Vice- Or president if it is an important decision

Full disclosure, I turned 9 on the day of the 2000 election so a good part of the Bush presidency I didn't really understand what was going on or the impact that the decisions that were being made had on the world. A person who lived through this era and was more aware of the decisions being made may have a different and understandable viewpoint of the movie.

First about the movie, it actually made me respect Dick and Lynn Cheney more than I thought I would have. I went into the movie expecting it would paint Dick as this horrible person who helped to plunge the world into chaos over profits during his time as Bush's VP, well it does that, but it starts with Dick and Lynn early marriage. Dick has been kicked out of Yale and Lynn thinking about kicking him out of the house if he does not shape up. Well he gets into an internship program with congress and starts working his way up the republican ladder.

At every moment when the Dick or Lynn senses that there is an opportunity to move forward and claim more power they grab it. Both I thought are ultimately portrayed as smart individuals who team up together to advance their own lust for power. Lynn, is the driving force behind Dick and Amy Adams, did a great job conveying her as a strong women who knows what she wants, understands the rules of the game she is playing and will push forward to achieve those goals. You may not like the politics of the family but if you do not leave impressed with how Dick was able to turn a nothing position into the most powerful person in government for 8 years than you entered this movie with a bias, and with the slant of the movie probably liked the rest.

The movie does present the former vice president as the master mind behind the Iraq war and the person who made all the major decisions in the Bush white house. Bush comes across as someone who is happy to have Cheney make all the decisions and really seems to be over his head. This may be a bit unfair to the president but vice president Cheney did do more as VP than probably all the prior VPs combined.

Now the acting was superb across the board. Bale should a great range and charisma in his acting as he came across as the dominate force of will that would not be stopped as well as demonstrating humor and love for his daughters that made Dick feel like a real human. Amy Adams, as mentioned above, turned in a fantastic performance as she made clear that Lynn was the reason behind Dick success and that they were a true team, and she was probably the captain of the team. Steve Carroll showed off great comedic timing while still giving great depth to his character as well. At times form the previews it seemed that this movie could become a comedic hit piece on the Bush presidency but while there are comedic parts it does a good job of showing that these people were real people with flaws who made mistakes but also had fears and truly ambition was the driving force in them.

In our current political climate it is hard to do a political movie that every one will love or not hate. The side you are critical of will be disgusted and claim you are to far on the other side while the other may find that you were not critical enough.I felt the movie did a good job in criticism the consolidation of power in the hands of the president while also showing that Cheney was person who had positive aspects.

One of the best parts of the movie was when Dick finds out that his daughter Mary is gay. He is polling to determine if he should run for president and decides that he can't put his daughter through that and does not run. When Bush asked him to be VP, before he accepts he says he will not campaign on marriage rights.Yes, this is done to contrast with the way his other daughter runs her campaign latter but it presents the idea that Dick had certain morals that anyone would consider good and touching on this helped to make him a more rounded character and the movie is better for it.

Overall I give it 4 stars, it was good, had some funny parts. It was critical of many aspects of the Bush Presidency and  conservative America which many people will not like and if you are a heavy conservative you probably will not like this movie. If you try to watch the movie with politic blinders on you will enjoy it more as you see it as a flawed human being moving up the ladder of life reaching for more and more power who happens to make some mistakes.

Holmes and Watson- good concept gone very very bad!

Okay, to be honest going in I should have known that I had no chance that I was going to enjoy this movie. I didn't like Ricky Bobby, I didn't like Step brothers, and in general I don't find Will Ferrell brand of comedy entertaining but I do like Sherlock Holmes movies and the stories, they are fun and Ferrell and Reiley have a Holmes Watson dynamic to begin with so figure I give it a chance.

Nope should have done basically anything else. The movie had nothing that was funny in it. The best part was one Braun Strowman was on the screen throwing people around. I think the movie is a bit to much of a parody of the  RDJ movies but does not pull off the jokes. Even when it is not being a parody of the other Holmes movies the jokes are something you would expect from a 13 year old. Actually the only people who laughed at the movie was the kids that were probably 13 but there wasn't much laughter. It was odd the MIB International travel actually got more laughs than the movie. A movie that I almost certain got made because of much chemistry Tessa and Chris had in Ragnarok. Yes the ads were better than this movie.

