Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Should Super Bowl Sunday be a National Holiday?



Believe it or not, there is some action to make Super Bowl Sunday.....and the Monday following should be considered a National Holiday!

Their rational, and it does have some merit, is it's truly the one shared day between Americans across the board. SuperBowlMonday.com is trying to raise signatures to make this a law.

They have 10 Holiday Names in mind. My favorite is "National Recovery Day."

They have a number of great facts on the big game itself. 17% of all Americans (over 20 million) hold or attend a Super Bowl Party. 50 million women will watch the game. It's the slowest weekend for weddings. Sales for antacids increase by 20%, and so on.

Check it out, and enjoy the big day......which may or may not become a national holiday.


J

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Help me, Help a Friend, get his big break!



Hollywood is a place where you need in the right place at the right time.....and get your chance at a big break. If you will forgive me, I'm asking you to assist me to do it for a friend of mine.

Director Rich Cranor has been making independent films in the Seattle area for the last 5 years. With advances in Cameras, and home editing systems, instead of shaking cameras and bad editing usual involved with independent films.....his look and sound good.

His latest creation, Katana is being featured here.... Katana @ Strike TV It's a quick pilot to generate interest in the project. Another friend of mine, Yuji Okumoto....yes, the bad guy from Karate Kid 2 stars as the bad guy. (Since I'm promoting friends....Yuji has a great Hawaiian Cuisine Restaurant in Seattle, Kona Kitchen that you should check out.

If the clip gets enough interest, they may decide to give them a green light for production.

Thank you for checking it out....and maybe you could help my friend get his big break.

Jason

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Happy New Year....and I'm late to another great thing



Ahhhhh.....Netflix.

I've always thought Netflix was most likely a good thing. But I never jumped in to the goodness.

But....lo and behold, Netflix has begun streaming content to my beloved Xbox360. So of course, I signed up. (I'm not being paid for this by the way) For 8.99 a month....I get one DVD mailed to me at a time, and unlimited movies with streaming. AWESOME.

Now of course, their entire DVD lineup isn't available on streaming, but enough is. Of all things, I watched reruns of Kate and Allie. If you don't know, it was a show from the 80's about two women sharing a home with their kids after they divorced. It was a sharp show for a while. Oddly enough, I was the same age as the daughters in the show, and thought they were cute. Now watching it, I think Kate is cute. (Jane Curtain is not my cup of tea.)

Also, the speed in which they mail out the DVD's is pretty quick. Im now going to watch the entire run of Family Ties....(Dated, but still awesome), and finally watch Battlestar Galactica.

Streaming is the future folks. Still the reason I have resisted Blu-Ray, because I think all will be available soon streaming, and the day of owning physical movies will be over. (But the new Serenity Blu-Ray is drawing me closer to getting one!)

Happy New Year all.


Jason