Movie meme! October 31, 2006
Posted by Jason in Memes.4 comments
A friend of mine posted this movie meme on their blog. My response:
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SUPPOSEDLY if you’ve seen over 85 movies, you have no life. Mark the ones you’ve seen. There are 240 movies on this list. Put your score in header and re-post.
Here are mine:
() Rocky Horror Picture Show
() Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
() Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
() Airplane
Total: 4
() The Princess Bride
() AnchorMan
() Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
() Saw
() Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
() Anger Management
() 50 First Dates
() The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total: 1
() Scream
() Scream 2
() Scream 3
() Scary Movie
() Scary Movie 2
() Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
() American Pie
() American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
Total: 0
(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(x) Resident Evil 1
(x) Resident Evil 2
() The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
( ) The Village
(x) Lilo and Stitch
Total: 7
() Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
( ) Texas CHainsaw Massacre (new one)
( ) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
() 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
(x) Robots
Total: 4
() Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
() Along Came Polly
(x ) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
( ) Never Been Kissed
() Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG
Total: 4
() A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumb & Dumberer
() Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
( ) Flubber
Total: 1
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
() Chicago
(x) Ghost Ship
() From Hell
(x) Hellboy
( ) The Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
() The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
Total: 2
(x) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
() Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
() Sixteen Candles
() Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
() The Grudge
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total: 2
(x) Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Slevin
(x) Ocean’s Eleven
(x) Ocean’s Twelve
( ) Identity
( ) Lone Star
() Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
() Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
Total: 5
(x) Independence Day
( ) Kujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(x) ET
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
() Maid in Manhattan
( ) Frailty
() War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
Total: 4
( ) Best Bet
() How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
() She’s All That
( ) Calendar Girls
() Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
() Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
() Forrest Gump
() Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3
Total: 5
(x) X-Men
(x) X2
(x) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
() Catch Me If You Can
(x) the Little Mermaid
() Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
() Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
() The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total: 9
() Swimfan
() Miracle on 34th street
() Old School
( ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
() Krippendorf’s Tribe
() A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
() The 40 Year old Virgin
Total: 0
(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x)Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x)Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x)Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total: 6
() Baseketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
() Elf
(x) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
() American History X
() Three Amigos
Total: 1
(x) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
( ) Monster
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
() Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
Total: 3
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(x ) Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicals Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
() 28 days later
() Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(x) Underworld
Total: 4
(x) Kill Bill vol 1
() Kill Bill vol 2
(x) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
() Army of Darkness
Total: 2
(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x ) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total: 6
(x) the Matrix
(x) the Matrix Reloaded
(x) the Matrix Revolutions
(x) Animatrix
() Evil Dead
() Evil Dead 2
() Team America World Police
( ) Red Dragon
() Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal
Total: 4
If my math is right, I’ve seen 74 of the movies in the list. Apparently I still have a life!
A call for campaign links October 31, 2006
Posted by Jason in 2006 Elections.add a comment
You may have noticed that I have two special posts regarding the 2006 election on the sidebar. The 2006 Michigan Election Candidates post lists all the candidates that will be on the ballot in certain districts of Berrien and Newaygo Counties. I also link to their campaign websites. Unfortunately I’m still missing links to quite a few candidates. The candidate list below includes everyone for whom I don’t have a linked website. If you know their website please say so in the comments.
I also have a post that lists the proposals that will be appearing on the ballot this year. In that post I provide links to the main organizations that either support or oppose the proposal. I’m missing organizations for: Oppose proposal #1 and support/oppose Proposal #4. Please comment if you know of any groups that have been organized specifically in response to these proposals.
Missing Candidates
United States House of Representatives (Newaygo County, 2nd District)
- Steven Van Til (Lib)
Michigan State Senate (Berrien County, 21st District)
- Ron Jelinek (R, inc.)
- Valerie Janowski (D)
Michigan State House (Newaygo County, 100th District)
- Bill Richards (D)
Michigan State Board of Education
- Reginald Turner (D, inc.)
- Gail Graeser (Const)
- Debra Hayden (Nat)
University of Michigan Board of Regents
- Karen Adams (Const)
- James Hudler (Lib)
- Valerie Hilden (Nat)
Michigan State University Board of Trustees
- Dee Cook (R, inc.)
- Dave Porteous (R, inc.)
