Welcome again to another edition of the Two Minute Drill. Another weekend comes to a close. Some of you will be off for Martin Luther King Day. But others will be heading back to the daily grind...counting the days down til next weekend. It never ends..on with the show!
-So according to a recent poll, the majority of Americans are optimisting about Prez Bush's second term......Optimistic?? What is there to be optimistic??? Now I am the most positvive person in the world...Some would call it "Sickingly optimistic"..but even I cant see a silver lining here...well thats not true. At least he cant run for re-election again. Optimistic??? Where did they survey these people??? The majority of the people also stated that they believe President Bush is honest and intelligent....INTELLIGENT???!!!! HONEST?????!!!!! Mr "nukular" is intelligent???? Mr "There are WMD's in Iraq" is honest?????? Either they polled people in Republican states or these people are just plain brainwashed..sigh...4 more years..the horror...
-This weekends top movie at the box office was "Coach Carter" with Samuel L Jackson. It is a mild surprise only because feel good sports movies dont always do well. But Samuel L Jackson is a very good actor and the story itself looked solid. "Meet the Fockers" dropped to number 2, followed by "Racing Stripes", "Good Company and "Elektra". That fifth place opening for Elektra has to be a HUGE disappointment for FOX, which was looking for a new superhero movie franchise to launch. Elektra didnt look (at least not to me) as bad as "Catwoman" yet, that movie had a respectable opening. Lets see how FOX's next big superhero movie "Fantastic Four" does in July.
-The Golden Globes were Sunday. A good show, albeit seemed a bit rushed. The format to me is kind of impersonal. The show had no host and seemed more like a bunch of celebrities just hanging out and handing out awards. Of course the Globes are really the precursor to the Oscar's next month. Jamie Foxx won a Golden Globe for his awesome portrayal of the late great Ray Charles in "Ray". His acceptance speech was so geniune and heart warming that there were lots of wet eyes in the audience (And I'm sure in many homes). Should be interesting to see if he gets an Oscar nod as well.
-The NFL playoffs have reached the "Final Four" on the road to the Super Bowl.In the NFC it will be the Atlanta Falcons vs the Philadelphia Eagles while in the AFC it will be the Pittsburgh Steelers vs the New England Patriots. The Patriots of course, are the defending champs. Should be a good weekend of football next week. My prediction however is that it will be the Falcons vs the Steelers. The Eagles wont get past the Falcons high powered offense. The Pats and Steelers will battle, but in the end the Steelers will eke out a victory. If I'm wrong, hey I will be the first to admit it here at this time next week!!
Well thats all for this edition. Here's hoping you all have a good week. Stay tuned for more updates as the week progresses.
DQ
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