Mad Tiger Movie Review

I went and watched Australia today starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and Brandon Walters.

A romantic action-adventure set in northern Australia prior to World War II, AUSTRALIA centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Jackman) to drive 2000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.

This movie also addresses the treatment of Aboriginal children that were taken away from their families and forced to work as domestic servants and to live on the white peoples' government-controlled missions and reserves.

This movie was long, 166 minutes. But it kept my attention the whole time. I liked this movie. I give it 4 and half tiger paws.

Wednesday's Hero

Lance Cpl. Samuel Joyce, from Boston, accepts a bagfull of toys during the Toys For Tots 5k Run at Fleet Activities Yokosuka. Runners donated new toys to the local Marine's Toys for Tots program.


These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look

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Mad Tiger Movie Review

I have been too lazy to write movie reviews last few weeks. I usually go before noon on Fridays, because I can get in for $5 and that usually works out pretty well for me. Usually, like last week, when I went to see SAW 5 (only because I got the times mixed up on the movie I really went to go see and I was standing at the ticket window trying to make a snap decision with the hot breathe of the person behind me on my neck and SAW 5 was about the only other thing showing at that time.) I was the only one in that theater. I must say it was rather spooky watching SAW 5 in a dark theater all by myself. So imagine my surprise when I walked into the theater today to find it packed with teens. They must have all skipped school to go watch this film.

I went and watched Twilight today starring Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan and Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen.

Bella Swan has always been a bit different, never caring about or fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother Renee. remarries and decides to move with her new husband to Florida, and Bella decides to go live with her father, Charlie, in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen, a boy unlike any she's ever met. Intelligent and witty, his piercing eyes see straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than any cheetah, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands, and he hasn't aged since 1918. Most importantly, he's a vampire. Like all vampires, he's immortal. He doesn't drink human blood (they're vampire "vegetarians"), which is rare among the vampire population. Instead, they go on regular "hiking" trips, where they feed on prey such as grizzly bears and mountain lions. For Edward, Bella is the thing he has waited ninety years for - a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. And what will they do when James Laurent and Victoria come into town and James sets his sights on Bella? Will true love prevail when Edward is forced to save her life and conquer his thirst? The true question is when you can live forever, what do you live for?

I can see why teen girls would think that Robert Pattinson is a heart throb. He is a cutie and plays the role of a vampire perfectly. I just got this book yesterday so I don’t know if the movie lives up to the book or not yet. But I will say it was a pretty good movie and of course all the teens in the theater with me seemed to love it. I don’t know if the subject matter would be fit for younger children though. I give this movie 4 tiger paws.

Wednesday's Hero

Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody
55 years old from Fort Belvoir, Virginia


Call it breaking the brass ceiling. Ann E. Dunwoody, after 33 years in the Army, ascended Friday to a peak never before reached by a woman in the U.S. military: four-star general.

At an emotional promotion ceremony, Dunwoody looked back on her years in uniform, said it was a credit to the Army—and a great surprise to her—that she would make history in a male-dominated military.

"Thirty-three years after I took the oath as a second lieutenant, I have to tell you this is not exactly how I envisioned my life unfolding," she told a standing-room-only auditorium. "Even as a young kid, all I ever wanted to do was teach physical education and raise a family.

"It was clear to me that my Army experience was just going to be a two-year detour en route to my fitness profession," she added. "So when asked, `Ann, did you ever think you were going to be a general officer, to say nothing about a four-star?' I say, `Not in my wildest dreams.'

"There is no one more surprised than I—except, of course, my husband. You know what they say, `Behind every successful woman there is an astonished man.'"

You can read the rest of Gen. Dunwoody's story here.


These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Strange Novemeber Hail Storm

Here are some pictures of the hail storm we had here yesterday.

I was trying to take this picture in my doorway, but the hail was coming in and hitting me.

The hail covered the ground like snow.

It was even in drifts like snow.

Looks like snow!

My front flowerbed.

You can gauge the size of the hail by the size of my hand.

It even took chunks out of my elephant ears and knocked all the leaves off.

Thoughts On The Election

Just some thoughts on Obama getting elected President.

First of all, Black people keep repeating that this was a victory for Dr. Martin Luther King. But Dr. King said he had a dream that one day a man would be judged by the content of his character and not by the color of his skin. Yet Obama was elected because of the color of his skin. Many voted for him because he is black and for no other reason.
Yes, it has made history. But Dr. King is probably turning in his grave. This was not his “Dream” at all.


The problems I had with Obama had nothing to do with his skin color. It had to do with his Socialist rhetoric. I would be against Socialism if the Candidate was purple.

I have to admit I was sad for a bit yesterday until I remembered some of the things Obama has said. He said he wanted to invade Pakistan. He said he wants to put more troops in Afghanistan and take out the Taliban. He said he wants to catch Bin Ladin. And all of that means there will be more dead Muslims. And since that is Obama’s view of Muslims it is pretty retarded for Muslims to back this man.

But when it comes down to it, I don’t think things will change much in America. Obama even tried to cover his butt when he said that change wouldn’t happen in a year or even his first term. Obama was trying to cover the fact that he promised things he had no intention of doing. It will probably be business as usual for the next 4 years.

So while the election was historic, I don’t think things will change much over the next 4 years. So there is no reason to be sad McCain supporters. McCain is a War Hero and a great American and no one can take that away from him. In 4 years McCain will still be a War Hero and a Great American. Only history can judge whether Obama was a good President or not.

And that is how I see it.