Rants of A Coyote

Sometimes, movie commentary is enjoyed and welcome. At other times we just want to watch the movie. Please: Learn the difference for when to provide commentary, and when to just to hush and watch along.

Generally speaking, things that bother others when they are trying to watch a movie:

• Talking in general, especially if the person trying to watch has not seen the movie yet
• Random Lights and Sounds.
• Commentary about the movie
• Commentary about the Actors
• Your opinion about the actors. (Example: "Most" of us do not generally like Keanu Reeves, but almost everyone that saw it when it first came out enjoyed Matrix. When we choose to watch them, let us watch the Matrix Movies in Peace.)
• Asking questions about the movie, during the movie.
• Commenting how much better the movie would be "Uncensored" (Particularly on TV movies. Just leave it be.)

Now granted, there are times when the well placed question will really help with the viewing experience of one or more members viewing the movie... but bombarding us with questions every few minutes about a movie generally make us just want to turn the movie off and come back to it when there is no one around.

Now, there are some great movies to MST3K.  My personal favorite: Dragon Wars.

We rented this movie a few years back from a Red Box. We kept it a few extra days and watched it a couple times just to make fun of it during the movie.  I think we had about 3 alternate story lines going for the movie and for the life of me I cannot remember the actual movie storyline itself... All I remember are the "Zabookiookies".  I am sure that is not what they were called, but overall enjoyable.

What have been your best/worst movie experiences?

I am tired, it has been a long (Albeit good) day.  So the quick rant of today: Bumper Stickers!

Basically I see Bumper Stickers as such: They give people who otherwise would say nothing, a way to try to make a statement, without having to worry about defending themselves.

I would say this accounts for over 90% of the bumper stickers I see on vehicles.  The other 10% appear to have some "Awe" Factor.

Ideas or Considerations on this one?

Change is all around us! A New Year, New Zodiac signs for most of us (Even me! ), and even New Facebook Profile page.  For almost two months now, Early entry into the new layout has been voluntary. Apparently today however, the remainder of the FB population was switched over to the new profile.

Of course, the angry hate posts start today.  Let me just make it as simple as possible:  Get Over It. The Zodiac was here before us, and FB will make changes it feels are necessary or that better the experience in the long run.  So I am no longer a Scorpio... It really doesn't bother me.

In regards to Facebook: As a PRIVATE company worth $50,000,000,000.00, they have done well so far. They have kept ads to a minimum, generally you will not even see your "New Profile" unless you have a vanity complex and check your own profile on a regular basis.

I understand that Humans not only "Dislike" change, but I would say they Hate it, and yet they still have free use of things like Facebook.

Another example: I am writing a program right now for a company.  This program handles the inventory, sales and even does sample orders. Last week one of the people here tried to run a sample order through Chrome.  I love Chrome, but unfortunately Chrome does not allow printing with page headers/footers disabled (Yet, apparently).  Because of this the people here have been instructed to use either Internet Explorer or FireFox.

Of course, typical response: Eye Roll. Really? I am not here to get into another useless browser war debate.  We have to write the programs to meet certain criteria. If this was a major corporation where everyone was using Chrome, then I might have to try to figure out another solution, but when you are one of two regular people here that uses Chrome, I have to write for what the majority use... In this case: Internet Explorer.

Well, that was last week.  Today... Same person came to me asking why the page was not printing correctly.  First thing I asked her is if she was printing from IE. Cue Response: "No, I used Chrome".  Sigh...

Okay, lets try a different approach:  I showed her the header and footer and explained that since we wanted to make sure that things stayed secure, the things like the URL of the sample program should not be showing for an off chance that someone finds a glitch in my system. I even explained that I myself love using Chrome, but because of this one glitch (For my program it is a glitch), we have to use FireFox or Internet Explorer.  I even have the room that handles all the samples ready to go with everything set up correctly.

When I have the time, I will eventually be able to write a small program that instead of sending to the printer by default, will give users the option of printing to printer, or making a PDF version... right now though, I have not worked with the PHP to PDF so I would need to learn that... while I am still writing the rest of the program.

So again: Users... Quit bitching about the software.  Send in your suggestions, fill out error reports, but don't complain about how it has changed on an aesthetic value, especially on a dynamically changing site like Facebook. Chances are the change is left to the stars anyway and things will probably change again within the next 2000 years..

A little history: Lee is one of the main guys at the facility that this happened at. Grace is in charge of Quality. My friend was hired there by a temp agency to work directly for Grace. Now Lee is basically saying that even if my friend does the work he was hired to do, if he listens to his manager, that he will not get paid?

I dunno... Something seems a little off here. People want to pitch in?

This is a great question!

First off, we know the old saying: Sex Sells!  Well, it is true.  I remember some old marketing classes all the way back in High School.  We talked about this a lot, always trying to come up with theories as to why this is and how it works.

I will say right now:  I am not a marketing major.  In fact, this is one of my weak points.  The suggestion for this topic though made me laugh hard enough that I decided to cover it.  Everyone of my friends that had done marketing, or if you know anyone that has done marketing... get them here to help on this one.

From my perspective though, as a SWM, I would be lying to say that I would not find at least some interest in the idea of a Bikini Java Hut. As long as the Women running it were at least somewhat attractive, and FRIENDLY, I would probably come back. Bonus if the Java Hut also did Coffee Art.

Picture this, Guys: A hot female in a bikini hands you a steaming hot latte with a coffee art heart in it.  Ok, stop picturing it now, especially if you are married... you might end up sleeping on the couch. But for that brief moment you were wondering where the nearest Bikini Java Hut would be, weren't you?

Why does this sell?  Because it appeals to a basic instinct: Sexual drive.

Oh, I cannot wait to see the Ad Sense try to decipher this post.