From Newsvine: On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center, killing all seven of its crew members: flight commander Francis R. "Dick" Scobee; pilot Michael Smith; Ronald McNair; Ellison Onizuka; Judith Resnik; Gregory Jarvis; and schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.
This is one of the days I remember clearly what I was doing when I learned of it. Some of the older classes were actually watching when it happened, but somehow our class didn't find out. My mom told me as soon as I got off of the bus. I remember crying. We were all paying closer attention than usual because of the teacher that was part of the crew.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Newsvine - Sutton Earns 799th Career Win
Newsvine - Sutton Earns 799th Career Win
Just one more to go! They play Gonzaga tonight on ESPN at 10 CT following the Texas/Ok State game.
Just one more to go! They play Gonzaga tonight on ESPN at 10 CT following the Texas/Ok State game.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Trans-Tasman 'lamb' war breaks out | NEWS.com.au Business
Trans-Tasman 'lamb' war breaks out | NEWS.com.au Business
New Zealand and Australia really take their sheep raisin' seriously!
New Zealand and Australia really take their sheep raisin' seriously!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Funny Quotes
Some funny, others not so much.
http://leftofzen.com/funny-quotes/2008/01/08/
My favorites are:
Mark Twain (12-17)
Voltaire (18-28)
Winston Churchill (34-37)
George Carlin (38-49)
Fredrick Nietzche - 11. Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.
http://leftofzen.com/funny-quotes/2008/01/08/
My favorites are:
Mark Twain (12-17)
Voltaire (18-28)
Winston Churchill (34-37)
George Carlin (38-49)
Fredrick Nietzche - 11. Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.
Friday, January 4, 2008
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Jerry and I went to see the newest National Treasure movie last night. I would say that it is just as good as the first one. I found myself wanting there to be more clues, but after two hours, I guess it had to stop somewhere. The addition of Helen Mirren was awesome. I'm not going to tell you her roll, 'cause that would ruin it for you...unless of course you already know. I didn't know and was most pleasantly surprised.
Apparently this reporter was less than pleased with the movie. He points out that some of the scenes and dialogue in the trailer (available here) aren't in the movie. I think it's pretty common knowledge that what you see in the trailer may not completely and accurately represent the movie. I can't count the number of times I've seen a trailer with a great group of stars and lines and say to myself "I have got to see that!" and then after viewing the movie (if I even manage to last through it) realize that all of the funny lines were in the trailer and the rest of the movie was made up of "uggghh".
**Just thought of this.....maybe there'll be an extended edition, similar to The Lord of the Rings, that will have those parts in it. That would be really cool.**
In my opinion it was a fun movie. It had a bigger range of emotion than the first one. It has all of the "I wonder if that part of history is true" moments like the first one. Movies and books that make me want to find out what the true history is, is just as interesting as the ones that tell it to me straight out.
I give it a rating of: I'm definitely buying it when it comes out on DVD.
*Since this is my first movie rating (that I can remember), I'll post the legend. It goes from good to bad.
- Should be on AFI's list.
- I'm definitely buying it when it comes out on DVD.
- Not a waste of money.
- Would have rather have been doing something else.
- Would rather have a dry socket.
Apparently this reporter was less than pleased with the movie. He points out that some of the scenes and dialogue in the trailer (available here) aren't in the movie. I think it's pretty common knowledge that what you see in the trailer may not completely and accurately represent the movie. I can't count the number of times I've seen a trailer with a great group of stars and lines and say to myself "I have got to see that!" and then after viewing the movie (if I even manage to last through it) realize that all of the funny lines were in the trailer and the rest of the movie was made up of "uggghh".
**Just thought of this.....maybe there'll be an extended edition, similar to The Lord of the Rings, that will have those parts in it. That would be really cool.**
In my opinion it was a fun movie. It had a bigger range of emotion than the first one. It has all of the "I wonder if that part of history is true" moments like the first one. Movies and books that make me want to find out what the true history is, is just as interesting as the ones that tell it to me straight out.
I give it a rating of: I'm definitely buying it when it comes out on DVD.
*Since this is my first movie rating (that I can remember), I'll post the legend. It goes from good to bad.
- Should be on AFI's list.
- I'm definitely buying it when it comes out on DVD.
- Not a waste of money.
- Would have rather have been doing something else.
- Would rather have a dry socket.
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