Blog Wanderings: I ended up on one of those blog-wanderings this morning where clicking on one link took me to another link to me to another link. A couple of items of note:
- My Wonderful Life had this post on Dec. 7th. The first picture on that post is one I had seen before, but it all has new meaning to me now. That is the drydock where the MSP now resides. It's pretty weird looking at it and seeing a WWII battleship and two destroyers in it, and in shambles after the attack. I think RM1(SS) commented on this in my earlier post about the drydock, but it didn't really sink in until I saw the picture on MWL's blog.
- Have You Met Ted? I don't even remember what sequence of blog links led me here, but I found this blog on all things HIMYM. From there, I discovered a link to...
- Barney's Blog. This is pretty funny. If you're a HIMYM fan, you can just hear Barney saying these things he's written into his blog. If you're not a HIMYM fan... WHY THE HECK NOT?!?!
- Oh, I also found some pretty funny HIMYM t-shirts on this website.
Shipping Things to Hawaii: I do not wish to call out or chastise any particular member of my extended family (because it's been more than one person who's done it), but in the future, please consider asking me to pick up whatever you would like to buy as a gift for one of us here on the island. As the Christmas gift packages start to roll in, I am suffering from a case of "sticker shock" seeing the amount of money some of our family members have paid in shipping. It would have saved a lot of money to just buy it here on the island.
Movie Reviews: LW and I watched a couple of movies from Blockbuster this past week.
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- Alternative Title 2: Top Gun II. They took Richard Gere's character from O&aG and gave him the arrogance and "did you figure it out yet?" attitude of Tom Cruise from Top Gun.
- Blue on Blue: I did not like the way they portrayed the Navy. A couple of the coasties went into a "squid bar" where a bunch of Navy guys in wash khakis and utilities were hanging out, drinking beer, and shooting pool. They got a very, "we don't serve your kind here" response and got into a bar fight with some of the Navy guys, while some fat Navy captain sat at his table and watched. Are there REALLY places like that out there? I just don't see anything like that happening in today's Navy or Coast Guard.
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4 comments:
First off, what's for dinner tonight? ;-)
Now for my PoV, I personally liked The Guardian. It gave me an entirely new appreciation for the Coast Guard. I have always appreciated what they do, but to actually watch someone willingly jump out of perfectly safe helicopter into stormy waters next to a sinking vessle just to save a stranger's life is totally amazing. My greatest fear is that this is a job ES will choose for his career. :-)
Casanova was pretty funny and if you are looking for light hearted dribble, this has it. :-)
Thanks for posting the stoup again, I'd forgotten to bookmark before and it sounds great.
The very little I know so far of your LW, she is a pretty great gal!
I share a similar view of the Guardian. BUT...I am not much of an Ashton Kutcher fan. But I'm not movie critic. I can barely stay awake through a whole movie. *grin*
Shipping IS outrageous I swear! I don't mind paying it b/c I love sending things to friends and family all over. But then, like you, I see on boxes that come in here, what people pay, and I feel bad.
I added a link to the baked dijon salmon recipe.
Hey, glad you found my blog! It's always good to find another HIMYM fan. That link to the t-shirts is a great find, I'll have to put that up on Have-You-Met-Ted.
Talk to you soon.
JD
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