There was a twist in the movie that was so obvious it was beyond stupid. The only person who didn't see it coming was Sherlock Holmes. Okay, there is a in movie reason but I am not buying it. The movie was just bad and if you don't enjoy the lowest form of humor don't go see this movie. Actually, just don't go see the movie. Go watch Marry Poppins or Aquaman or Spiderverse.

.5 out of 5 stars. It be zero stars except for Braun.   

Kansas City BBQ or as much as I could eat in 2 days

The inspiration for this blog actually is partially from the book The Circle where either you get completely involved in social media or they kill you off and I saw the writing on the wall I did not want to be killed off by the social media overlords so as I was in Kansas City visiting a friend I thought it be a great idea to start a blog about my current interest and say no no no social media overlords I am not a completely anti social person, I have a blog that no one reads. Well no one reads multiple times. Now during my trip I had some great food and really wanted share the experience with a bunch of strangers that I will never talk to again.

Well the trip started because I went to a local BBQ place and instead of ordering the pork I order brisket and after taking a few bites I thought they could better. I went home google best brisket and Franklin BBQ in Austin Texas popped up, but I didn't feel like going to Texas for my first trip, fortunately there was also a bunch of results for KC and in KC I would have a friend to stay with. Boom so KC to have some brisket and burnt ends.

Land in KC and grab an Uber an off to Gates BBQ, I head. Gates is interesting because it is counter service and the people in there are really loud with their can I help you even when you are standing a few feet from them. Walking in I am hit with the smell of smoked meats and I can feel my stomach start to rumble with anticipation with the meal I am about to feed it. Looking over the menu I see a steal of a sandwich, the Nooner. Burnt ends on top of brisket and a side of fries for 5.99.

Alright, I'll admit I could use some practice on the taking pictures but this is a process for all of us. Now I was surprised by the sauce. It had a spicy kick to it that I was not expecting. I thought the KC style of sauce was a sweeter taste that focused on molasses and tomatoes, well the tomatoes was there the sweet was not. Don'y get me wrong it was good and after the first few bites of the burnt ends and brisket I knew I was in the right spot. When you hear burnt there is a worry that the meat will be dry and often the issue with brisket I have found is that it can be dried out. That was  not the case at all with the Gates BBQ Nooner. The first bite was juicy and had a strong beef flavor. Need lunch in KC definitely pick up a nooner from Gates BBQ.

The next stop on the BBQ was Q39. This was more of an upscale restaurant, compared to Gates and KC Joes. Now unfortunately I had not committed to taking a picture of all my food just yet mainly because as I said this blogging thing is new to me and I did not have the resolve for it yet, so your just have to take my word for what I ordered. It started with an order of the pork belly appetizer. The pork bellies had a fatty goodness and flavor that would be well appreciated by any bacon fan out there. For my main course I had the brisket and burnt ends combo platter and added three ribs to my meal. Again the brisket and the burnt ends were perfectly cooked. The lean cut they were moist and delicious. The sauce that it was served with was significantly sweeter than the one from Gates.  The Ribs though I felt were completely average. They were cooked to the right temperature and were easy to eat right off the bone but there was nothing that set them apart from the normal rib you can get at your average BBQ joint that I have experienced. They also had a cheesy corn as a side and this was yummy. For desert I had an apple crisp, one of my personal favorites. It had a good tartness to the apple that contrasted well with the scope of ice cream and the sauce that was used for the meats. Again an excellent experience. 

The next day the BBQ experience started at KC Joes, formerly known as Oklahoma Joes aka the gas station BBq joint. 

Above KC Joes, you can't see the gas pumps but don't worry they are there. The second picture is right inside as the line wraps around outside it also wraps around inside. Here I got the famous z-man sandwich and an order of the burnt end lunch special. Okay, i thought I took pictures but I can't find them so it probably was a accidental video that I would have deleted in the great purge I had before writing this post. Oh well, next time you will get better pictures, I promise.

Let's talk about the Z-man for a minute. The Z-man is a brisket sandwich with cheese, seems simple enough right, well nope because the brisket is cooked to perfection. The beef touching my tongue was taste bud heaven. The whole atmosphere of the place is building to this first bite and it did not disappoint. The burnt ends that I got as well were also delicious. Legend has it that KC Joes invented the burnt end and well I'll believe because he sure does it right. Well worth the wait.


