I'd like to recommend...

Wanting to spend some of those nifty gift cards that you get for Christmas...I decided to treat myself to some decent speakers for my PC. I like to listen to classic 70's music on Rhapsody when I'm puttering around the house, doing laundry and the like. I purchased what I believe are fantastic speakers from Wal-mart, Philips MMS321 Multimedia Speaker System for $59.95, pictured above. Set-up only took about five minutes (including unpacking them). These speakers stand about 10.75 inches in height and put out some of the richest, deepest tones I've ever heard from PC speakers.

Each speaker has a tweeter, regular speaker and a bass speaker which definitely makes my desk thump when I've got them turned up about a third of the way the volume knob goes. The volume knob is on the side of the left speaker, and has a ring of blue light around it when turned on. The bottom stands of the speakers have three rubber feet on them which keeps them securely in place. The speakers are quite stylish and their form factor makes them look nice sitting beside the monitor.

The only thing that could be considered a drawback with these speakers is the power-block. It is quite large, measuring about 7.5" x 4.5" and weighing in at about at least 2 lbs. It wasn't much of a problem for me though, I was able to place it beneath the shelf that holds my CPU, and of course it just had a two-prong plug with a more than long enough cord to reach an outlet.

Overall, I'd recommend these speakers to anyone who wants great sound in a stylish package!

Apocalypto review

Well, just got back from seeing Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto". I wasn't keen to see this movie, but my wife, who runs a blog called "lisaspassion4mel", here at blogspot took me to see it. I was pleasantly surprised to find this an enjoyable movie, if you don't get nauseous easily as a couple of women in the theater did! I'd rate this movie a 9 out of 10. Visually, it was stunning. Mel Gibson pulled out all the stops and made this movie an incredible action ride full of characters that you'll come to either love, or hate.

I'd recommend this movie to anyone that likes action, suspence and a movie that in the end, embodies our need for the closeness of family.

Merry Christmas!

Well, it's been awhile since I last posted. Just been busy is all. Here's a desktop wallpaper I made for the holiday's...download it and put it on YOUR desktop to feel some Holiday Cheer!

What are Democrats thinking??

Well, we voted in a Democratically controlled Congress and Senate, showing the nation that indeed the American people are unhappy with the direction of the country, and that we don't want our sons and daughters dying in the Middle-East. Our Democratic leaders aren't even in power yet though and what are we hearing from them, talk of bringing back a draft...a draft that would target men and women between the ages of 18 and 42! For GOD'S sake, what are these people thinking!!??

Do they really think that a country that has said in poll after poll that we DO NOT WANT A WAR, that we'll just sit still and calmly accept a draft...a draft that would not only tear children from their parents, but possibly parents from their children? While by the time this draft could be enacted, I would be outside the proposed age limits, my wife would not, and my son will be turning 17 in just six months. No power on GOD'S green earth will send either my wife, or my son to a foreign country to die for George Bush's folly!! The United States government can go to HELL before I'll let that happen. The leaders of this country had better start listening to the will of the people in this country, or we're going to have to resort to extreme measures to make sure that the government of this country is indeed representative of the peoples' will.

A first step in the right direction...

Well, Voters have spoken, and spoken loudly...Democrats have taken control of the House, and the Senate. The question now is, will Those we've given the power to in a fair and democratic election process, take the reins and use that power as they've been promising to for the past 18 months?

Let's hope so. This could be the beginning of repairing the holes that have been eaten into our democratic fabric after the post-9/11 hysteria. While I still don't see us getting out of Iraq immediately (we've created too big a mess there for that!) I do at least now see a light at the end of the tunnel, whereas before I saw little hope that we would ever dis-entangle ourselves from the chaotic mess that Iraq has become.

In the upcoming weeks, we'll have to keep a close eye on the out-going Republicans, making sure they don't sneak something in before the shift of power. Then, we'll have to keep an even closer eye on those we've put into power, to make sure they don't abuse it!

Science fiction has taught the world nothing

Check out this disturbing info. Apparently Samsung isn't content with making home electronics. They've built a robotic killing machine which they'll be putting on the DMZ between North and South Korea next year. Apparently when military leaders around the world saw the movie "Terminator", instead of thinking, "now there's something we need to avoid for the sake of the world," instead they must be thinking, "Wow! We've got to have one of those!"