August 27, 2004 in Web/Tech Have you gotten rid of (or are you thinking of getting rid of) your home phone line in favor of a simpler cell phone-only solution? If so, check out the Cell Socket for the best of both worlds. I installed my unit at home in under five minutes and it works like a dream. Less radiation for everyone...YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Would you use this at your home?
August 26, 2004 in Books Ok TechTV fans, remember the show Cybercrime? Of course you do. It was a great show hosted by my buddy Alex Wellen (and Jennifer London, who I've never actually met but I'm sure she'd be my buddy too).
After Cybercrime ended, besides marrying the lovely and talented Kris Kosach, Alex went on to write a very funny autobiography of his law school years called BARMAN. I highly recommend it, and not just to those of you who have ever passed or considered trying to pass the bar exam. It made me laugh out loud a few times, and I honestly can't say that about many books.
BARMAN is now also available in paperback, so you have no reason not to support him!
August 25, 2004 in Film 
There are many reasons why I didn't enjoy "Exorcist: The Beginning". The most obvious reason is that it was a horrible, horrible movie. I don't even feel it deserves a proper review. Think "The Mummy" meets Satan, except that the plot unravels at an absurd pace and the acting is laughable at best.
Anyone who saw the original Exorcist knows how a scary movie is done right, right? Man, I remember the first time I saw it. I was at a slumber party in 6th grade, and was so traumatized and freaked out that I called my parents sobbing in the middle of the night to come get me.
The original Exorcist had none of the gratuitous violence, campy one-liners, oh-so-obvious bathroom shower shots, and obligatory "the bad guy's dead but not really because when you sigh and walk away his eyes will open and he'll grab your ankle and we'll have to sit through more of this crap" scenes that we scary movie audiences, for inexplicable reasons, have come to expect. That's what I call lazy horror, and this new "prequel" to the 1973 classic was nothing but. I hate to be so critical of a series I've always enjoyed, but there you go.
Hmm what else, oh yes... I enjoyed the experience even less because of the mind-blowingly inconsiderate audience members I had to share oxygen with, the type that seem to flock horror movie seats in larger droves than any other film genre. I thought the same thing when I went to see "Scream" back in 1996, except at least then it was an issue of people yelling out stupid comments to the screen as if they weren't ruining the magic for everyone else. Last night, a girl in the row behind us was having a conversation on her cell phone for the first five minutes of the movie (I still thought I could be in for a good flick at that point, so the distraction factor just didn't seem fair). She wasn't even whispering. So I shushed her. I gave her the bewildered "what are you thinking?" stare. I even asked her to please, please be quiet in a very calm big girl voice. She ignored me and eventually walked out of the theater when the conversation was over, never to return. Unbelievable. Who are these people, and are they actually aliens?
Thankfully, I always enjoy a warm bag of popcorn regardless of my surroundings, and the credits eventually rolled. Hooray!
August 17, 2004 in Web/Tech UPDATE!! The SarahCam and SetCam now only refresh the image every 15 seconds, rather than the whole darn page. Thanks for the input!
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For those of you patiently waiting to rejoin me in SarahLand, the wait is over! Here's to many more caps of my most glamorous moments...
And another link to follow the progress of our new set (for our September 7th premiere) :
See you on the other side...
August 12, 2004 in Web/Tech Looking for a website overhaul and need a little color inspiration? If so, ColorMatch Remix will help you pick your outfit. Give it a second to load, then have a ball coordinating your elements.
Thanks to Mike in Michigan for this gem!
Oh, and here's a nice theme I picked out for those of you man enough to wear pink....