The next stop was Brobeuks which was done the street from where I was staying. I felt like a mid day snack so around three I walked over to get some burnt ends by themselves. I ordered a half pound and sat down to enjoy.

Now here my plate after eating a couple and remembering I have to serve my people and share my experience that they may never have. The interesting thing about this place is they serve the meat without sauce because they believe the meat speaks on it's own. That is philosophy that I agree with. It is possible to get a lot of flavor out of brisket without needing to throw more sauce on. The meat was juicy and tender and easy to eat. The knife went through like it was butter and it was real easy to chew. Overall this was one of my favorite stops just the meat and no thrills. Well all the places were great but this was was right there with the legendary KC places.

3 hours later it was time for dinner and off to Jack Stacks. Jacks is like fine dining BBQ and it was delicious well the burnt ends were. I order the burnt ends and pulled pork with fries and cheesy corn.

Again the pork was not as good as the beef. I think it is true Kansas city is just better at Beef than they are at pork. The pulled pork was a bit drier than I would have liked, making a bit harder to chew and was not exciting on the flavor. The burnt ends though, again came through. It was really amazing how good all the burnt ends were. The cheesy corn was good and to be honest I don't think I have ever had bad cheesy corn in my life. For desert I had the apple bread pudding.

Now it had the apple taste and the caramel sauce that was on it was delicious but this was not one of the better bread pudding I have ever had. First it was more cake like as it was rather solid and did not have the spongy texture that good bread pudding has when it is done right. This might just be me but I am also a firm believer that bread pudding should be served with a scoop of ice cream. Overall it was a great experience at Jack Stacks. Shout out to our waitress Bri, she did a great job and laughed along and magically was able to keep my ice tea glass from running out. She did a great job, thank you. 

Overall all the places I went to eat in KC were great. I think KC Joes was my favorite but it was close and that might be because there was an electric atmosphere while waiting and I had two of their best instead of getting the pork like at the other restaurants.It was a fun trip and I look forward to trying these places again and maybe trying a few new ones next time I head out there.  

Sixer's bench is not as bad as you think, it's actually worse

There are a few age old rules of the NBA based around the idea that since only 5 players per team are on the court at a time and one player can dominate the ball on both sides of the court in a fashion unlike any sport you always want the best player in a trade. The Philadelphia 76ers were presented with the opportunity to turn to 7/10 players, Covington and Dario into a 9/10 player in Jimmy Butler. In terms of team building you do the trade 10 out of 10 times as you should be able to fill in the other roster spots with players that can provide positive contributions in limited roles. Turns out that when you make the trade 10 games into the season instead of before the season starts it is a bit harder to find those other pieces.

From the sixers perspective there was no chance that they were going to win a NBA title this year prior to the trade, unless the Warriors had some major injuries. After the trade it is arguable that the starting lineup can match the fire power but being realistic the trade decrease the sixers odds to win the title because it removed all depth on the team. Assuming that Butler replaces the minutes that Covington gave the team, there are still 32 minutes that Dario played that need to be filled with no good answers on how to fill them assuming playing Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid more minutes is out of the question because you want them to have long and healthy careers.

The options are Mike Muscalla, a player who struggled to make it on the floor for one of the worst teams in the NBA last year and is best suited to play 10 minutes at the 5 against smaller backup centers when Embiid rest and a few minutes a night next to Embiid at the 4, not close to 25 minutes a game as he struggles to shoot from behind the arc. Shooting 34% from 3 so far he has not provided the constant perimeter threat that Dario did at the beginning of the season or last season.

Wilson Chandler- A player who is near the end of his nba journey. Injuries have sapped most of his athleticism and at times he can bring positive play if he goes over 20 minutes in the game you can see the decline in his play. It is hard to get more out of him then the sixers are getting as he is a role player that understands he is meant to play defense and hit open shots. So far the defense has been decent as long as he does not get switched onto the opposing point guard and the shot has been connection at 40% from beyond the arc. He currently is starting and plays 26 minutes a game which is already to many minutes for a player with his injury history.

Amir Johnson- yeah he is currently just a waste of a roster space. He aged about 5 years in one season last year and it is clear that he just does not have it athleticaly to play the way the sixers need him to play. Any time given to him is just asking for the opponent to go on a 10-0 run.

