Oh my gosh, the Pegasus becomes a kamikaze weapon to destroy the Cylon's battleship. Starbuck kills her Cylon captor and the father of her daughter in front of her daughter. New Caprica is evacuated by Adama. Sharon and Agathon's half cylon, half human baby is recovered by Lucy Lawless and Starbuck finds out her daughter is not really her daughter but someone elses.

Captain Adama: "I guess you didn't understand my orders."
Apollo: "I could never read your hand writing."

SO...I was wrong. I thought that the series was going the wrong direction. My favorite character Starbuck was playing mother in a holding cell, Apollo gained a ton of weight, Adama had a mustache, Gaeta was the pencil pusher for Baltar and the damn Cylons were in charge!
Also, Saul- whom I never really liked, lost his eye and was leading the Earth's resistance in a very irrational non-Adama way. There seemed to be no nobility, no justice, in his actions and all of this added to make the show a downer. It's like reading Elsie?? Weisel's Night. You know you should finish it, but you know you're going to need a couple of xanax afterwards.

I'll be watching episode 5 tonight!

Oh, by the by, what happened to this week's episode of The Office and My Name is Earl?

And I don't buy this whole NBC is the losing network. I think that NBC is pulling in viewers off the Web. They seem to be the first to make this transition and I think it's the right direction. I'll be looking into acquiring some shares of NBC/Disney.

So the TV season this year was starting to look blah, but I'm totally into two series that I had written off as kinda "not intriguing but enough to pass the time." I was wrong.

Heroes had some awful acting quirks that took me out of the show, especially when Simone (played by Tawny Cypress) tells her heroin addicted boyfriend (heroine? wordplay for his choice of vice??? like Hiro and Hero???) "But I love you." It took me out of the show because the delivery was so fake and there was no buildup to establish there was love at all. The words were empty. The only reason I kept with the show was because of Hiro and Claire. Hiro was simply cute-in a non gay way; he kept me happily his anticipating his story. Plus his reparte with his Japanese buddy (sorry I forget his name) added a sense of Peter Parker quirky wit. Claire although she totally deep throats the popular cheerleader image that finds out she's a freak image, she is gorgeous and her acting brings a sense of truth to the entire cliche. I would recommend she change her outfit once in a while (that cheerleader outfit has gotta be vile with all the blood and gore she's lurched on it.)

Nikki's character is a hit and miss. I don't know what to feel about her yet. I'll get back to you.

Mohinder is too Pi for me (the main character of the book, "Life of Pi.") But he has some great lines at times, but he is becoming overly zealous.

So...I've seen all the episodes so far and I really like the time rift story line with Hiro. Claire is developing nicely and the two brothers Peter and Nathan Petrelli are becoming surprising. Nathan seems to know a bit more than he is putting on and I'm starting to buy into the whole "I believe I can fly"ness of Peter's character (HE'S GOTTA GET OFF OF SIMONE THOUGH. GEEZ, she's not doing it for me.)

One last thing...did Claire regenerate her hymen after she was raped by that jock?

I'll write about Battlestar after I get some work done.

I recommend I play the song for the class it is SOOOOOOOO funny. It's like twist sung to these lyrics.

Back to school and back to making lessons for school :( No I mean :) No I really mean :() hehehehe.

Hi Yea Jin! I miss you!

Alright. I have 5 class periods to get through two chapters in the book.

1. Do the dialogue in the book. Show flashcards (pizza parlor, computer games, swimming,) and get one student to invite the other student to accept or reject the invitation.
2. Listen and repeat.
3. Do Look and Speak on page 122.
4. Focus on the sound differences of "Can" and "Can't."
5. The "Can you join us game?" and if time do the Bingo game.

Dan

I highly recommend this book. It's well written and it gives a lot of insight into the Korean language and culture. These are some of my favorite idioms:

화장발/조명발 Cosmetic effect. Lighting effect- the girl( or man) only looks good because of the make-up or because of the lighting.

교편 잡다 - the love stick (the rod used to discipline students)

당근이지- That's the carrot- Of course! Right on!

