Famous film writer David Germain claimed that this year’s box office receipts appeared below last year because the studios didn’t have a successful movie.

Back in 2010, they had Avatar and Dark Knight, but in 2011 they didn’t get a single must-see mass blockbuster. Nevertheless, this reveals one of the problems that the movie industry has been having adjusting itself to our digital era.

The movie studios have jacked up the price of a cinema ticket so much that they could now be compared to live concerts and restaurants. – Most people will just wait for the movie to come out on DVD and watch it at home.

The next problem is the inflated prices of food available in the cinema – indeed, it is unclear to everyone why popcorn and fizz, which have to be about the cheapest food products should cost so much.

The audience still loves films, but cinema theaters are losing their charm and the studios have lost the plot.

Meanwhile, the Motion Picture Association of America insists that everything will be all right if they could crucify some more file-sharing pirates.

Article from HERE.

Panorama from back porch this morning

It’s not as windy as it has been the past few days. If it isn’t cloudy, maybe we can warm up a little around here.
There are promising signs that spring is on the way. The days started getting longer December 21st, and already the first trees are starting to bloom.

Here it is freekin cold! Right now I’m wearing a stocking cap, long pants, sweatshirt and a jacket. When I got to the computer my blog thermometer said 70, which is cold!

This morning I was walking the dawgs. Our neighbor was walking her dog too. She has one of those little yippy purse dogs. When we met, my dog, Ditto, who is a killer (really) silently went straight for the little yippy dog. I yanked him back by the leash and all he got was a mouthful of fur. I put him on his back and he knew he fucked up, bad. She seemed Ok and her dog was completely unharmed. (Both the lady and her dog) I apologized profusely to the lady and kept Ditto on his back, reprimanding him until she was gone.
That was my morning excitement. Sheba, on the other hand, is the opposite, she would love that little dog to death, possibly licking her till she drowned.

Today I’m going to start to re-do the CayTronics Web page. I’m tracking down parts and waiting for a big satellite dish to arrive. this should be a good month, but I cannot see more than this month into the future.

This morning everything seems like it’s going on slow motion. It took about a half hour to upload these pics from yesterdays dive.
This looks like it will be a busy week for me. I hope 2012 is a busy year. I need the money.

The second turtle

The First Turtle

First turtle

Snapper

Triggerfish

Here it is 2012, seems like I should have something somber and meaningful to say to get the year started off, like “Look both ways before you cross the street”. . . In 2012, use yer head. That’s my somber and meaningful statement.

Yesterday the wife and I assembled and filled her new swimming pool.

It started raining last night. Hopefully, it will be sunny today, as we want to go diving and use the pool. Plus it’s the last day off before work starts back up.
Kind of sad, Christmas and New Years, you get all this time off work, and when it’s over, it’s sad. Kind of starts the year off in a sad note. Something ought to be done about that.
I think I’ve said it before, that I really can’t tell how I feel. I think I always feel the same and can’t detect changes in my day to day mood. Typing in my blog sometimes make me aware of how I feel. I think so far this morning my brain hasn’t woken up and I am running on about 4 out of 6 cylinders…
I wonder if a jump in the cold cold pool in the rain will wake me up and cheer me up too? I wonda..