Gangster Squad

Gangster Squad is about one cop deciding he had enough with all the crime in Los Angeles and takes on Mickey Cohen the man responsible for the wave of crime. I was surprise how much I like the movie Gangster Squad. Ryan Gosling is not one of my favorite actors.  I did like him in Murder by Numbers and The Notebook and those are the only two movies that I like with him in it until now. I though he did an excellent job playing the playboy cop that falls in love with the gangster girlfriend. I like all the characters, including James Brolin, who played the main hero determine to stop the villain, but my favorite character is the villain played by Sean Penn. He did a topnotch performance as the bad-guy Mickey Cohen.  I love to hate Penn's character and watching him commit one heinous act after another was both riverting and terrifying.  Giovanni Ribisi did a fine job with his character. I like the smart family man cop role he played, and I was surprise that he was killed. I knew one of the good cop characters had to die that the way all these movies play out, but I like Ribisi's character, and I hate to seem him kill.  It didn't surprise me that Robert Patrick's character was killed. If I was to compare this movie to another film, I would have to say it reminded me of L.A Confidential, but I think L.A Confidential was better. I can see the similarity between Josh Brolin's character, and the one Russell Crowe played. The only weak link was played by Emma Stone. She just didn't seem right for the role like Kim Basinger was in L.A. Confidential. I love the actions scenes throughout this movie and there was even a little comedy. One the best was when the good cops decided that they would rob Mickey Cohen's place when they got there, they found the place full of cops protecting the joint. I give this movie a B for rating.

Expensive Fruit

Watermelon is eight bucks in my hometown. Last year, it was only six dollars that's a two dollar prices jump. The price of eggs has jumped up high, also. What's happening? I often think about raising my own chickens and growing my open fruit, but I don't think the town would allow me to raise chickens. Plus we have too many hungry dogs running around. The last time I saw a rooster clucking  I was going into a store, and I kid you not, but by the time I left the store a dog trotted past me with the rooster in his mouth. Food prices are just too high.  Even when gas goes down, food price still rises. Food is a big item in my home. Of course, we needed food to live, but I'm starting to worry about how high the price to eat is getting. I have to admit I have more incentive to lose weight. Sometimes I think that if people boycott certain items, the price would drop.

72 Years Young

My mother birthday is today, and she is 72.  I admire my mother.  She has gone through a lot with acid reflux,  high blood pressure,  diabetes, knee surgery,  foot surgery and now Alzheimer. She still keep on fighting, and sometimes she gets angry when she can't remember. I want her to have the best, and that includes having a good long life.  Only God can give her that.  I just try to make her life as comfortable  as I can. My mother does try to stay active.  She goes to church, cook, sew and sing.  I love to hear her sing gospel songs. She sit on the porch and sing along with whatever gospel song is playing on her Kindle player. I'll pray that I have her courage.


                             HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOTHER

Learning to Stop the Madness

I fell off the wagon. FYI I ate a MacDonald meal, and yes I did feel terrible afterwards, but then I chided myself. I know I can live a normal life without beating myself up about my weight, but I really think I need some support so I'm leaning on joining Weight Watchers. I'm just not sure. I'm going to pray about it. I have to find out why I eat the wrong things and so much of it. I know I'm an  emotional eater, but I also eat when I'm bored. Sometimes I eat when I'm happy. I'm at the age when I'm starting to worry more about my health. Half my family had or has diabetes by time they were my age. I have seen the side effect that diabetes bring to the table, including the damage it has done in my own mother. I want give up. I can't this time, so I will make a contract with myself to eat right, exercise and get a good night sleep. l don't won't to let food control me.

My Little Helper

I just love technology especially things that help me. One gem I bought for myself is the V-bot robotic vacuum cleaner. Let me tell you this little machine is a Godsend. I can't afford
the expensive ones, so I took a chance and bought this one. I will try to include a small video of this little wonder. Sometimes I just watch it do it job. My mother swears it follows her around. This thing actually cleans the entire house. My only problem is that it want clean thick carpet. I'm having trouble uploading my video that I made of this robotic vacuum in action so I took a clip from Youtube.

Hunger Games Flop

I love the movie Hunger Games, but I didn't care for the second movie. With all the great reviews I came in expecting to like this flick, but I just didn't. First, the main character just seem flat.. Her character had so much spark in the first movie. From when she shot that arrow in the air to risking her life for Peete, I saw a girl doing her own thinking. The second movie someone else was the hero, the smart person. I don't want to say she was having her butt save all the time in the second movie , but yeah it just seem like it. Also there was no real surprise in this movie. SPOILER. I notice that they use much older adults in the second movie. I don't have a problem with that.  I hate to see kids getting hurt,  but  it just seem like having  the older adults lesson  the horror. I do like some scenes. One in particular is when the oldest member of the group sacrifice her life to save Peete. I'm debating if I want to see the next installment of Hunger Games.

