76

Bat turned 76 yesterday, and many of his children and grandchildren were on hand to celebrate with him. Here's a link to an album of pictures...

See Any Of These?

Christianity Today has picked it's most redeeming films of 2007. I saw exactly..two.

I thought "Ratatouille" was very good and had a powerful message. I think it was not as good a movie nor as good a message as "The Incredibles." (which was made by the same director/writer/film company.)

I thought "Amazing Grace" was good but could have been better. I wanted to see more of his personal wrestling. I felt like I was watching it, not feeling it. Part of the problem was that the film's plot turned almost entirely on scenes in the House of Parliament. If there had been one clinching, incredible scene there, and then many smaller scenes where we see his change, watch him change, I would have been there.

Comment back with any thoughts on the movies you've seen.

Watching Video Tip

Heidi told me that some of you all have issues watching video - that it actually stops and starts and is generally irritating. This is because the file is coming into your computer at the same time your computer is playing the file.

See. I said the above without using the word "download" because if I did, then Mom would turn and mutter "Download? I don't know how to download. I barely know how to turn this on! And Greg wants me to download. Meem? Can you download? Did Greg show you how to download? Maybe Martina knows how."

So here's your tip: Press play. then Press pause immediately. The player will continue to downl- I mean the file will continue to come into your computer even though nothing is playing. Wait a few minutes. You'll notice that there's a bar on the slider thingy, and that bar is getting bigger. This is the size of the downl- shoot. The file. It's the size of the movie file.

After you have at least 1/2 a bar full of file, then press play. You should be good by then.

OR, you can actually press play after you've watched it once, herky-jerky style and it SHOULD work better then.

Let me know if that works for you.