Lost in OK

Big geek news: C# is going to receive ISO standardization. Java better start re-thinking their isolationist world.

It’s been a movie filled weekend. Here is one you cannot miss. Read my review of the astounding Roger Dodger!

Here’s a one liner I heard for all you Okies out there:

What do you call a Pallbearer at an Oklahoman’s funeral?

 
Karaoke!

And another joke for all you beer drinkers:

There was a beer convention a while back and after meetings all day the
presidents of three large beer companies decided to go out for a drink.
They settled in at the bar and the bartender asked them what they would like.

The president of Budweiser said, “I’ll have a Bud, the King of Beers.”

The president of Coors said, “I’ll have a Coors, the beer with Mile High

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Here is something particularly weird: Strindberg & Helium

Another particularly strange website: Eugenemirman.com.

A friend just sent this comparison to me and though I can’t vouch for it’s total honesty, it seems pretty close to me:

Price of Gas:

You Think A Gallon Of Gas Is Expensive?

Makes one think, and puts things in perspective.

Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 $10.32 per gallon
Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 $ 9.52 per gallon
Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 $10.17 per gallon
Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 $10 .00 per gallon
Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 $33.60 per gallon
Vick’s Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 $178.13 per gallon
Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 $123.20 per gallon
Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 $25.42 per gallon
Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 $84.48 per gallon

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Well this is sad news. It looks like Corel is on its last leg. Good bye to an old friend.

Rating: 5 out of 5

This movie is excellent. This movie is also excruciating. This raw and edgy filmmaking that makes you laugh and wince at the same time. While watching this movie, you have this desire to escape the situation but can’t help but to see what happens next.

This is the story of Roger (Campbell Scott), an advertising writer with an incomparable wit and abundant ego. Roger is that type of guy that we all know (and secretly think we want to be). He can talk his way into (and out of) any situation and into any woman’s bedroom. At least, we men think he can. However, after being dumped by his boss/lover Joyce (Isabella Rossellini) and a visit from his lovelorn nephew Nick (Jesse Eisenberg), Roger’s bachelor lifestyle turns into a nightmare.

Rating: 3 out of 5

I have to admit that I haven’t read any of the amazingly popular novel’s from which this movie came. However, after viewing this film, I am certainly tempted to do so. While this film is certainly designed for the preadolescent market, it has those necessary hooks to keep even the most hardened realist of an adult interested.

Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is a young wizard, who after his parents were killed, was left with his mean and un-magical, aunt, uncle and bratty cousin who force him to live under the stairs. However, on his 11th birthday he is accepted into the Hogwart’s School for young witches and wizards and enters a world of magic and mystery. While at school, he and his classmates Ronald Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) set out on a quest to find the Sorcerer’s Stone (which will bring immortality to those who possess it) and to prevent an evil wizard from acquiring it.