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Somewhere in my basement I still have the original Watchmen comic books from way back when (1987) and consequently was thrilled to hear that a movie was made then disappointed when it got slammed by the main stream media.

When I finally went to see it I found a movie that was a a faithfull adaptation of the original comic book. It was dark, gritty, the casting and acting were excellent and the special FX were stunning.

And yet I couldn’t wait for the long (162 minutes = almost three hours) movie to end. Maybe it was that I already knew the ending which is equally dark or maybe I’m just too used to the instant gratification of the recent spate of Hollywood movies whereas Watchmen stuck to the pace of the original story which slowly and inexorably led us to its inevitable conclusion.

Again, all the technical elements of a great movie were there but for some reason it just didn’t come together for me but nevertheless is certainly didn’t suck. A worthy adaptation of a comic book classic.

I recently attended a photography workshop by Darwin Wiggett and although I’ve been shooting pictures for a while it still turns out that I knew nothing (now I only know next to nothing) about photography.

If you want to gain an insight into how to take better pictures I highly recommend Darwins seminars, check out his web site for seminar dates.

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Not sure why it took me so long to write about this but the Dandy Warhols show in Calgary last May of 07 (2007-05-29) was the best dang concert I’be been to in a long long while.

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I actually wondered if people want to see this or if it’s pretentious of me.

I asked my mommy and my auntie and they said they would like to see it; so back by popular demand here is the Zardecki wish list.

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At last! I got my beautiful DVD box with Flight Simulator Deluxe! This is a small story about this wonderful game (which has only one disadvantage it’s too damn slow, even on my super PC). Read the rest of this entry »

They say that as one gets older it becomes harder to learn new tricks and try new things. Accordingly I count myself lucky to be able to try new things even at my advanced age of 40 (and we’re not talking dog years here). Read the rest of this entry »

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Well the book said that the ascension for this hike was only about 300m but I think the book was written by dirty filthy liars. Read the rest of this entry »

The wife said “if you make it happen we’ll go”; well I made it happen… Read the rest of this entry »

More developer humor, you decide… Read the rest of this entry »