고무신바꿔 신었다- She changed her rubber shoes- she found a new boyfriend.

필름끊겼다- My film stopped rolling- I passed out after heavy drinking.

Gold is at 592.00 Maybe I should buy at $550?

Don-Jono (the name has been change to protect his identity) is eight years old- a first grader at elementary school and in Korea that's the first grade that children go to school (they don't have public Kindergarten in Korea.) Now Don-Jono goes to a hagwon (an education academy) to study English. Now a eight year old- Korean's age are one year older so in America he is 7 years old is expected to do homework everyday. He has to write a journal once a week, listen to a tape and read a book- and later memorize it in order to recite it for a quiz, and he has a workbook that he must do work in every night.

Now, the thing is, and what is true for most of the students is that the mothers often do the homework for the children. The mothers aren't fluent, but they have an above elementary level of English. Of course, their listening ability is much better than their writing. The teacher at my school often asks me to write the journal entry for Don-Jono because she doesn't have time to do it and because it is difficult for her. This week Don-Jono's teacher told the students to write a scary story for Halloween. IN KOREA THEY DO NOT CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN!!!!! So the concepts of scary stories are probably quite new to them. I took on the task to tell this moron teacher what's what. This is Don-Jono's Scary Story:

Scary Story
by Don-Jono

I go to a new school. Teacher is white like skeleton. He is tall like big like Shrek. Teacher looks hungry. His eyes are big like a monster. He speaks so loud my ears hurt. He yells at me. I don't know what he says. I am scared. I cry.

So...For the last month, I've come into school to work but I think I've worked a total of 8.25 full days. Today's date is October 25th by the way and it looks like tomorrow and the next day I'll have to work a total of 1 hour and 20 minutes. So my total work days for this month will be a total of 10.50. That's my estimate anyway.

Let me explain. The first week our school had Chusak- the Korean Thanksgiving holiday so we had the whole week off. The week back I had to work the whole week but then on the third week the 3rd graders had a picnic on Monday and the 6th Graders had a picnic on Tuesday so those two days I had for "planning" then on that Friday the 3rd graders had a picnic so I had only 3 classes this week.

Now this week, the week of October 23-27, the sixth graders had a Physical Fitness Examination on Tuesday, so I had no classes (all my 6th grade classes are on Tuesday). Tomorrow the 5th and 6th graders have examinations so I have only 1 fourth grade class to teach. On Friday the 3rd and 4th graders have exams so...I have only 1 5th grade class to teach.

Life is good.

If you're going to work at a public school in Korea, the second term (September to December) is always bliss. There is so much vacation that you can spend the time writing the great Americanadi-eurofricasian novel or...spend the time catching up on dramas, tv shows and movies.

AZA AZA AZA AZA AZA

Gold is currently at $580 an ounce. I would really like to buy it at $500.00 and with oil doing what is right now, I might have a chance. I think I'm going to have to settle for about about $520 before I buy a sizable investment.

Lists, Lists, Lists, Lists, I am currently making a list of all the things that I have to do during the day and scratching them off as I accomplish them. Yes, I know how utterly anal that sounds, but it's keeping my life in order and it's bringing a whole new level of productivity to my life. I am finishing about 80% of what is on the list and I'll go in spurts where I'll do 5 or six items in a row like calling a friend, sending an e-mail, checking for classes, etc. These items are small things that take a simple bit of motivation to do.

I highly recommend you write lists. Scratching off what you've accomplished gives one a sense of....accomplishment. That's a good feeling.

By the by, the new Killer's Album, Sam's Town is amazing! Current fave songs are Sam's Town, when you were young, and Read my Mind.

My favorite show from last year is back and expectations are high. The first season was nonstop hilarious and it's hillbilly wit tinged with progressive hippiness was simply irresistible for me. This season doesn't seem to have the charm of the first and is simply delving into toilet humor and sensationalism, but there are still moments where my kidneys feel like they're going to pop from laughter.