Jonah Bolden- The kid is raw and there are issues with the defense and it is unclear if he can consistently make shots but he has more athleticism than any the above 3 players combined. It is unlikely that the 1st year player could make a major impact but he could provide another player who can switch on most players and put up some resitence when players attack the rim. Something the sixers struggle at when Embiid is not in the game. Earlier in the season the 76ers started Fultz and brought JJ off the bench to develop confidence in his game well the rotation could use some tweaking again and injecting Bolden into the lineup could allow Chandler to help with bench units and keep the team afloat when two of Butler, Embiid and Simmons are on the bench.

The sixers have another major problem with the players off the bench at the guard position. TJ is not good enough to be the best guard off the bench and run the point for 20 minutes a night. Shamet cannot cover anyone, though he will get better with experience and Korkmaz is a plus shooter but negative defender like Shamet. Korkmaz and Shamet provide spacing as both are above average 3 pointers but at this point in their young careers they give little in terms of ball handling or defense. Both are thin bodies but it appears that they may be able to work there way into being average to slightly below average defenders instead of turnstiles, which they currently are.

The Sixers need a guard who can cover the opposing teams point guard for extended minutes a night. The player that was supposed to fill this role was either Markelle Fultz or Zaire Smith both dealing with injuries that are keeping them off the floor. Even when Markelle struggled with his shoot he showed that he could be a dominate defensive players when he set his mind to it. The issue was at times when the offense was not going well he would become disinterested in the defensive part of the game. Smith has not played this season, due to a broken foot and allergic reaction. Out of Texas Tech he appeared to be a tenacious on ball defender who had elite NBA athleticism. With a floor of Tony Allen he was the type of player the Sixers were missing when they faced off against the Celtics in the playoffs last summer.

The Sixers once again have on the best starting lineups in the NBA but when the star players are off the court the bench proves unable to do anything. The large load on the starters will continue to take it's toll on the starters and the players will show more fatigue as the season goes on.

The team is far from a finished project and needs another wing and big man to fill out the roster. The player could be waiting to return from injury or may be lurking on the roster of team that is heading towards the lottery this year. The sixers still have the mid level exception but there is no one worth using it on just yet. The problems facing the team are fixable but a reminder that it takes a team to win in the NBA today not just 3 great players.

Bumblebee- turning back the clock on transformers

The year is 1987 and Jon Cena is not yet a professional wrestler with the 5 moves of dooms and instead is a government agent who deals with secret operations. Okay, John Cena may have had a name for the character in the movie but to me he is John Cena, playing John Cena, kinda like the Rock is the Rock in all of his movies, but back to the movie. Cena is the first human to see a transformer when a Bumblebee comes crashing down to earth. Lucky John. Bumblebee escapes from war on Cybertron and has been sent to earth because it is a hidden planet and Optimus wants to set up a new base there. Assuming this leads into the the Lebuff-- yes I know that is not his real name -- transformers when does Megatron crash into the north pole? If he is already on earth how is the war on Cybertron going on, oh wait this is a transformers movie so there is no need to worry about connecting the story to other movies let's blow stuff up.

Bumblebee lands on earth gets his voicebox damage and forgets what he is doing on earth learns to love humans, well mainly one, the charming Charlie Watson who is dealing with lots of issues of her own as a 18 year old who's father has passed away. Charlie is a great mechanic who fixes Bee and develops a friendship with as they try and figure out what the point of Bee being here is.

Actually don't worry about the story at all in this one. You will enjoy it a lot better if you just say transformer movies are meant to sell toys and watch things blow up, the story is secondary. Charlie and Memo have some funny interactions and Charlie and her little brother have a few funny scenes but Bumblebee is the true comic genius of the movie. Since Optimus is not around to take up most of the autobot spot light, Bumblebee is able to display a lot more personality because as we learn in the movie the transformers are closer to human than they are to machines.

Now don't worry there was lot's of blowing stuff up and giant robots fighting each other, not as much as the other movies, okay I didn't watch the last night Markie Mark transformers did not really do much for me so maybe that one was 2.5 hours of blowing stuff up. There are less robot fights but they are more meaningful and don't feel like filler. Bumblebee represents through and makes you wonder how the autobots are losing if the youngest autobot is able to fight like this. And since only a Prime can beat a Prime shouldn't the Autobots win because they have Optimus, wait doing it again thinking of plot points, focus on the robots blowing stuff up. Someday I'll try to straighten this out and figure out this transformer timeline, or read someone else that has the answers, because they love the cartoon more than I do. Go Beastwars.

