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Fooling around...
Jul. 20th, 2004 07:24 pmI just took a look at the trailer for The Manchurian Candidate, and although I'm sure it will be an edge-of-the-seat thriller, it also is an interesting rework of the film of the same title shot in 1962, starring Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, and the show-stealing Angela Lansbury. Among the major plot changes: the Chinese Communists of the 50s have been replaced by 21st-century corporate types. Ah, well. It's not as if corporate baddies are something new to the genre. Personally, though, I think I'll put The Bourne Supremacy in line ahead of the Candidate.
It's been something of a long day. I've been called by old clients and new, and am still chasing paper. There's some stuff booked for tomorrow delivery and I must also take a look at some fax pages later and decide whether I want to do the job. In between it all, I must get off my duff and finally install the Smart French CD that arrived about a week ago.
The idea behind the Smart French CD is to study French as it is spoken (I decided to buy a CD after doing one of the samples available through www.smartfrench.com). If I listen to audio available, for example, at www.french.about.com (specifically, here), it's generally not too difficult for me to understand with almost no difficulty, but as Ulrich pointed out during the Intelsat campaign, "that's... probably... because... everything... was... said... very... clearly... and... slowly."
There is still an awful lot of paper around here, despite having thrown out at least a dozen boxes full of old stuff. Maybe I should invite Sandy Berger over to read my papers, and ask him to wear loose-fitting pants?
Cheers...
It's been something of a long day. I've been called by old clients and new, and am still chasing paper. There's some stuff booked for tomorrow delivery and I must also take a look at some fax pages later and decide whether I want to do the job. In between it all, I must get off my duff and finally install the Smart French CD that arrived about a week ago.
The idea behind the Smart French CD is to study French as it is spoken (I decided to buy a CD after doing one of the samples available through www.smartfrench.com). If I listen to audio available, for example, at www.french.about.com (specifically, here), it's generally not too difficult for me to understand with almost no difficulty, but as Ulrich pointed out during the Intelsat campaign, "that's... probably... because... everything... was... said... very... clearly... and... slowly."
There is still an awful lot of paper around here, despite having thrown out at least a dozen boxes full of old stuff. Maybe I should invite Sandy Berger over to read my papers, and ask him to wear loose-fitting pants?
Cheers...
