Film Review: The Cooler (no spoilers)

Last night I saw "The Cooler" staring William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin and Maria Bello. Directed by Wayne Kramer. Writing credits (WGA): Frank Hannah (written by) & Wayne Kramer (written by)

I liked it.

(This movie has a "limited release" in the U.S. on Nov 27, 2003, with possible more theaters after that.)

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Last night I saw "Elf" staring Will Ferrell.

I liked it.

Unlike most holiday movies, it wasn't a total insult to my intelligence. I laughed a lot. The special effects were minimal, which really made it a sweet movie. Will Ferrell was given a venue to really shine.

(This movie opens November 7th in all theaters.)

The thanks that makes it all worth it

Someone stopped me at LISA2003 (last week in San Diego) to thank me for the tutorial Chris and I taught, and the book we wrote. They said on Jan 1, 2003 they had an outage and they were able to recover 25% sooner because of what we taught at our tutorial.

"So, could you put that in dollar terms?"

He thought for a minute.

"I'd say about a quarter of a million dollars."

When people ask me why I wrote the book, I never have a concise, quick, answer. That's my new answer.

Schwweeet!

Kerry: Yes
Kucinich: No, but it should be decriminalized
Sharpton: No
Edwards: Yes
Lieberman: No
Clark: No
Braun: "I'm not gonna answer!"
Dean: Yes with a big smile