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Television, the Toad, and Demi Moore

June 16th, 2008 at 12:26 am (Movie Info)

I learned on one of the news channels that there were problems ahead created by HD television for television performers with warts, moles, or other skin blemishes. Demi Moore was mentioned. I suppose that meant that if they show a Demi Moore movie with HD television she might show a blemish sending her zillion fans a running.

Demi has spent some time here in Idaho (having investments here and a failed marriage). From what I hear first hand, she is absolutely stunning even under close scrutiny when she dances in that joint up in Sun Valley. Do you really think her fans will care?

The shop owners in Ketchum can hardly wait for her to come into their stores to buy a button (which she collects), or a claw hammer. The men merchants are all in love with her. I don’t think she has any HD problems. One said to me, “She’s my little sweatheart.” He said it like he believed it and that it was true. (That can’t be true. Demi wouldn’t do that to me, would she? I wish she’d stay away from that kid!)

Whoever thinks that Hollywood can’t hide a Demi Moore blemish thinks that Kangaroos thrive in the mountains of Greenland.

A television ad flashes a toad on my old television screen. First, the toad had no color. Then they show me what it would be like if I just had a HD television set. It is gorgeous; just full of color. I ask my wife, “If that toad appears like that on my old television, why do I need HD television?”

“You don’t!” is what she said.

I explained to my wife that it would make a difference if we had a 50-inch television set. I told her they had a nice one on sale down at Costco®.

She said, “Just pull your chair up closer. Same difference!”

How do you argue with such logic?

My dad use to say when television came out, “I’m going to wait until they get it perfected.” We had no television at out house. Sometime after the Korean War he bought one obviously long before it was perfected and long after we kids were gone.

We have three televisions in our home and if you can find anything worthwhile to watch other than The Daily Show staring Jon Stewart, I’ll give you all three of them.

Of course, I’m just kidding.

We must have our televisions to watch Antique Road Show, Outdoor Idaho, Lawrence Welk, Red Green, Are You Being Served, Last of the Summer Wine and anything British, scientific, historic or truly funny.

That pretty well excludes anything made on a Hollywood sound stage after the Vietnam War (which made everything pretty darned unfunny).

For financial reasons I have decided to follow my Dad’s advice and wait for HD television to get perfected. That will be when Michael Dell announces to me that he has brought the price of a 50-inch model down from a zillion dollars to $395.00.

I can wait, Mike!

Copyright©John T. Jones, Ph.D.2005

John T. Jones, Ph.D. (tjbooks@hotmail.com)is a retired R&D engineer and VP of a Fortune 500 company. He is author of detective & western novels, nonfiction (business, scientific, engineering), poetry, etc. Former editor of international trade magazine. Jones is Executive Representative of International Wealth Success.

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Things I’ve Learned by Watching COPS

May 27th, 2008 at 5:08 pm (Movie Info)

Here in Tallahassee, COPS comes on Saturday nights, two shows in a row.

Here are a few things I’ve learned while watching COPS.

Don’t run from the police. It screams guilty of something and they are probably in better shape than you.

Don’t lie to the police. They get lied to everyday and are pretty good at telling who is lying.

You see many pathetic looking situations watching COPS. It’s a glimpse into a nasty side of life. It’s important to remember that none of these people started out with the intention of living in a pathetic situation, breaking the law, and getting arrested on TV. Most ended up there by a continuous series of bad choices and poor decisions.

“It seemed like a good idea at the time” is not just the decision making paradigm for kids and teens. Many, many adults appear to live this way as well.

Some people have a very difficult if not impossible time trying to change their lives. Many people make the same mistakes over and over again.

Some people are just too stubborn to learn. They are hard headed and unteachable.

The first very best way to avoid getting arrested is to not break the law.

The second very best way to avoid getting arrested is to always keep your shirt on. It seems like everyone that gets arrested on COPS is going without their shirt.

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How to Move iPod Data to a New Computer

May 19th, 2008 at 5:25 am (Movie Info, Sounds + Music, Technology Portal)

You will not hear many complaints from iPod users. Even So, one thing frequently mentioned is the inability to move video and audio files from their iPod to a new computing device Though the iPod has no issues moving songs, video clips and photos from a desktop computer to iPod utilising iTunes, the reverse is prohibited. Without iPod to PC Software System, you won’t be allowed to download your iPod files to a different PC. This event frequently comes up when iPod users get a new PC or have to restart the OS on their existing PC. Apple forbids this process because it doesn’t want unauthorised sharing of purchased music from the iTunes marketplace. All The Same, there are multiple reasonable circumstances that iPod owners need the power to transfer from iPod to computer. If a personal computer goes kaput and you need to re-run the OS, you might need iPod to Computer copy software to retrieve your worthful videos and music. Otherwise, the clean installment of iTunes will erase your iPod, potentially costing you $1,000’s of dollars in unrecoverable music. Another common time customers necessitate these types of software is when they buy a new PC and want to move their existing library of iPod data on the new personal computer. Once More, if you don’t have this type of application, you could possibly lose your valuable songs. There are hundreds web providers that offer software applications to carry out this project. A speedy visit to CNET or Tucows will show a lot of choices. You might also just type ‘iPod to PC transfer software’ into the search engine of your choice.

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