Thursday, April 26, 2012

Good morning crew,

I know what I like and I like what I know. It might be a character flaw, but it is what it is. Last weekend I popped my DVD copy of the old TV series 'Shogun' into the player to show my girlfriend what a young Richard Chamberlain looks like (actually he was closer to 45 at the time Shogun was aired).

Of course, if I watch a half hour of Shogun I have to watch the whole thing, so I have been putting in about an hour a night all week. I only have one DVD left.

As I have been watching it some questions about differences in dialogue and plot between the TV version and the novel have popped into my mind, so a few nights ago I pulled out my well-thumbed copy of the book. Now I am about 150 pages into that.

So despite the fact that I have both watched the mini-series and read the book half a dozen times, I am not watching and read them both again, simultaneously.

If only I had this kind of mania about physics or chemistry when I was in college.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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"A New Mexico company has petitioned the federal government to become the first U.S. business to offer horse meat for human consumption. You can get horse meat on the menu in some restaurants now. So if you're in Albuquerque, avoid the Philly Cheese Steak." -Jay Leno

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"According to a new study, ladies and gentlemen, you can improve your memory by watching less TV, doing crossword puzzles, eating more fish ? I can't remember all that." --Dave Letterman

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"The Megamillions story is getting interested. The married couple in their 60s who won the Megamillions lottery says they giggled about it for hours, and by giggle they mean nervously plotted to murder each other." -Conan O'Brien

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Famous Movie Quotes (The First Drafts)

The Godfather: "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse. Well, he can refuse it, of course. I just know that if someone were to make me an offer like this, I'd jump all over it. But who am I to impose my feelings on someone else?"

The Terminator: "I'll be back. Do you need anything while I'm out?"

Dirty Harry: "You've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? I ask myself that every day, and you know what? I feel so very lucky. Loving family, steady work..."

Taxi Driver: "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Sorry, it looked like you were talkin' to me. My mistake."


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Bob hadn't been to a class reunion in twenty years. When he walked into this latest one, he thought he recognized a woman over in the corner, so he approached her and extended his hand in greeting, saying, "You look like Helen Brown."

"Well," the woman snapped back, "you don't look so great in blue, either!"