- Faylene Owen (D)
- George Perles (D)
- David Raaflaub (Lib)
- Katherine Dern (Nat)
Wayne State University Board of Governors
- Eugene Driker (D, inc.)
- Andrew McLemore, Jr. (R)
- Margaret Guttshall (Gre)
- Philip Johnson (Tax)
- Robert Van Bemmelen (Tax)
- Thomas Jones (Lib)
- Bob Schubring (Lib)
- Tara Stegner (Nat)
Carnival of the Godless October 29, 2006
Posted by Jason in Atheism, Religion.add a comment
Carnival of the Godless #52 is up at Skeptic Rant.
Religion, atheism, and college professors October 29, 2006
Posted by Jason in Atheism, Religion.add a comment
Razib linked to an exploratory study (.pdf) on religion and atheism among college professors earlier today. Here are some of the statistics from the paper that I found interesting (Razib has more):
- 10% of respondents chose the statement “I don’t believe in God.”
- 13.4% chose the statement “I don’t know whether there is a God, and I don’t believe there is any way to find out.”
- Belief in God is negatively correlated as you move up the elite college chain (community colleges->BA granting institutions->non-elite doctoral granting institutions->elite doctoral granting institutions)
- “Psychology and biology have the largest proportion of atheists and agnostics, at about 61 percent.” Mechanical engineering is #2 at 50 percent.
- 6.1% of respondents said that the Bible is the “actual word of God.” The negative correlation mentioned earlier also holds here.
- 75.1% of respondents said that religion does not belong in public schools (negative correlation again).
- 84.1% of respondents disagreed with the statement “The theory of intelligent design IS a serious scientific alternative to the Darwinian theory of evolution.” The negative correlation made yet another appearance here.
- 90.1% of Republican professors say they believe in God while only 42.6% of non-Republicans are believers.
Interesting study.
Friday Random Ten October 27, 2006
Posted by Jason in Memes, Music.3 comments
I think I’ve forgotten to do this the last week or two so I’d better get it done before I forget.
- Son Volt – Route
- Rush – Vapor Trail
- Train – Something More
- Homeworld OST – Garden View
- BBC Big Band Orchestra – American Patrol
- Son Volt – Mystifies Me
- Gin Blossoms – Memphis Time
- Led Zeppelin – Since I’ve Been Loving You
- Goo Goo Dolls – Hate this Place
- Brian Setzer Orchestra – Switchblade 327
Hoekstra: Iraqis need Jesus! October 26, 2006
Posted by Jason in 2006 Elections, Politics.add a comment
The Oceana’s Herald-Journal has a summary of a debate in its October 26th edition between Republican incumbent Peter Hoekstra and Democratic challenger Kimon Kotos. I was reading through it and this paragraph jumped out at me:
While discussing a book he had recently read, “Light Force.” by Brother Andrew and Al Jansen, Hoekstra said its message is that there is a need to keep Christianity in the Middle East, and that the road to peace there may be through the word of God and Jesus.
Just what Iraq needs, more religion! Granted, I’m not sure if he actually endorsed the book’s message or not.
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to find a transcript of the debate. If anyone knows where to find one I’d be interested in seeing what exactly was said during this part of the debate.
Skeptics’ Circle October 26, 2006
Posted by Jason in Pseudoscience, Religion, Science.add a comment
Another carnival for you: Skeptics’ Circle #46.
Carnival of the Liberals October 25, 2006
Posted by Jason in Politics.add a comment
Carnival of the Liberals #24 is up at Perspectives of a Nomad. Don’t worry if you get an error, all of BlogSpot.com appears to be having problems at the moment.
Last week of The Haunting October 23, 2006
Posted by Jason in Life.9 comments
If you haven’t been to The Haunting of Fremont this week is your last chance. The Haunting will be open this week on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from around 7:00pm to 11:00pm. See my previous post for more details and location.
Last week I worked in the mine scaring people with a spider and screaming at them through a wall on Saturday. My throat is still a little sore from that! Just remember that if you do visit, once you get past the cemetery and enter the first building, turn right not left into the wall! Don’t worry, that “Keep Out” sign doesn’t really mean you should keep out.
WZZM-13 releases voter’s guide October 19, 2006
Posted by Jason in 2006 Elections, Politics.add a comment
WZZM has released a voter’s guide for Michigan. You can construct a ballot for your area and then compare the candidates responses to various questions side-by-side.
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