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Re: A western and a shooter

David — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:36:15 -0000

I think one answer to your question is: the story wouldn't be worth telling if the drama didn't involve some sort of tale-telling technique that made the unbelievable palatable. Besides, if the hero was nicked (in the general run-of-the-mill good-guy case), he would be disabled and that would slow him down, then he'd be found by the bad guys, and/or ultimately be tracked and killed ruthlessly: he wouldn't be a "hero": he'd be a "dead hero."

I just watched Live Free or Die Hard - talk about a hero that gets nicked, brutalized and down right abused (as a character) and stays alive to claim the title. 16 Blocks (again with the ultimate beat-me-up good guy actor, Willis) is another example of the hero getting the better of a beating/bullet.

Heroes are those characters that achieve a level of greatness through the lucky/skilled shot or effective "drop" on the bad guy, against all odds and for a good cause in the eye/ear of the viewer/listener. Heroes are just "good guys" until they survive the story and claim the title, of course, bestowed on them by the viewer/listener. Especially in action flicks.

Re: The not-so-perfect Valentine’s date

David — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:43:36 -0000

True dat - you are a very lucky Geek.

Re: I need to work on that

David — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:14:38 -0000

I think that you were not in any "wrong" doing - normally you may have done this same exact thing before on many occassions. This might be a situation for...Gender Man!

You share the power in the house, being co-owner, co-parent, and general extrovert in a pair of "verts." The power of a gender can multiply by 100 in a room with only 1 addition of a gender, because the balance is tilted toward favor of one gender. In this case, the matriarchal figure is "times 2," taking 1/3 of your total gender clout away in your normal home experience.

Also, your immense respect for your wife and for your mother (simultaneously) just shows your senses were prone to becoming over-wrought, in which case most average guys with immense respect would, without thinking twice, be a little abrasive as a response of the super-ego, in order to keep the pressure (of expectation and command) "off."

Perhaps the ladies were sharing a sacred bonding moment (without words or actions, just being) that was interrupted, no matter by you or a air-raid siren - they would have reacted the same to either.

Normal ways of handling the stress of expectation go out the window when the power balance shift as dramatically as having your wife and your mother bonding in the same space you are trying to do your normal routine in.

Let's just hope you don't get hooked on Season 9 of America's Next Top Model.

BTW, a great way to relieve the stress of expectations made by other people is to meditate and concentrate on recreating your inner being - while getting a massage! :)

Re: JHU Caption Contest

David — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:18:53 -0000

Entry #1:

<img src="http://www.handsinmotion.info/wp-content/jh_caption-i_think.jpg" width="400" height="300"></img>

Re: JHU Caption Contest

David — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:26:59 -0000

and...

Entry #2:

<img src="http://www.handsinmotion.info/wp-content/jh_caption-bloodymary.jpg" width="400" height="300">
</img>

Re: JHU Caption Contest

David — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:46:39 -0000

Everyone's been so awe-inspiring....
Here's one more, my

Entry #3
<img src="http://www.handsinmotion.info/wp-content/jh_caption-bigtrouble.jpg" width="400" height="300"></img>

Re: What’s missing from my iPhone | John Hawkins Unrated

David — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:50:41 -0000

Ok, there's a service (for $99/yr) that Apple has introduced (I talked about this with the Apple store rep that I allowed to try and talk me out of my Windows OS phone) called MobileMe (http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB824?mco=NzY...). He says that the service is able to sync all your computers: iPhones/smartphones, network drives, PCs, etc. It's really funny that Apple is charging for this [new/BETA?] service and Microsoft's BETA version of network syncing software, Mesh, is free right now, and works fine for me. However the advantage to the Apple version of this syncing software will be that it is over-the-air, so adding a contact/pic/whatever on your iPhone will be synced via internet server (remote sync?) immediately, as opposed to MS's current ability to hard-wire sync. Networks in Mesh can be accessed via the internet, but there is no app to sync using an over-the-air internet protocol (yet), but that may be arriving with the addition of the ability to sync with Windows OS smartphones. I know MS is working on a smartphone application, but haven't checked recently to see where they are in the release of the newest Mesh version.

Free MS plug: If you have MS OS on your smartphone and want a similar (to MobileMe) app, sign up (while it's free!) and keep an eye out on Mesh.com (https://www.mesh.com/Welcome/LearnMore.aspx).

Your Partially-Knowledgeable-Remaining-Impartial Friend,
David