you figure things out.
Chances are, if any of the following happen to you, then she's not all that happy with you. An angry woman can exhibit behavior that falls under three main categories... (more...)
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