» Oscars 2010 Predictions
07/03/10 22:04 from BillSaysThis Weblog
'Cuz why not? Picture: Hurt Locker (why fight it?) Actor: Colin Firth (about time) Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (such a good bad guy) Actress: Meryl Streep (doesn't she always win?) Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick (plucky twist on ty..

» My morning in (small claims) court
01/03/10 19:10 from BillSaysThis Weblog
To cut to the chase, I don't know the outcome since the commissioner feels the need to review plaintiff's submitted documents. Last summer I made the poor decision to do some hourly computer work for a person I thought was a friend. To say ..

» The International
26/12/09 20:33 from Bill's Movie Reviews
I was highly impressed by this Clive Owen/Naomi Watts financial thriller. Director Tom Tykwer has long been a critical favorite though I've only seen his Run Lola Run , which I definitely enjoyed, and this is Eric Singer's first produced s..

» Eagle Eye
26/12/09 20:24 from Bill's Movie Reviews
Surprised by how enjoyable this technothriller turned out. Shia LeBeouf and Michelle Monaghan worked well together and happily Billy Bob Thornton put down the bong for most of this shoot. Director D.J. Caruso definitely showed a step up fr..

» The Dark Knight
26/12/09 20:20 from Bill's Movie Reviews
Outstanding, especially for a sequel. Big props to Bale, Ledger, Oldman, Eckhart, Caine, Freeman and pleased by Maggie Gyllenhall's replacement of Katie Homes. Christopher Nolan just makes good movie after good movie.

» X-Men Origins: Wolverine
26/12/09 20:17 from Bill's Movie Reviews
Of the four X-Men flicks I'd probably put this tied for second with the second sequel. Nice jobs by Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber and Danny Huston, a bit too much reliance on the big booms and sound effects by director Gavin Hood.

» Terminator Salvation
26/12/09 20:14 from Bill's Movie Reviews
James Cameron was right to question why this movie got made. Some blamed it on an attempt to beef up the John Connor role after Christian Bale took the part over Sam Worthington's Marcus Wright. I just don't see where the huge financial en..

» Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
26/12/09 20:12 from Bill's Movie Reviews
Fun and showed some nice creative touches but not as surprising or entertaining as the first. How come no mention of Carla Gugino's character at all?

» Star Trek
25/12/09 18:45 from Bill's Movie Reviews
My movie of the year, without a doubt. Avatar was awesome, but second. Watchmen was almost there but give me real Trek over blue penis any day. X-Men: Wolverine, Terminator Salvation and Transformers 2 were ok, sad and watch for the SFX, r..

» Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
25/12/09 18:33 from Bill's Movie Reviews
Not bad for a movie that has to carry water towards the end of a long, involved story arc but of course you can only understand it if you've seen the previous five Potters . Probably makes more sense if you've read the books too since dire..

» Adventureland
25/12/09 18:27 from Bill's Movie Reviews
Sweet, funny, smart teen romancer with Ryan Reynolds nearly stealing the show from Jesse Eisenberg.

» Duplicity
25/12/09 18:23 from Bill's Movie Reviews
Action comedy featuring Clive Owens and Julia Roberts. Fun, enjoyable, not quite as smart as it wants to be. Tony Gilroy has written better scripts but his directing is about as good as his other outing, Michael Clayton .

» As 2009 passes to the rear
24/12/09 19:00 from BillSaysThis Weblog
So 2009 is ending, and more with a petering out than excitement and cheer. I'm in a summing up mood, so here goes. Sydney: This little puppy has definitely been a high point. He is very 2009, sporting his own albeit not too active Twitter a..

» You cannot know me
08/10/09 22:37 from BillSaysThis Weblog
[Haven't posted a new poem in a while...] You cannot know me You cannot breach the wall Of the Universe which Separates me from you A camel is more likely to Sashay through a needle's eye No words shouted loudly or Seared into another's ski..

» Meet Sydney, our new puppy
27/09/09 18:40 from BillSaysThis Weblog
Sydney is a two month old Dachshund/Terrier mix, about 8 lbs. so far, who we adopted yesterday at the Silicon Valley Humane Society . They have a beautiful facility in Milpitas and the staff are great. We've signed up for the Puppy 1 train..

» Email Clients: Please join us in the 21st Century
24/09/09 16:55 from BillSaysThis Weblog
Sorry but I am just fed up. Mail.app, Outlook, Thunderbird, all of them are stuck in the past and the developers need to get their acts together before users collectively hunt them down for silly slapping. Dear email client developers, Your..

» US Soccer, FIFA Rankings and the new US Invitational
06/09/09 17:31 from BillSaysThis Weblog
From SpoFi today one of my compadres commented : " I'm not sure there's a good way to produce rankings for a sport where teams might face each other in competitive games no more often than every four years, and usually much less than that,..

» The Truth About the Health Care Debate
24/08/09 16:37 from BillSaysThis Weblog
The current Democratic-back health care legislation has induced more rhetoric, emotion and disinformation since the Swift Boat Campaign. A very apt comparison since there's about as much truth in the opposition in both. "Death panels" pleas..

» EPL starts tomorrow and the fantasy league is on!
14/08/09 16:21 from BillSaysThis Weblog
As usual SportsFilter is having its own league , plus I put my team in Ives Galarcep's SBI league and Michael Romero's Liverpool fans league . The players I'm launching with are Goal: Mark Schwarzer/Fullham Defense: Bret Hangeland/Fullham, ..

» Wells Fargo #fail
11/07/09 21:15 from BillSaysThis Weblog
Do you know that Wells Fargo will take any reason to switch retail customers to online only statements? If there are two people on an account and one chooses online only statements and the other chooses online and paper (the only two option..