Episode 1:
The season starts out with Joy buying an entertainment system that is too big for her trailer. When she tries to return it the store refuses because gum has wiped off the UPC code. In retaliation she steals a supply truck and tries to hock it for the money she spent on the entertainment system only to find out that the truck she stole had a worker locked in the back. The show highlight was when Kenny tries to stop Joy from copying 100 dollar bills and screams, "I took an Oath...Copy responsibly, Copy responsibly."

Episode 2:
Since it's Joy's third strike, Joy is facing time so she has to get bail money. The bail being set at 1 million dollars is more than what Earl can afford so Earl has to procure the money from Chubby Richards (played by an anorexic Burt Reynolds) who will only agree to the offer if Earl can bring back their top stripper- Catalina.
Show highlight was when Catalina and Joy have a who's hot showdown in the prison call booth and Catalina says to Joy, "Your eyes are too big...you look like you're finding Nemo."
Catalina tries to pull off the line, "I will never jump for Joy." it garnered a slight chuckle from me initially, but the joke wore off by the end of the episode.

Episode 3:
Earl decides to tackle #91 on his list,"Made fun of Maggie Lester for having a moustache." When Earl and Randy find her, she has taken up her calling in life and is playing the bearded woman in a carnival. She lives in a small villa that includes a slew of Carnies such as the Giant, the Lobster handed boy, the World's fattest woman, the horned boy, and a midget. All of them have ostracized themselves from society and Earl makes it a mission to get them back in.
The show highlight was when the freaks that were ostracized from society decide to pursue their dreams and take up their calling. The giant becomes a stock trader, the midget a chef, the fattest woman a chiropractor, the horned boy a mechanic, the bearded woman a real estate agent, and the lobster boy a normal teenage boy. Yeah, I'm a sappy guy sometimes- whatever.

Episode 4:
Earl tries to scratch off, "Larceny of a Kitty Cat." Joy wanted win a cat show and she decided to get Earl to "Nancy Kerrigan" the competition. Earl tries to break it's legs with a crab cracker, but chickens out at the last moment. He abandons the kitty at a local cat woman's house. When he returns the cat to it's rightful owner played by Amy Sedaris, Randy falls in love with her. However, Randy is dreadfully allergic to cats.
The show highlight was when Randy has flashbacks of his failed relationships where he tried to be something he wasn't i.e. Jewish, a biker, etc. to get the girl.

Did you know that Amy Sedaris is related to David Sedaris???? The essays are true!!!!

I have to teach only two classes today because my 3rd and 5th graders ar e going on a picnic. This week I've taught a total of 9 classes at my school. Monday and Tuesday I had off because of some school trip and Wednesday I only have 4 classes.

I should plan lessons, but what the hey? I figure I'd rather sit and chat with y'all. So how's work? Are you have a good time? How's the boss? How's the daily grind and mindless repetition?


Alright. Right back at you!


Dan

Google is up $6.75 today to bring their stock to $426.00 Cramer from mad money thinks it'll go up to $560.00. Apple is kicking major ass. It's up $4.46 to bring it's stock to $78.99. It's going to pass it's previous highs and I don't think it's going to sink down again. Steve Jobs is a genius. His changes to the Mac line with the Intel Chip and the subtle changes and reversions(is reversion a word? I mean to reverse to a previous version. It sounds right so I'm going to stick with it.) so...his subtle changes and re-versions to the ipod line have made huge profits for the company.

I wonder if there is a split coming for Google or Apple?

I'm still holding the line with Adobe, Ebay, BMY, GE, MMM,Coke,Starbucks And Goldcorp.

As soon as I have a chance I'm going to sell off RUTH, OVEN, and Hershey's Chocolate. I'm sure I can hold onto it and break even, but at this point it might be better to take a loss and reinvest it in something that's turning a profit.

My next aquistions are going to be in Energy and Gold stocks. I'm also going to put money into the Korean CD market. They have amazing rates 5% for 3months! That's like freaking amazing isn't it! I'm going to put into dollars because I think the dollar will be stronger in the next year. I'd love to get into the Korean stock market. Kim Jong-il made him about $40,000 dollars with his nuclear test. The Korean stock market fell 8.5% percent during the day and ended up at 2.5% lower for the day. While everyone was selling he bought and the stocks have recovered and gained since then. He's seeing about a 40% return.

