I told Jen that I was running out of stuff to write about and she suggested I tell people about that horrible movie I dragged us to last Monday afternoon that gave her nightmares. (Actually, she said it much nicer than that and she didn’t really have nightmares – she just pretty much blocked it out!) She did, however, burn up some valuable vacation time.
12 Years a Slave is a heartwarming story about a man from Massachusetts who gets kidnapped, torn from his family, imprisoned, beaten and sold into slavery who ultimately ends up becoming the “property” of a harsh and half crazy plantation owner and struggles to survive for more than a decade in The Middle of Nowhere, AL (or was it Mississippi?) In the one particularly brutal and violent scene, Jen actually got up and left the theater.

Even though it was hard to watch at times, it really was a good movie and I bet the lead actor (what’s-his-name) wins an Oscar. While this wacky romp about racism and human bondage wasn’t quite as funny as Schindler’s List, it was every bit as heavy as Saving Private Ryan , but I don’t think it’s destined to become the next feel-good holiday family classic.

Cover me, I’m going in
Well, we bit the proverbial bullet and ordered a new computer and brand new communication hardware/software for me to start using. We should get it all next week, I’m expecting the learning curve to be very small and that things will go smoothly. I’m also fairly confident that I’ll be in a triathlon very soon and that Lady Gaga will be the next Secretary of State. In other words, things are about to get a little tense around here in the next week or so!

Part of my old job was to help introduce a new computer system to people that generally didn’t want or ask for it. Nevertheless, they just had to muster the courage to take the bull by the horns and figure it out. It wasn’t like they really had a choice anyway! Besides, they were all gonna be better off in the long run. I’m sure I will be too.

Hilarious clip of the week –
We saw this the other night and it just laid us out!:

Talk to you later from the “other” side!…

Jim