If you want to enjoy a shorter movie of Robots fighting and John Cena actually doing a good job acting this is the movie for you. In the list of WWE wrestlers turned hollywood actors does it go The Rock, The Miz, John Cena, Batista? Maybe, not a fan of Bastista work outside of Drax, but that might be a post for another day.

Less Robots but more personality, wahoo new transformer movies that are not just summer blockbusters. 3.5 stars out of 5. Needed bigger explosions or Cena doing U can't see me, five knuckle shuffles.
Worth the watch if you have a movie subscription.
Also thank you to the two people that read my blog.

Aquaman- who knew talking to fish could be so fun

Alright we all know the joke, that all Arthur Curry can do is talk to fish and swim kinda fast, but the movie was surprisingly fun and enjoyable. Like almost all superhero movies, there are some elements of plot that are best overlooked and just enjoy the overall story and action sequences. I am not going to spoil anything that's not on the movie poster, trailers or the cast list, here the stuff I liked.

Khal Drogo- okay there was one scene when Jason Momoa was on a boat with his hair pulled back and some seaweed on a wound and I thought wait a minute, this is how his character was killed off in GOT, they can't kill Aquaman yet. I laughed to myself because, when if you can't laugh at your bad jokes who will.

Talking about Jason Momoa, I thought he did an excellent job in the role. The DC universe has had an issue with taking itself to seriously and well that was not a problem with Momoa as the lead. It seemed like he was having fun with it and that came through the movie in a  chill bro attitude and made the movie funnier as a result. This movie would have been horrible if they tried to copy the tone from Batman v. Superman or Justice league. There is a place for dark gritty superhero movies but it is not with the one who is best known for talking to fish. Going with the lighter tone was the correct decision and Momoa really came in that tone.

There were a lot of cool looking action pieces in the movie as well. I think the most impressive were some of the longer shoots of the chase in Sicily. Princess Mera (Amber Heard) and Aquaman are attacked by black Manta and the result is Princess Mera running across the roof tops away from the nameless goons that were also sent. At one point as the camera is following her it zooms out to Aquaman on a bell tower across the city. There were times during the chase that it was a little cut heavy put when they let it run a bit longer it provided several impressive visuals. The other one is when Mera and Aquaman are attacked by the trench people on the boat and they jump over into the ocean with the flares. It is on one of the posters and it looks like they are about to be swallowed up by the mass of fish people. Watching it made me think I really like how this looks, thought the red cutting through the darkness gave it a distinct look.

Overall, I thought the coloring of the movie was spot on. Atlantis was vibrant in color. Mera in her green clothes and red hair jumped off the screen and made her a real presence every time she was on the screen. When Aquaman finally dawns his classic costume from the comics, the way the coloring is done makes it an impressive shoot, like wow this guy is important and about to kick some major ass. Not a scene you would get from the prior DC movies.

Overall, I liked it. There were time when the plot of the movie dragged on a bit but then they hit another action scene and boom it became interesting again. The movie probably makes the most sense, like the main character, when it is not thinking. It embraced the fact that it is not serious and almost a goof and ran with that instead of making it a serious tone movie that would have ended any chance it would be good.

It may not be Vincent Chase Aquaman that was able to open as the highest grossing opening weekend of all time but it is well done and Momoa is certainly a much more imposing aquaman than vincent would have been.

Since the scale is really would I watch it again if it was on TV yeah, would I change the channel from a rerun of a tv show to catch the beginning, probably.

4 out of 5 stars because the action was fun and Momoa and Heard have great on screen chemistry.

Mortal Engines, when world building goes wrong

Since this is the first one there are some details that I forgot to put in the introduction. I am a big fan of stories, good, bad and ugly as long as it is compelling, well or if there is action or comedy I forgive a plot that is lacking as long as it is consistent. I also think that all movies have some good qualities so for the most part I am going to try and talk positive about the movie and leave the negativity to other people. Don't expect a Last Jedi retro review, though.

About a year ago I got movie pass and was reintroduced to the big screen going as often as my schedule allowed but as many as you know movie pass did not last but I moved over to AMC A-list and 3 movies a week is about my limit. That being said I go to a lot of movies I would have never went to see if I was paying per ticket. I highly recommend getting A-list if you have spare time and love movies or stories.

