1.) This year I have seen more current movies, in a theater than I have in ages. I LOVED American Hustle and completely disagree with the "critic" who wrote that it was a hot mess and over rated. In my opinion he has too little knowledge and experience of the world to be a critic and maybe has a hard time admitting he couldn't follow a smart script. We are hoping to see Gravity and Her before Oscar night. The only big movies we have not seen yet.By the way, we saw Nebraska, I didn't find it all that great but Tom loved it. It was of a similar pace as Llewyn Davis, which I also thought was okay, but not my favorite Coen Brother's movie.
I think my favorite movie of the year was Blue Jasmine.
2.) At work there is a full frig, but no ice maker or cube trays so I buy ice to use for my iced tea habit. Printed on the bag is "Ice is food, too." Concerned that, like catsup, the FDA had determined the ice to fulfill a food group, I looked it up.
The FDA considers ice to be a food when it comes to cleanliness, sanitation, packaging and transportation rules. Good to know.
The downside of looking things up is finding out stuff you didn't want to know...like the kid who did a science fair project testing the bacteria levels in restaurant ice in comparison with their toilet water. The toilet water won.
3.) So apparently the Huffington Post put something on Twitter asking for nominations of outstanding women in 2013. The Girl Scouts re-tweeted (sorry if I have that wrong - not being a tweeter) and now Fox "News" has declared war on the sale of GS cookies because a couple of the women on the list support reproductive rights; therefore the Girl Scouts are actively promoting abortion within their ranks.
Sigh.
I don't really like GS cookies and rarely buy them - but I will this year.
3.) Super statistician Nate Silver picks the Seahawks to win the Super Bowl!!! WooHoo!
2 comments:
IMHO, the conservatives would hate the Girl Scouts no matter what they did. Girl Scouts advocate for strong women and promoting leadership skills, which is the opposite of barefoot, pregnant, and submissive.
I haven't bought GS cookies in years, because I find them to be highly addictive -- in the true, addicted-to-a-substance sense. Also, they are overpriced but not actually all that good. And, finally, as a former GS leader (two different troops for the same two consecutive years), I also know the economics behind GS cookies and would prefer to give money directly to troops to support their efforts.
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