Don't waste your time reading this entry today. There will be no mention of how the final Harry Potter book ends. There will be no leaks on who is nominated for any upcoming awards show. I will not be informing you how the next season of your favorite television show is going to end so you should simply leave this page and seek information on your entertainment future elsewhere.
What is wrong with people that when a book becomes so popular that they make twelve million copies available in the United States people will take it upon themselves to publicize the end before readers can even get a copy much less finish it?And who has time to photograph 700 plus pages and post them on the internet?
Why must we know who might be nominated for an Emmy award days before they announce the nominations for the Emmy awards? Why does every popular TV show have numerous web sites dedicated to telling fans what is going to happen before they have a chance to watch the show? Do we really need this information ahead of time? What is the rush?
And this need for speed of information is present in the news business too. Every local station who gets a reporter on the scene of some meaningless event first, advertises it for weeks believing our viewing habits can be swayed not by which reporter gets the story right but who drives the fastest. This leads to endless speculation and misinformation as they rush to get us something even if it is wrong. Why can we no longer wait for information to be gathered before it is presented?
Someone always has to be first in everything, but sometimes you should just keep your advance knowledge to yourself. I like my news correct, I like to watch my own movies and read my own books even if I can't beat you to the midnight showing/sale because I have other things to do. Put your digital camera away. I get it, you got the book first. Now keep your jpegs to yourself so the rest of the world can enjoy it just as you did.
This newest race doesn't even concern me as I missed out on the whole Harry Potter craze until the movies started so I haven't read any of the books. At this point I have decided to just wait until the final book comes out in paperback and buy whatever box set makes it on the market. Then I can enjoy these stories with my children when they are old enough to get out of picture books. I wonder if they will love these stories as much as millions of kids who are working their way to the end of the story today. I can't wait to find out. Oh wait, yes I can.
BO KNOWS that I have wanted an XBOX 360 for sometime, but my wife discouraged it correctly pointing out I have little time for video games. But now she fell in love with the Wii from Nintendo and decided we could get one of those. After a little research I found that the few games I like to buy each year will be available on the Wii so I was in. Then they were impossible to find, but now I have it and the system is pretty fun with the new controllers getting rave reviews on the video games sites. One complaint though since I am now an owner. There is a preview for an unbelievable looking Star Wars game coming out next year which for some reason will not be made for Wii. Please George Lucas the one thing I must do with my Wiimote is swing a light saber. Please get on this.
BO KNOWS I am a news junkie and read a lot of web sites and watch TV news daily, and I enjoy a good story about something strange and unusual even if it isn't of importance. If you like this sort of thing you must go to Fark.com. Good for at least two or three laughs a day. Guaranteed.
BO KNOWS I don't care much for the summer reality series that fill the TV void until the new season, but there is one I truly enjoy and that is "Last Comic Standing." Stand up comedy has always been one of my favorite forms of entertainment and there are enough good jokes in an episode to keep you laughing. I think this is the one form of entertaining I secretly dream of doing but will never have the guts to try.
BO KNOWS the race for the White House seems to be heating up a lot earlier than usual, but I was going to wait until a few Democratic primaries had actually been held to float out an idea I had for the election. It appears I have been beat to the punch by Anna Quindlen of Newsweek. She writes a nice article on the back page of the magazine this week about what the Democrats should do about the ticket and she probably does a better job of explaining it than I would have, so give it a read if you get the chance.
BO KNOWS the NBA is quickly losing popularity and relevance in the sports world and now we have a referee allegedly fixing games for gamblers in an organized crime ring. It can't get much worse for the league that had its lowest ratings in years even before this scandal broke. Now even the gamblers won't want to watch it as they can't trust the results. I don't know where the league goes from here, but they need some good press and fast.
4 comments:
I watched a clip on the net of some kids at a big Potter release party taping themselves telling Potter nerds everything that happens in the book. At first I thought it'd be pretty funny but to actually watch someone's heart break in front of your eyes was sad. Thoses poor little geeks never saw it coming. Why ruin it for everyone? I remember someone telling me everyone who got killed on the Sopranos I wanted to punch them in the teeth. So I feel for you Potter nerds. Does that make me gay?
No I think you are correct. I remember myself in my young idiot days telling a room full of people getting to watch the old Harrison Ford movie Presumed Innocent how it ends just as they are starting to watch the film. That was wrong. If I ever go into AA I will apologize to them.
While it is true that the Star Wars game you saw the preview for,"The Force Unleashed", will not be available for Wii, Lucasarts have already announced that they are working on a lightsaber game specifically for the Wii. No release date as of yet but you will get to swing a lightsaber on you Wii. We also have a Wii and love it. It's nice to have a video game that is not only fun to play but also counts as exercise at the same time. Playing Wii Sports easily burns as many calories as using a treadmill, stairmaster, etc.
Nick
Counts as exercise? Whatever helps you sleep at night Nick
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