All that being said the other day I went to see the blockbuster flop Mortal Engines and well I found it a bit confusing. The movie had two clear goals. It wanted to tell the story but it also wanted to start to world build and it really needed to do a lot of building. The way it went about this was show not tell. It throws you right into a chase where London a predator city is chasing down a smaller city to consume it. It should have taken a few more minutes in the beginning of the movie to provide some necessary exposition, that way the audience is not sitting there trying to figure out why London is about to eat a mining town. This is not a property like spider man where 99% of the audience already knows the origin story. (Into the spider-verse did a lot better job of world building)

The other issue I had with the movie is that it was hard to know what the motivation was for the characters actions. Ester Shaw wants rearrange, that is clear motivation. The reason the rest of the characters are doing what there are doing is unclear. Tom falls in love with Ester in about 5, maybe 10 minutes of knowing her, that is the only way I can explain his behavior. There is not much explanation about what Valentine does except he is the bad go so he does bad things.

Who the antitraxers are is not explained at all. All we know is that there are enemies of London and Anna is there leader. Talking about Anna, I felt that she was a cool character and acted in the way that Obi Wan would have if a new hope was done during his physical prime. She is a strong fighter who is just smarter than the nameless goons she is fighting. Her motivation for why she hates London is unclear as there was no reason London was a threat until crossing the land bridge which happens in the beginning of the movie when she is already the most wanted. We might not know why she is doing what she is going but she looks like a bad ass doing it.

The positives of the movie. Hmm, well visually it is engulfing. The scale of London, is impressive. They let you know that London is a power that is not to be messed with. The action scenes are well paced and fun even if there is the common mistake of several people trying to fight a common enemy one on one watching the other lose before attacking. Maybe a group attack would ruin the visual of the scene but it is an issue with the fights in the movie.

Overall, I think that if I went to see the movie again I would find it more enjoyable as I would have a better understanding of what is going on. The world building over took the plot in terms of importance at times. It felt like there was an idea that if it looks cool people will watch it, instead of focusing on the story. There are enjoyable parts of the movie and is something that if it is on TV on a raining Saturday afternoon I could see myself watching. I am glad that I didn't have to spend full price on a ticket for the movie.

3 out of 5 stars, extra points for being the first review for the blog.

Where better to start than the beginning

Hi, world.

I guess the best first post, or at least the way I am going about is to explain what this blog is going to be about and provide some of my motivation for starting to write a blog. Well, the main reason I decided to start this little pet project is that I am a bit bored and wanted to share some of my thoughts with no one in particular. I don't expect many people to read this since I don't plan on advertising that I have been writing till I have a couple months of content. (It would be interesting to see if people go back and read the old articles plus I want to fool around with the formatting and seeing what works and doesn't work) Sorry to those that end up here in the early part of the blog. Come back in about 3 months to see if I figured things out. 

I see there really being three main topics that I am going to write about; Movies, sports and Food (mainly BBQ). The movies are going to be reviews of the movies I see in theater so mainly newer ones, but there might be some of older movies that watch on TV as well as trends I see in movies and a general this is what I like about movies and this is what I think does not work. That might touch on narrative structure, example I enjoy the non-linear story, think pulp fiction but that doesn't work in  ever movie, or what makes a great modern day villain. 

Sports wise I see this touching on any subject that is interesting to me at the time. There is going to be some personal moves, roster construction, strategy, recaps of games, random Sixers rumors, and maybe some of how my golf game is going this week. When the summer comes around I'll start doing some preseason fantasy football rankings and maybe some strategy and how I see roster construction

Que wise is for BBQ, but it will cover other food options as well. It is going to explore the South Jersey BBQ scene as well as other areas that I travel too. I just got back form a trip to Kansas City which is where I came up with the idea so there will be a post about that trip. 

I might do some other fun posts like random power rankings or short stories that I feel inspired to  write. Possible interviews of grill masters or just people that enjoy eating. 

Well that covers the topics and on some philosophical points this blog is mainly for my enjoyment and I hope my readers enjoy but that means I will not be going off on politics even as relates to sports. This is supposed to be a fun escape from life and I hope it can be for others as well. 

Well I believe that introduction are best short, sweet and to the point, hopefully people enjoy this a tenth as much as I enjoy writing it.