NPR tells me that the next “it” thing for movies will be making movies based on board games. I know… Who wants to see Monopoly on the bigscreen? However, as NPR reminded me, I will remind you: Remember Clue?
You think the internet is always going to be there for your news perusal, that you will be able to access it when you want and get what you want. But one person was able to cause internet sites to nearly overload and caused outages on some popular news sites. That person is, of course, Michael Jackson.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/26/michael.jackson.internet/index.html
And for things I did not know…Did you know Parley P. Pratt was murdered in Arkansas in a story full of drama? I am still a little fuzzy on how I missed this fact all my life. My dad didn’t quite know all the dramatic details either, so I feel okay.
Did you know Sir Isaac Newton at one time was also warden of the Royal Mint, and thus in charge of catching counterfeiters? Admittedly, I barely understand the science and physics behind why he is famous, but I do like to know randomness about people's lives!
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"No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever."
-Francois Mauriac
"We must not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time."
-T.S. Eliot
"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important."
-Bertrand Russell
"The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them."
- Albert Einstein
"Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair."
-George Burns
"Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost."
-Martina Navratilova
"I feel like 'Cactus Gavvy' Cravath. Do you know who that is? Right. Nobody does. He's the guy who had the home run record before Babe Ruth came along."
-Tom Walsh, of Washington D.C. (He held the record for "Jeopardy" winnings until Ken Jennings of SLC broke it.)
-Francois Mauriac
"We must not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time."
-T.S. Eliot
"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important."
-Bertrand Russell
"The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them."
- Albert Einstein
"Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair."
-George Burns
"Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost."
-Martina Navratilova
"I feel like 'Cactus Gavvy' Cravath. Do you know who that is? Right. Nobody does. He's the guy who had the home run record before Babe Ruth came along."
-Tom Walsh, of Washington D.C. (He held the record for "Jeopardy" winnings until Ken Jennings of SLC broke it.)
2 comments:
I remember Monopoly taking the whole afternoon to play. I hate that game. I wonder what the movie would be about, a bunch of rich guys who make up 5% of the population but control 95% of the wealth? Or who force the little man to go under? Or who own a million buildings and hotels and brag about it on a reality show? OH...WAIT!!!
Sounds like you've been listening to a lot of NPR.
I LOVE Clue. I think it's my favorite movie. Very quotable.
Also, not exactly a board game, but I liked this video: Minesweeper - The Movie.
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