In the next 2 months I'm going to looking into Korean brokerages.

Dan

I have a 4 year old student and usually I simply play games with him like tag or throw him about the room (NO! not literally.) Last class he really wanted to draw pictures so I drew this picture of Percy. I know, it looks like a 4 year old student drew it, but come on it ain't bad for not having drawn in years.

I don't like Picasa because I tried to use it to upload a picture to my blog and after I took the time to write my little blurb explaining the whole picture and telling a cute little story, it simply vanished up in cyberspace, nowhere to be found. This was 4 hours ago that I tried to upload it so my conclusion is this: Picasa hits the toliet bong filled with elephant dungballs while wearing a stained grey tutu and spouts nonsensical blasphemy about Princess Diana: that she isn't really dead, but simply eternally getting it on with TuPac and Biggy Smalls in the back of a silver Honda CRV.

In short, I wouldn't recommend using Picasa to upload pictures to your blog. Save the pict to your desktop and then attach it using the Dashboard in Blogger.

But sometimes it's so funny^^

Hi Yea Jin! Did you know that you're my favoritist favorite flavor? he he.

I found all these really cool magnets and I'm trying to make a game with them and I need to do it today because they are all scattered over my desk.

See...

I'm trying to sort out all the words into Nouns and Verbs and then add articles in order to first teach sentence structure on the board and then I'll introduce adjectives and adverbs.

The game will be a magnetic sentence race where the students have a series of words on the board and they have to be the first to make a sentence with as many words as possible. First day I'm going to do Present and Past tense.

Here are the words that I have selected and have put in categories. I grouping them as well as possible because I know that some are in the incorrect groups. I plan on changing a lot of the words by taping a piece of paper over it and writing a new word.

Nouns:
Outside/Boy/Grandfather/Girl/Puppy/Snowman/King/Bag/Oranges/bike/doll/candy/grandmother
flower/teacher/baseball/basketball/badminton/table tennis/weather/bird/ soccer/robot

Verbs:
((I have to make 's' magnets to change verb forms i.e want to wants.))
want/watch/stop/meet/do/are/is/Are/know/play/like/see

Adjectives:
brown/green/yellow/pink/hot/nice/cold/hungry/cloudy/sunny/nice/beautiful/pretty/bad/tired/sick/

Misc:
You're/that/This/Where/It's/me/?/he/she/the/I/It/these/the X 3/for/it/What/Where/Who/What

Now I just have to figure out what words I have to make and then split up the words so they can be used in a lesson first and then a game.

Dan

I'm going to start with a quick review of the "How many game" from last week.

No I'm not.

Today the third graders are going on a picnic so I don't have any class. The halls are ghostly quiet and the only sound I can hear is the soft crescendo of a straw broom on the floor. It seems, through it's monotonous one note beat, to be sweeping up all remnants of the third graders.

It's so quiet that I can even hear the breeze outside.

It's so fricken awesome! Oh, and tomorrow the sixth graders are going on a picnic, so no class then either. he he he.

Yea Jin, are you jealous? I'll write all about it in our journal^^

I've been tired all day and I think it's because I've spent the entire week fighting over rested kids - my elementary school students had the previous week off for holiday . You would think they would have had a lot of fun and would have come back focused and ready to be edjumacated...but...all they've done this week is make me yell and make me make them write sentences. I'm exhausted. I'm looking forward to this weekend^^

I just thought of a good game. It's called Telephone Number. (I'm quite aware that the name is lame.)


There is a team of 6 and 1 person from each group comes to meet me to get their number and when I say go, they must go to their team and whisper down the line until the last person gets the number and they have to write the number on the board. The team that gets the fastest and correct wins the round.

Make sure that teams don't yell the numbers out when the last person has to write the number on the board. If they do that team will be disqualified.

