Tea: Organic Genmaicha

A smooth, almost nutty green tea. Very deep tasting. I like it better than the biosencha but we'll have to see how much caffiene it has.
http://www.totalitea.com/offer.html

Tea: Japan Bio Sencha

This tea seems to do a good job keeping me reasonably awake at work without amping me up too much... however the first steeping is pretty dry and bitter. So I'm tempted to add sugar.
http://www.totalitea.com/offer.html

Outsourced!

 At work we've gone through something I had hoped I'd never be part of -- outsourcing. I'm one of the lucky ones, I'm staying. I see the business logic behind what's happened, but I'm still getting over the shock of dismantling a team I've spent years building.

As a leader, it's also very difficult to have your people's lives be so uncertain. They've literally gone from being at the top of their game to competing for jobs with our outsourcing supplier. Tough roll of the dice.

This is a great lesson... be ready for anything and watch out for yourself.

Torchwood

A new BBC spinoff from Doctor Who, Torchwood revolves around "Handsome" Jack Harkness, the immortal American WWII pilot from the Doctor Who series. This show has gotten some pretty bad reviews in the UK press, but after watching the first 3 episodes this weekend, I'm not sure why.

It doesn't stand up to the new Doctor Who series in terms of creativity or chemistry, but it works. It's a darker series, a paranormal crime drama set in Cardiff -- the location of a "time/space rift" that lets alien stuff leak in to the city and countryside.

The premise is that after the Doctor runs into the Queen in the 40's, she creates the Torchwood institute to study alien technology and prepare humanity for the 21st century, when "It all changes."

Worth a watch.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485301/

Good Luck Chuck

Very funny, very "lowbrow" humor, but it works. In the vein of "40 Year Old Virgin," this movie is full of very funny scenes. Good for a Sunday night.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452625/

Transformers

I watched Transformers with some trepidation... given the number of 80's themed tv shows that have been badly remade/reinterpreted in the past few years, I thought this one would suck for sure.

I was wrong. This was a fun, big, explosive movie. It was quite long at 2hrs 20minutes, but it didn't feel like it. They changed the story line quite a bit -- for the better though. Let's not forget that the original cartoon was made to sell the toys, not the other way around. They fixed the story quite a bit, and still kept to the original feel and idea.

Not a great movie, but a very good one -- a fun movie for a change. Great effects, decent acting that didn't get in the way, and a fast paced story. Looking forward to the sequels where they explore the Transformer's characters more.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418279/

Star Trek Casket

 

 

 

OK, if you have to go, this is the way to do it. Just like Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan.

I'm serious. 

http://www.eternalimage.net/st_page.html