Some people jump on the bandwagon to raise awareness or money for a health issue charity only when someone in their life comes down with that illness or issue. Other people join a cause just because they recognize that it is a good cause and that they need some help. I support a lot of charities that deal with health issues that don’t directly affect me or anyone that I love. But I do it because they seem to be important to me in the work they do and the people they help. It doesn’t have to be helping me or mine to deserve my attention and support.
Lips Synched to Sound
Posted: 24th April 2012 by Owen in Computers and Internet, TV and MoviesTags: cable, channel, sound, TV
Last night I was watching a cable TV show and I noticed that the sounds coming from each person on the show was not synched to their lips moving if they were really saying those words. It was really bizarre, to see lips moving 4-5 words behind what i was hearing. I actually thought it would be the opposite effect – if you have a broadcast delay of a live radio show, you hear the sound 5 seconds later.
I thought it might be just the channel I was watching, so I used the remote control to change the channel up one spot and that seemed to fix it. When I flipped back down to the channel I was watching in the first place, the lips were matching the words, like they should be.
Wonder what caused that to happen and why it was fixed when I changed the channel? Was that a coincidence of timing or is there something going on with the speakers and video of my own TV? Was it the cable box or the broadcast network having technical difficulties?
New Chips Flavor that Rocks!
Posted: 20th April 2012 by Owen in Food and Dining, Life, TV and MoviesTags: dinner, movie
My girlfriend Rachel bought some things at the grocery store and came over to my place to cook dinner. She made a great Italian feast that didn’t take long and then we sat down to watch a movie I rented from Redbox. We both like mystery and thriller kinds of movies. Spy movies, detective stories, and things like that, so I rented Tinker Tailor, Soldier Spy.
While we were watching the movie she broke open a bag of potato chips and some cold green tea. I had never tried either one, so it was a nice surprise to find out that cold green tea tastes pretty good. and the chips she bought were a new flavor I never would have bought from the shelf. To be honest, the flavor does not even sound good to me. I would probably stick with the plain chips or MAYBE the sour cream and onion type of flavored chips. But Rachel bough the Lays chips with sea salt and cracked pepper. OMG! Those chips are awesome!
The movie was OK but not near as good as we were expecting. It was hard to follow and I think there was a lot of over acting instead of good dialogue. It was like a book instead of a movie, and I hope the book was better than the movie, because I heard it was the first in a series of three and based on this movie version of it I would never buy the second one.
Today is Not the Day
Posted: 15th April 2012 by Owen in Finances, Life, LocalTags: deadline, post office
Since April 15 falls on a Sunday this year, everyone gets two extra days to file their taxes. That’s a nice extra day gift for all those last minute filers.
I tend to think that people who know they are getting a refund typically file as soon as they get their W-2′s in the mail. Its us schmucks who owe Uncle Sam that wait until the last possible minute to file.
Guess I’ll be at the post office Tuesday night right around 11:00 pm – or midnight if the traffic is as bad as it was last year.
Candy Overload
Posted: 9th April 2012 by Owen in Family, Food and Dining, HolidaysTags: candy, chocolate, country, dinner
Yesterday was a real nice Easter. We went to my sister’s house and joined up with about half of the family who could make there for dinner. My sister is a wonderful cook and has a huge house out in the country, so it was natural to gather out there for the holiday dinner.
The kids all had huge Easter baskets this year. I have not seen so much candy in one place since Halloween! But I don’t really know why so much of the Easter candy has to be chocolate based. If its not chocolate then its those awful marshmallow peeps. I can only eat one or two of those and them I start feeling sick from all the sugar.
