Let's talk about the weather

Let's talk about the weather. Really? Seriously? The King of Pop is dead
and you want to talk about how hot it is in Novi these days.
Well, not really. But I have not much to say about Micheal's dead,
besides the fact that I am not that surprised.
I was never a great Michael Jackson fan and since he has not done anything
musically good since the 80's, I forgot totally about him.
Well, so long Micheal.

Movie Update: I saw 'The Hangover' the other day. I thought the movie
was quite funny, but believe me, it is not everyone's kind of humor.
I'll give it four stars anyway. (4/5)

Restaurant Update: We have been going to this small Asian place in
Walled Lake for lunch lately, which I really like. It's called Nu-Pacific Bistro
and its just a whole in the wall, but I had some good food there.
3.5 out 5 Schnitzelwagens.

Go Red Wings!!

YEAH!! The Red Wings just won game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals. Usually,
I am not a big NHL fan, but I used to enjoy watching hockey in Germany.
When I came to the US I watched a couple of
game, but it often ends up looking more like
a wrestling match than anything else.
This year I started watching Detroit in the
play offs and I am impressed with the skills
all the teams demonstrate. Since penalties
are crucial in the playoffs, the fighting
is kept to a minimum. Detroit won today
against the Penguins, but they had some luck and it should be
an interesting series.

Movie Reviews:
Terminator Salvation: Another movie of the Terminator series. Lots of
action, lots of cool graphics, not much of a plot. 3 out of 5 stars.

Angles&Demons: Good story and descent acting. Luckily I didn't
remember the story from the book, so the plot twists came as a surprise
to me. Visual not as interesting as the Da Vinci Code, but still a descent
movie. 3 out of 5 stars.

Beam me up, Scotty

I wouldn't call myself a Trekkie, but I used to watch the
original Star Trek series when I was a kid and Captain Picard
and his crew later on. So, when I heard there was a new Star
Trek movie coming up, I was only mildy interested, because the
last couple of ones were merely episodes of the series, stretched
to fit into a ninety minute movie.
Nevertheless I went to see the latest movie
yesterday and I must admit it was a really
entertaining movie. Time wise the movie is
set before the series and shows how the
original crew, lead byCaptain Kirk, comes
together. I especially liked, how the movie
is not taken itself to seriously and how they
are poking a lot of fun at the original series.
I give the movie a 3.5 out of 5.





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As I mentioned before, I liked how the movie is poking fun at
the original series. Besides the classic cheesy lines and terrible
alien make-up (the green girl in the dorm), they also killed
the unknown crew member of the away team and, of course, in
every fight Kirk is loosing his phaser right away and resorts to
hand to hand combat. Classic. They even threw in some classic
lines. Scotty:"I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!"
Mmmm, maybe I am a Trekkie afterall.

Live long and prosper!

Whats funny about that?

This week has turned out to be quite depressing. Everywhere I look its
one bad news after another. So, to lighten the mood I post a couple of
funny videos for your entertainment. And, to get the silly rabbit of the
page.


A classic skid from a German cartoon.


Do you speak English? Funny



And of course, the life of Brian.

Happy Easter !!

No Happy End

Well, Michigan State didn't win the NCAA title. It wasn't even close.
The bar was eerily quiet during the game and when it was finally over,
most of the people already went home. It was a stark difference from
the victory last Saturday when the crowd erupted in big cheers everytime
the team scored. So, no happy ending for the local team.
But, life will go on.
Now, that the NCAA tournament is over, I think it is time for SPRING!!!
Not that I don't like snow per se, but I could really do without in April.
Its time for some warmer weather.

Come on Spring. Stop on bye on kick old man winter out of here :)

Final Four

I am usually not a big March Madness fan, but tonight I went to
BBW for some beer and the Michigan State game. The atmosphere
was fantastic and luckily MSU won so everybody was happy.
Now, they are going to play North Carolina. It's been a while since
I've been to a bar full of sport crazy fans. Yelling, cheering and
high-fiving everytime MSU made a basket.
Afterwards we went to a movie. "12 Rounds', mindless action movie
with a predictable fun. 2.5 Stars will do for that piece of work.