The Big Think

Okay Patrick, I’ll bite:

extremely unfunny

Had another interview tonight for an Austin-based movie. Man, when it rains it pours. This is a 2 hour film that will be edited down to 1 hour for HBO if it’s not bought as a feature. There is also talk that it could be developed into a series for HBO or someone else. And the best part is that it’s a paid gig! The worst part: we shoot for 28 days in August from 2am until 11am. Weird.
Haven’t heard back from them yet, and I still don’t know if I’m going to do it. Have to read the script first.
Also waiting on the 48-Hour Film Festival results.

Via ABC News: The US-European Cassini-Huygens space probe has been captured by Saturn’s gravitational field and has begun orbiting the giant planet, after successfully navigating through Saturn’s rings, NASA announced late Wednesday.

(Thanks to my brother Troy for the forward)

From a Marine officer on the Iraqi warfront with Jihadistan…

To al-Qa’ida terrorists in Iraq:

I see that you have captured a U.S. Marine, and that you plan
to cut off his head if your demands are not met. Big mistake.
Before you carry out your threat I suggest you read up on Marine
Corps history.  The Japanese tried the same thing on Makin
Island and in a few other places during World War Two, and came
to regret it. Go ahead and read about what then happened to the
mighty Imperial Army on Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. They paid
full price for what they did, and you will too.

You look at America and you see a soft target, and to a large
extent you are right. Our country is filled with a lot of spoiled
children who drive BMWs, sip decaf lattes and watch ridiculous
reality TV shows. They are for the most part decent, hard working
citizens, but they are soft.  When you cut off Nick Berg’s head
those people gasped, and you got the media coverage you sought,
and then those people went back to their lives.  This time it
is different. We also have a warrior culture in this country,
and they are called Marines. It is a brotherhood forged in the
fire of many wars, and the bond between us is stronger than
blood. While it is true that this country has produced nitwits
like John Kerry, Michael Moore, Howard Dean and Jane Fonda who
can be easily manipulated by your gruesome tactics, we have
also produced men like Jason Dunham, Brian Chontosh and Joseph
Perez. If you don’t recognize those names you should. They are all
Marines who distinguished themselves fighting to liberate Iraq,
and there will be many more just like them coming for you.

Before the current politically correct climate enveloped our
culture one of the recruiting slogans of our band of brothers was
“The Marine Corps Builds Men.” You will soon find out just how
true that is. You, on the other hand, are nothing but a bunch of
women. If you were men you would show your faces, and take us on
in a fair fight. Instead, you are cowards who hide behind masks
and decapitate helpless victims. If you truly represented the
interest of the Iraqi people you would not be ambushing those who
come to your country to repair your power plants, or sabotage the
oil pipelines which fuel the Iraqi economy. Your agenda is hate,
plain and simple.

When you raise that sword over your head I want you to remember
one thing.  Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun is not alone as he kneels
before you.  Every Marine who has ever worn the uniform is there
with him, and when you strike him you are striking all of us. If
you think the Marines were tough on you when they were cleaning
out Fallujah a few weeks ago you haven’t seen anything yet. If you
want to know what it feels like to have the Wrath of God called
down upon you then go ahead and do it. We are not Turkish truck
drivers, or Pakistani laborers, or independent contractors hoping
to find work in your country. We are the United States Marines,
and we will be coming for you.