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A flu bug has been going around in our household. We’ve had to turn up the temperature to 78 degrees to keep the sick members of our family comfortable. As a layer of sweat forms on my forehead, the stale air blanketing me, I realize the importance of hunter ceiling fans. If we could just circulate the air a little, we could keep the thermostat higher and keep everyone comfortable.

It was nice to hear from my buddy the Monkey Hunter recently.  I thought I’d share one of the videos from his youtube channel, a particularly popular one with over 20,000 views, where he’s releasing a baby sea turtle back into the wild:

I won’t tell anyone about the dogs on Delray Beach, I swear.

Energy efficiency is a huge issue these days, what with the economic crisis and all. We’re all looking for ways to reduce expenses, aren’t we? I’ve switched most of the bulbs in my house over to CFL for my home lighting. I did it slowly, as an old incandescent bulb would burn out. I’m not sure the impact on the electric bill has been huge, but every little bit counts.

I interviewed kermit this weekend, as we worked on a 750 piece puzzle. I hate puzzles — I was there for the conversation. And, yes, all you CL addicts out there — it is possible for two men to be alone in a room and not [censored dailyskew]. Anyway, here are the highlights:

- kermit and I both agreed that the lawyers are ruining society. We both agreed that their stifling creativity.

- kermit believes that terrorists and suicide bombers are motivated not by religious fanaticism, but by the need to put food on the table. They need a job. they need education; that’s the only solution. Unfortunately, we in the West don’t have the ability to provide that instantaneously. We briefly talked about the end of the movie Charlie Wilson’s War.

- Kermit agrees with Jim cramer’s assertion that’s 1 or more of the European countries will have to default on their debt before the the economic crisis over there ends.
- Kermit, who is a non believer, had a surprisingly apocalyptic vision of the future. He pointed out that population growth in third world countries has doubled in the past 2 decades. He said the demand for basic resources like water and food will continue to increase, and eventually be unsustainable. He believes that environmental damage will eventually wreak havoc on society as we know it. He believes that the global economy, the way it is structured now, can not go on forever. He called it a house of cards. We both agreed that faith is required for the system to work.

- He laughed at people who attempt to store food and provisions as a way to secure themselves against coming apocalypse. “What, so they have food for a month? What do you after that month ends?” he asked. He called this an American mentality, and basically said it was foolish. storing food isn’t gonna help you when the world comes to an end.

Anyway this was a very dark conversation by the end. I tried to find some solutions to all this madness, but Kermit did not offer 1.

I do hope things work out, you know? LOL at the darkness.

Let’s all pray, okay? Let’s pray for Kermit and the world.

I spoke with frequent DailySkew visitor M.D. a few weeks ago. Here were some highlights, as we discussed some movies:

- He loved District 9. He loved the way it was directed, and hopes Hollywood will continue to be creative.

- He followed that by ripped Avatar, stating that the acting so bad in movies that rely heavily on CGI and Blue Screen. “The actors have nothing to play off of.”

- We revisited the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. He reminded me of a snarky comment I made after the intro scene completed; I said, “The end,” as the screen faded to black. LOL — it was a pretty detailed intro. There’s just something about watching a movie at Aventura Theatre — if you want to mock a film, watch a movie BOMB right before your eyes, I highly recommend going to this theatre. I think it’s the atmosphere. Oh, and be sure to go during a premiere; you’ll love standing in line for hours with zero guidance only to be told the show is sold out.

But I digress….

M.D. sounded good, and still wants to work on our sci-fi movie scripts.  There were other movies we discussed, but my memory is failing me at the moment.  If I remember more, I’ll update this later.

Speaking of movies — I just saw this crazy Crisis of Infinite Action Movie Stars trailer that you just have to see. The title is The Expendables — let’s hope it’s not expendable in the movie theatre this August: