A nice selection of quotes from Seth Godin’s blog. I particularly like:
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
As they say, everyone is a critic…
Well this is just flat out amusing. I plan to register a new religion in Sweden dedicated to beer drinking. I’m taking suggestions for the name.
Hopticsim? (believers in hops)
Bocktolagerical (fans of bocks and lagers)
Or the strange Jamaican/German hybrid:
Weissetefarians
Yeah, I’m going with that one…
I think I need to read this book…
Anyone remember the Power Balance bracelet that supposedly improved athletic ability? Lots of athletes swore by it.
Well they just paid out $57 million for making false claims…
Having a 9 year old, I watch more than my share of Disney stuff. Having just seen the Muppets Movie, I realized that this is the third Disney movie in a row that I’ve seen with the “protagonist loses but really wins” formula.
For the record:
Camp Rock 2: Movie ends with a performance contest between the two rival camps. Camp Rock loses the (rigged) competition, but back at their camp, dejected, they see tons of kids come over from the rival camp because they now prefer Camp Rock and the phones ring off the hook with people wanting to come to Camp Rock.
Lemonade Mouth: Movie ends with a performance contest, but the drummer breaks his fingers, bass player has the flu and lead singer laryngitis. While performing (horribly) the crowd and lead guitarist from rival band joins in to help them.
Muppets: To save their studio they need to raise $10 million. They have a telethon show, but fall short so bad guy gets the studio. But as they walk out of the theatre they are mobbed by adoring fans who of course break into song.
It’s effective, so I get why they use it. You have the drama of building up to a competition. Then you get the audience a bit sad because they didn’t win, when in movies like this the good guys always win. But then they really do win in the big picture sense so everyone leaves happy.
But c’mon, three times in a row?
Quick Sunday night movie review. A bit hit. Danielle (9) has commanded me to buy it on DVD and Tori (5) loved it as well (is watching Muppets on YouTube as we speak).
Mahna mahna…
I guess Kim Kardashian won’t be moving to Brooklyn now…
I make no judgments, I simply report the news.
We watch plenty of Disney Channel at our house and tonight there were several commercials where you just saw the Muppets doing an updated version of the old Muppet Show theme song. With no reference to what it is advertising.
My daughters know Sesame Street but not the Muppet Show. So I had to point out that it was a great show back in the day, and explain Kermit, Miss Piggy, Animal, the Swedish Chef, and all the great characters.
Which of course leads me to Google to see why that commercial was there. Apparently there will be a new Muppets movie around Thanksgiving.
But going to Google leads you to YouTube. So I have to show my girls old music clips from the old show. Tori loves it. And finally I get to the ultimate Muppets classic:
Tori doesn’t even know the original song but it doesn’t matter. She is captivated.
Let’s face it, the Muppets rock…
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