Scott Cramer wrote this.

I’ve slept on it a few nights now and…

Spiderman 3 is *still* the suck.

Just thought I’d let you know.

My brother blew a tire this morning swerving to miss some ducks in the road.

I went to pick him up only to find out road debris had literally screwed me on the way to our offices.

That’s the final straw. We’re moving our business off the Indian burial ground.

Okay, no surprise on the Wii. I’ve jumped around like a maniac playing my brother’s Wii boxing game. But PS3 and Xbox? Here’s the blurb from Wired magazine.

“Game Gut Begone – Put down those weights! With gyroscopes, force feedback, and active add-ons, videogames are now all you need to become a lean, mean, button-mashing machine.” – Patrick Di Justo (Wired, May 2007, page 57)

The following stats are from the same article:

Gross visions of body builders here…
Instead of… 1.5 hours of weightlifting (842 calories)
Play… 1.0 hour of Dance Dance Revolution (900 calories)

*I* can vouch for this one personally!
Instead of… 30 minutes of aerobics (242 calories)
Play… 30 minutes of Wii Boxing (250 calories)

BIG SURPRISE TO ME ON THIS ONE!
Instead of… 20 minutes of jogging (198 calories)
Play… 1 hour of PS3/Xbox on the couch (204 calories)

Not tonight, honey, I’ve got tennis elbow!
Instead of… 15 minutes of sex (33 calories)
Play… 7 minutes of Wii Tennis (46 calories)

It was like somebody punched me in the gut. All the anticipation and all the build-up from the first two films – that were the best comic adaptations ever – and the most pleasure I got on Spidey 3 night was finally getting to pee after the movie finished. I’ve slept on it since then and there were some good things in the movie. Sandman was well played, well mostly. The actions scenes were pretty cool, well, mostly – when they happened. Venom looked kind of cool, well, from the little we saw of him. Sam Raimi has become my fallen idol.

For some well rounded reviews – that jive with a lot of what I feel but still give the film some credit, check out these links. Well worth the read whether you have seen the film or not.

Ain’t It Cool News – Moriarty

Ain’t It Cool News – Quint

Ain’t It Cool News – Cumpston

These fellows kick butt on reviews. I only wish Mr. Raimi would have consulted *someone* like these folks – rabid fans but still fair – before phoning in this sequel.

Should you see it? Well, it’s better than Highlander 2. Read the reviews, go in with low expectations (and perhaps a bit drunk), and you might be moderately amused.

I heard a blurb on the news this morning about how much a stay at home mom should earn if it was a “paying job”.

Research estimates mom should be making $140,000 per year – a 3% jump from last year (for you statisticians).

Moms are working a 92 hour work week, including some 10 different jobs (housekeeper, cook, and psychologist to name a few).

First off, I want to say I totally agree – stay at home parents (moms AND dads) are undervalued. Here’s my two cents to go with it, though.

1 cent – The non stay at home parent has additional non-paid jobs dealing with children and home also. Maintenance man, auto mechanic, accountant. The jobs aren’t cut and dry. Both partners in a marriage share jobs and lines blur. The stay at home *IS* worth $140,000 but remember the non stay at home is worth their working day salary + more – in the same vein as the unpaid stay at home (see first cent above). I didn’t hear the research address this (to be fair it was a fluff piece on the morning news so it’s not like it was a balanced report).

2 cents – Remember that *professionally* – in the real paying world – we undervalue educators that take care of entire classrooms of our children every day. They share many of the same jobs as moms and make nowhere near $140,000 per year either.