My rating for this movie is a C-.                          

Under the Weather

I had a different post plan along with a short video,  but I'm  to sick to tackle upload it.
I just got over some kind of allergy.  Now I have a summer cold.  Oh, well such is life. I plan on making a lot of changes on this blog as soon as this bug let's me alone.

The Darker Side to Blogging

I enjoy bogging and reading others, but today I was reading a blog that was my wake up call about being careful with copying pictures off google. To summon all up, she made mistake of copying a picture. The photographer demanded she take it down. She did as soon as possible, but that was the end of it. The photographer sue her. She learned a valuable and costly mistake. I'm glad that she did post about her experience because it stop me from making the same mistake. I will be careful whenever I think about copying a picture off google, or anything else without direct permission.

News and Apps for Fun

Mila Kunis is pregnant! I know I know I'm probably the only person on the planet that didn't know. I was a fan of  that 70's show. I grew up in the seventies, so yeah it was fun seeing those kooky hairstyles and funky clothes. I always like Mila and Ashton as a couple on the show. They were my favorite. Still I was a surprise when they got together. I wish them all the luck on their upcoming marriage.


I love finding different new apps, especially those apps that are fun to use. In fact, I'm thinking of starting a YouTube channel.  I guess I have about seventy apps that don't use too much ram.  Meantime I'm recommending two apps. First, one up is the floating YouTube app. This is a really cool app. You can resize it to your heart is content and  use other apps or web page at the same time you're watching content from the app . I really like that I can move it all over my tablet screen. It works just like the regular YouTube there is even a button if you want to go back to the regular one. My next app is coach memory. This is a game for improving your mind. There is an icon that looks like a cat with a brain on top of his head for the logo. Once you start the app, you'll see all kinds of games inside that'll help improve things like concentration, memory, speed, problem solving. I like playing the one where you have not only to guess where the numbers are, but you have to find them in right order. For example, if the number 15 and 9 show, you've to pick nine and then fifteen. The more you get right, the more numbers you'll get showing up. This is fun and does help my memory.  Plus it's a lot cheaper than Luminosity because it's free.

Sick but it's a beautiful day

I bit the bullet and went to the doctor today after a night of feeling nausea and itchy. Did I mention I hate going to the doctor? I live in a small rural town, and the doctor is about 16 miles from my hometown, and the average wait time for me is about 3 to 4 hour just to see the doctor or nurse. Usually I see a nurse. I'm getting sick of just sitting here. In fact, I'm still waiting for someone to see me while I write this blog post. They'll stick you off in some room and forget about you. I think they have all gone to lunch. It's so quiet. What's happening to the health "care" these days? If I weren't motivated to take better care of myself, I'm now. On the plus side today is a beautiful day. There is a cool breeze blowing through the trees. People are sitting outside, having a good time. To tell the truth, I'm starting to feel a little better. Maybe I'll take a walk before I go to work that's if I ever get out of the doctor's office. I took a picture of my backyard. The grass a little muddy from the rain last night. 

Life, love and problems

 I started up my blog again and this time I will stick to it.  I haven't been feeling well, lately, so I have decided maybe it's time to go back to the doctor.  I hate going to doctors, but I need to know what's wrong with me.  Maybe the reason I don't like going to the doctor because I always think, the news is going to be bad.  Long life doesn't  run on my mother's side of the family. I think her mother live to be sixty-two. My mother is seventy-one, but she has all kinds of heath issues. Funny I use to be as health as a horse.  I rarely even had a cold until I got up in my forties. I can't blame anyone but myself. Poor dieting and lot of junk food didn't help. Still, I am hopeful that I will get well soon.  Somehow I will maintain a healthier lifestyle,  but no more crazy diet. I tried them all.  Anyone ever heard of the wiener diet? Believe it or not I actually lost five pounds on that crazy diet, but then I gain pounds right back the following week. Of course, I had to try the seven eggs a day dieted and  no other food.  I was just asking for a heart attack. I even tried the liquor diet, manage to stay on it for a whole day. The next day I ate everything in sight.  In my defense, I was young and stupid.   You name the diet, and I have tried it. I got so disgusted that I vow never to diet again and just accept whatever I weigh. One day  someone took a picture of me at work.   I stared into this obese and tired all the time woman's smiling face, and I wondered HOW THE HECK DID I GET SO BIG. When I weight the next morning, I weight at 235 pounds that was fifteen years ago. Since then I've lost weight  and  gain it back. This time I want to try something different. First, I'm not going to diet anymore. I will try to work out a healthier way of eating and like myself know matter what I weigh. I know it will be a lifestyle change for the rest of my life. I want to live to see my eighties. My dad's mother is ninety-eight. I just need the write tools. There are plenty of weight-loss programs, but  l'm just not sure which one is for me. I like to lose forty pounds though. With the help of God, I know I can do it. I will post my progress each month.