Johnny Depp and Tim Burton are back with Sweeney Todd. The most dangerous barber of them all. I didn't embed the preview, because the dumby who created made it autoStart and that's really annoying.

http://www.sweeneytoddmovie.com/

A man in Phoenix calls his son in New York the day before Christmas and says, " I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough. "Pop, what are you talking about?" the son screams. We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the father says. "We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Chicago and tell her." Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heck they're getting divorced," She shouts,"I'll take care of this," She calls Phoenix immediately, and screams at her father, "You are NOT getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?" and hangs up. The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay," he says, "they're coming for Christmas and paying their own way."

Thanks Jacquie!

OK, not Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie. I'm talking about what you think of other than sex. Do you think about your work? Do you think about how you are gonna fake your way thru the next day at work. Do you think about how Peter hasn't got the TPS reports finished? This has been a topic of much discussion in my life. It's my belief that the majority of workers think about how they are gonna fake it thru the next work day, rather than why Peter hasn't done his job. It's my belief that most office workers are constantly in fear of getting fire mostly because they haven't done a good job. These workers spend the day trying to justify why they are failing, rather than trying to succeed. The big catch-22. What do you think?

Of course, you can't poll this type of information, because nobody wants to admit to themselves, never mind others, that they are spending most of their work day holding onto their job, rather than doing a good job.

Watching Meet Joe Black today. I generally hate movies that run longer than 90 minutes. This one is 3+ hours. Oddly, it's my favorite movie. The movie is really... really... really slow. Intentionally. There are pauses of 10-15 seconds where the camera simply captures great expressions.

http://www.meetjoeblack.com/
http://www.rumorstore.com/shopping.aspx/B00005JCAA

Associated Press is reporting that the students killed in the North Carolina fire were drinking and maybe even drunk. Imagine that! College students drinking. This is news worth reporting. In my wildest dream, I never imaged that these students may have been drinking alcohol at that party house on the ocean front.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/17/beach.house.fire.ap/

This is a definite case of over-reporting horrific news. Somebody at AP should get a reprimand.

Time has named the iPhone Invention of the Year. Just one problem, Apple didn't invent anything new with the iPhone. I had a touch screen handheld about 10 years ago. My phone can play music, videos, take pictures, surf the Internet. Just what did Apple invent? It's the unique way they stuck letter I in front of Phone, put their Apple brand name on it and charged twice the price for something that was already available. It's like the iPod all over again. Nobody wants a phone that takes pictures and surfs the Internet. Rather, they want an iPhone. Send this award to Apple's marketing department, not R&D.

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1678581,00.html