First of all, Blogger is giving me problems these days. Uploading pictures is mercurial at best. Bear with me and hopefully Blogger will get its act together soon.

Hi Yea Jin^^

Lesson Plan. Since today is going to rain I'm going to start out with a chant and then get the students to insert their names in the third line. Here are the lyrics.

1.

Rain, rain, go away
Come again some other day
We want to go outside and play
Come again some other day

Optional lyrics:

Change third line to say:
[child's name] and [child's friend's name]
want to play

2. I'm going to do the book- pages 60 and 61 and quickly play the game on page 61.

3. I'm going to do Look and Listen 2 on page 62 and 63 because I won't have enough time this semester to finish the book.

4. I'm going to finish with Tag Game from the book. Here are the instructions.

-Let's play tag.

【materials】classroom objects

【Grouping】Group work

【Expressions】Is this your ?

Yes / No.

1. It's time for a game.

Let's play tag, and you can help find the owner of an item.

2. Let's play.

① Students take turns being "it" and go out of the classroom to wait for a while.

② Choose a student's item and put it on the table.

③ All the students in the classroom call "it" to come into the classroom.

④ "It" tries to find the owner of the item on the table. Students sing a song loudly if "it" comes close to the owner. If not, their voice gets softer and softer.

⑤ When 'it" chooses someone as the owner, students ask him/her together, "Is this your pencil?"

⑥ The chosen student answers, "Yes, it is/ No, it isn't."

 The teacher can be "it" and the game will be very interesting.

 When you play tag, someone runs after the other players to tag(touch) one of them. You call him/her "it".

The picture showed up! Not exactly where! I guess blogger ain't all that bad!

So...how do I feel about Kim Jong-il and his kookie North Korean Comedic Communist Regime?

Yes. They've got the bomb, but they only have "one" and it wouldn't be advantageous to attack anyone. I think the bomb is only purpose is to strengthen Jong-il's weakening regime in his own country. It's a symbolic bomb, not an actual bomb. Propoganda can feed a person, right? I have other thoughts, but I have to get ready for school now.

Dan

Check this out!

It's called vNES and you can play nintendo through your browser. Firefox works the best.

Dan

Although not enthusiastic, they sure make through the motions like an actual class. It was kinda endearing.

Yawn.

So I'm doing strange cultural customs around the world. Here are excerpts from a cool essay I found on the net.

In Australia the light switch is turned down to switch on the light or utility. In the United States the switch is turned up. The latter makes sense. If the switch becomes worn then, when it fails, the power is turned off. In Australia the power would be turned on when a switch fails.

In Indonesia it is considered extremely rude to point with the forefinger. It is especially rude if the pointing is towards a person. When pointing the Indonesian uses his thumb.

It is a common sight in Indonesian to see people with a very long fingernail on one or the other finger of the left hand. The purpose of this is related to the fact that public toilets are extremely rare and often non-existent making it necessary to use whatever facility is available. As a consequence toilet paper is equally rare – thus the long fingernail.

In Thailand it is a grave insult to walk into a person’s house with shoes on. Shoes are discarded at the front door. Not a silly idea really for one leaves all the litter of the streets outside where it belongs.

Also in Thailand it is considered rude to cross your legs in company and to point your toes at another person. The feet, as the lowest part of the body, are given the lowest esteem and pointing a toe is demeaning to the person at whom the foot is pointed.

Equally, the head is the most important part of the body and should never be touched by another. Children in most Western countries are familiar with being patted on the head and consider it a compliment. In Thailand it is an insult of the highest order.

In Thailand and some other Asian countries, when two people meet it is the practice to hold the two hands together in a prayer position. It is called a whai (pro: why) in Thailand and takes the place of the Western handshake. Once again this is a much more hygienic greeting as there is no body contact. How high the hands are raised is an indication of the importance of the person to whom the whai is made. The most common whai between two equals is with the tip of the fingers at nose level. When a person of a lower status meets a person of a higher status the former raises the hands to forehead height and the latter to chest height. A whai is a very convenient way of acknowledging a friend in a crowded room where personal contact is difficult. It seems so much more dignified and sincere to greet with a whai rather than a wave.

