Angels Clinch Division

The Angels have won the AL West division title. They need to keep winning though to get home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Congrats to the whole team. It's been a definite team effort. And congrats to our favorite Angel around here, Reggie Willits. Here's a recent article on Reggie.

Survival Of The Fittest: M&M Style

best of craigslist : Survival Of The Fittest

Man, now I want to eat some M&Ms so I can do this!

Smart Squirrels

I know this has been around the web a few times already, but I just had to post the link. The fact that they would do this willingly...

Squirrels on an obstacle course.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones IV now has an official title: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. At first I thought it was kinda lame, but then I was reading a comment that reminded me that the movies were based on the serials of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Harrison Ford is back as the title character (wouldn't be an Indy movie without him) and Karen Allen returns as Marion Ravenwood. New additions to the cast are Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, and Ray Winstone. There are more that you can check out here.

I hope it lives up to it's predecessors. I grew up with this series. Temple of Doom was my least favorite, but still good stuff. It's due out Memorial Day of 2008.

(cool Harrison Ford site)

The Only Promise that Remains

A couple of days back I posted about the song "The Only Promise That Remains" written by Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris) being another great song from Reba's Duets CD. After listening to it over and over (and over and over and...), I've come to some decisions on what makes it so good. What attracts me to a song is the music, the lyrics, or both. This is one of the occasions where both are excellent. I would have the song on my mp3 player even if it didn't have words. It is a mix of old and new country and a little soft rock. The lyrics are such that what isn't said makes the song much better. It keeps it from being a corny Country & Western song. The harmony of the singers' voices is also very nice. It's also a lower pitched song. I prefer those types of songs to the ones up in the rafters. Granted, some artists do those songs very well (Julie Andrews in her heyday, Faith Hill, Kelly Clarkson, to name a few). Even Reba has had some good songs that were high pitched, but in recent years, I like her songs that are down lower.

Some other songs that are growing on me are "Everyday People" with Carole King, that tells stories about ordinary people doing great things for their fellow man, "Does the Wind Still Blow in Oklahoma" with Ronnie Dunn, and "Break Each Other's Hearts Again" with Don Henley. The song with Ronnie Dunn is one they co-wrote together. It reminds me of Country songs from the 1980s. It kinda has a George Strait beat to it. There are a lot of each of the artist in the song, and it makes it special.

All in all, a very good CD. Definitely worth adding to the collection.

Life as a House

I finally opened up the Life as a House DVD that I bought ages ago. It's still a good movie. Get your hanky if you watch it though. My favorite part of the movie is when Robin (played by Kristin Scott Thomas) backs her car back up to the house and asks George (played by Kevin Kline) about his feelings for her...

"Do I still love you? Absolutely. There's not a doubt in my mind. Through all my anger, my ego; I was always faithful in my love for you. That I made you doubt it, that is the great mistake of a life full of mistakes. But the truth doesn't set us free, Robin. I can tell you 'I love you' as many times as you can stand to hear it, and all that does, the only thing, is remind us that love is not enough. Not even close."

Reba Duets Released Today

I purchased the new Reba Duets album from iTunes today (they have the digital booklet that comes with the album. Very cool.). So far my favorite song, after "Because of You" with Kelly Clarkson, is "The Only Promise That Remains" with Justin Timberlake.

The video for "Because of You" is currently at #1 on GAC Top 20 Country Countdown and CMT Top Twenty Countdown.

Reba is also going to be at the Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City on November 16 of this year. She'll be joined by Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, Toby Keith, Carrie Underwood, and more. Tickets seem to be sold out already (there are some on Ebay), but it says it will be shown on OETA as well. I would love to see her in concert again. It's been about 15 years since I last went to one of hers.

Jack Hanna, Flamingo Stuck in Turnstile

Associated Press Article

I giggle every time I see this headline. I would love to see that picture, but I doubt a picture would do my imagination justice.

R.I.P. Luciano Pavarotti

I've never been a big fan of Opera, but I've always liked Pavarotti, especially the duet of "My Way" he did with Frank Sinatra.