Aimee and I went out to eat at the Drake Diner last night, which is one of my favorite restaurants here in town (even though I've only been there twice). Right across the street there was a church with this sign, which I have taken the liberty of recreating:
(The word "movie" was also on the first line). After I told Aimee about the sign, she wondered aloud whether it was actually the movie or just a name for a sermon, which a lot of churches around here will do:
But I was pretty sure it also said "movie" on the first line, which it did. We ended up finishing dinner a little before 7 p.m. so we scurried over to the church to investigate. There were maybe 12 people there sitting at circle-shaped tables. Luckily there was a projector and a screen so it looked like it was a movie after all. We found a table and sat down.
It turns out an environmental group has offered the movie to churches throughout the state (or country?) for viewing this week in hopes of raising awareness about global warming. The movie was on DVD- true story, I think it might actually have been an Oscar screening DVD because at the very beginning it said "For your consideration" and all throughout it kept popping up text at the bottom reminding us it was studio property.
Anyway An Inconvenient Truth, or as I call it A Series of Graphs that Go Upward was very good if not depressing, so I will highly encourage everyone reading to see it (as part of the suggestions at the end of the movie). Makes me wish I hadn't left my H2 Hummer idling in the parking lot during the whole thing.
The other news is that Aimee and I got a 20" iMac. Because of my employment to a certain company, I can't let my thoughts be known how AWESOME this computer is, or how BLAZINGLY FAST the Intel processors are, or even how MONDO the screen is. But I can tell you we got a good deal on a demo model. It's a 2.0 Core Duo, so not quite the latest version.
To go along with the iMac, I ordered an EyeTv Hybrid, which turns out to be the COOLEST THING EVER. We've never had a DVR before, so it's fun being able to record a show with a click of the button, or pause and rewind live TV. Watching The Office in HD was AWESOME AND MAKES ME WANT TO TYPE IN CAPS ALL DAY. The Office is one of our favorite shows right now. "What is your dentist's name?" ... "Crentist." "Your dentist's name is Crentist?" "Maybe that's why he became a dentist." I like the fact that we get to know the other office workers, which didn't really happen in the British version (even though I love that show, too). The Call of Duty references last night were also hilarious.
Over the air Digital TV is the best. That's my plug.
Last but not least, here are some old Campus Talks we did, now on YouTube.
Jordan
Juggling
Pokemon
Windy
Oscars
Cribs part 1
Cribs part 2
...and Woodsie trying to prank call BK.
Posted by alangage at October 6, 2006 10:56 AM
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Water Fountain Olympics, anyone?
Posted by: siskow at October 9, 2006 01:25 PM
Free standing ELKAY model, good temperature and velocity. We're not detassling here.
Posted by: Andy at October 9, 2006 04:54 PM
i seriously don't remember being in the jordan one. what the...?! spooky!
Posted by: rua at October 13, 2006 07:29 AM
Ah, but that's because you WEREN'T in it, Rua. We actually digitally put you in it using footage from "Dumbrella" and a stand-in. We were so technologically advanced then. In fact, we didn't even leave the Anderson Studio for any of those Campus Talks!
A little secret no one ever knew.
Posted by: siskow at October 16, 2006 11:01 AM
Money has no smell... Faith
Posted by: Faith at November 21, 2006 05:19 PM
Cheapest is the dearest... Denton
Posted by: Denton at November 21, 2006 06:33 PM
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