I'm going to do lessons 1 and 2 in the book and finish up with Anagram race with the word "Happy Thanksgiving Day. "

6 백합 is next. They better not mess with me because they're just aching for a smack down.

I just found out today that a supervisor is coming to my school to evaluate my school this week and my Thursday 5th Grade class is going to be evaluated. I have to make a lesson plan today.

So brainstorming a bit/ Is Peter There? I have an idea for a telephone paper cup game that might be fun. The book is a bit sparse. I should get them to talk about what they did over Chuseok to start. I should review, "What did you do yesterday?" I could do this with a magnet character like Mozart or something, but the supervisor might think it's just strange. Hmmm...I could use Suzy.

This is what I wrote on the sheet that the supervisor will see.

단원: Lesson
14. Is Peter There?
학습목표: Lesson Objective
To introduce how to communicate on the telephone.
학습활동: Lesson Plan
*Review, "What did you do yesterday?"
*Go over textbook- pg 112, 113.
*Role Play a conversation using cup and string phones.
*Play telephone bingo.
평가: Evaluation
*Students should be able to properly dicate phone numbers and answer a phone. Q & A.

I'll work on this again, but I think that I might add a dialogue that focuses on dictating phone numbers. I have 8 minutes before I'm out of here.

I'm thinking that for my 6th graders, I might do Alphabet Race or an Anagram Race. I'll plan that one out tomorrow.

Dan

The unit is on How many...?

1) Start out the class asking students how many ricecakes they ate over the holiday making sure they answer, "I ate... seong pyeongs..." Then ask "How many times did you eat bibimbap?" and "How many times did you play games?"
2) Distribute the numbered pictured flashcards to 15 students and then ask them to line themselves up in numerical order.
3) Go over the picture flashcards.
4) Turn the pictures over on the black board- showing only the number and then ask them, "How many...butterflies/rabbits/bags/erasers etc." They should answer by saying, "There are..."
5) Go through the computer lesson on the computer.
6) Play the secret number game.

Secret number game.

Teach them, "Is the magic number 5/6/7?; No, the magic number is higher/ lower."

Get one student to write the number secretly and the other students have to try and guess the number. Make sure that the number is between 1 and 15.

Dan

Start by asking about Chuseok. How many Seonpyeong did you eat? How many relatives did you meet. etc.

3rd Grade and I think I'm going to do High or Low and a guessing thing of how many pencils in their pencil boxes.

"How many pencils are in your pencil box?"
"Are there 5 pencils in your pencil box?"
"Are there 3 pencils in your pencil box?"

Other questions I can get them to ask are "How many notebooks are in your bookbag?" How many brothers do you have? How many sisters? etc.

Game:
High/Low I'll get the students to write their number on the board and the students have to guess it by asking,

"Is the number 5?"
No, the number is higher/lower.

I was walking in Olympic Park today...It's out by Monchondaesan???- transfer to the pink line from Jamsil for one stop; the park is gorgeous. And I kept on seeing these odd signs with squirrels on them. I mean there were everywhere hence I thought it was some sort of squirrel festival or something, so I asked my friend, "So is there like a Squirrel festival or something happening?" Of course she answered, "Mwo e go?" which means what? I pointed to one of the signs and she laughed and then told me the signs were telling people in the park to STOP STEALING THE ACORNS! That's what the signs mean.

Apparently Koreans go to the park and steal the acorns from the tiny cute squirrels. And what do they do with the acorn? They make dotori muchim with it. It's kinda like an acorn jelly (it's delicious.) Here's a pict and a link to how it's made.

Someone else told me the squirrels were "good eating" (sorry that was my Tennesee transplant father).

Someone told me that the squirrels aren't even native to Korea and that they are harmful for the biosphere. So...taking their nuts might not be all that bad. (I still think it's funny that people go to the park to compete with squirrels to steal their nuts.)

Oh, another question should be laid out...how many acorns does it take to make dotori muchim???

Dan

Today I'm going to be cooking a picnic for a couple of my Korean friends. So what do you need in order to have a successful picnic?\

Me.

In Delaware I used to do quite a catering business dealing with picnics. Mind you, my most popular lunch was southern style- cold chicken, potato salad, pecan or sweet potato pie, an Amish cauliflour and broccoli salad, and biscuits. Lots of biscuits.

Having been in Korea for a couple of years now, I've grown to like their bento style lunches. Yes, I am aware that bentos are from Japan, but the Koreans seem to have adopted this picnic style and it's very managable and delicious.

This is a very simple lunch- green curry beef with vegetables. There are kimchi and seaweed salad as sides and the silver packet is a Lindt's 99% cacao chocolate. The kim bap is a true inspiration. Well, maybe not an inspiration, but a creative twist on a familiar original. It is a Philly Roll. Yes, it has cream cheese and smoked salmon. But I put lemon zest and green onions in the cream cheese and then I froze it in order to cut it in strips and put in the sushi roll. I would like to call it a sushi roll because my rice was seasoned with vinegar and honey (instead of sugar.). I added capers, cucumbers, and gan nip- sesame leaves. The sesame leaves, capers, and lemon zest really bring out the flavors and make this more than a regular, bland, homogenized Philly Roll.

The secret is to get as much moisture out of all the ingredients as possible- when making sushi, paper towels are your best friend.

Oh, the wine. The 2002 bordeaux is awesome. It's rich and soft like a bunny rubbing a coffee lollipop on your throat. It's well balanced with nice rich tannins and grapes that are bipolar- they start out strong but finish golden. It's fricken alchemy.

Gosh...I'm drunk on Soju and I think I met the girl of my dreams tonight. We'll see what happens tomorrow.

Dan

Beautiful but the controls lack control

***/*****
3 out of 5

First of all, the game is gorgeous. It's an excellent redux of the classic game. The blocks are vivid game! VIVID! The problem is that the controls are too sensitive and the slightest touch will cause the block to do EXACTLY what you don't want it to do. The soft drop lulls the game into a nap and it's simply not intuitive. They need to take this game back to the drawing board.

*****/*****
5 out of 5

I bought Tetris, Mini Golf and Zuma and Zuma is my favorite out of all of them. It makes time fly by. It's challenging and intelligent; it makes me feel like a kid again. Buy this game and forget about the rest! The iPod wheel is perfect for this game!

**/*****
2 out of 5

I wish they did a golf game like Mario Golf for the Gameboy. That was kick ass. This is simply not creative and the controls and gameplay are unrealistic. Often if you simply hit the ball hard it'll ricochet off a ton of stuff and you'll magically sink a hole in one. A WASTE OF MONEY! Get Zuma- now that's a kickass game for the ipod^^ Oh and you wankers complaining about not being able to play it on a Nano, DUH! Read the instructions and stop buying on impulse!

Apple or EA should be able to make a real golf game for the ipod. It's easy enough and the controls could be intuitive. They need to take this one back to the drawing board OR make a game specifically for the iPod instead of taking a made product and tweaking it for a different format.

I'm thinking of buying shares in GE. GE owns NBC and at this point, NBC is the lowest ranked of the 4 networks- I always thought it was CBS. Anyway, GE has holdings all over the place and although it's a tech and industrial company.

I'm reading the "The Coming Economic Collapse" by Stephen Leeb. It's insightful. It suggests how to safeguard your money with the coming? energy crisis. These are what Leeb suggests and doesn't suggest as sound investments

*Don't invest in Cash. Inflation causes the money under you mattress to lose value over time.
*Don't invest in Bonds. Bonds don't rise with the rate of inflation.
*TIPS- Treasury Inflation Protection Securities are the only bonds worth owning because the bonds go up with the rate of inflation.
*Don't invest in STOCKS! I don't know about this one.

Investment Jetpot 1
*Gold
*Oil stocks i.e. Oil service companies. He recommends buying SLB.
*Real Estate
*Chindia or China and India.

I'll write more later. I've gotta appointment now.