Go-n-Work “I’m federal agent Jack Bauer, and today is the longest day of my life.” – Jack Bauer, 24, Fox TV, 2001-10 I recently watched a couple of the old segments of 24 on YouTube with my iPad and they delivered the same palm-sweating suspense as when they first ran. It made me wonder how [...]
Overwhelming “Well it’s kind of a – kind of a mass. It keeps getting bigger and bigger.” – Steve Andrews, The Blob, Fairview Productions, 1958 Most who watch big sporting events like Soccer’s World Cup, the Olympics or March Madness are only concerned about who is going to win. Then there are the rest [...]
Odd Choices “The wick is almost out, Felix. All I want is for the candle to glow one last time rather than curse the darkness.” – Oscar Madison, “The Odd Couple II,” Paramount, 1998 Our office system was recently used to watch three segments of Yahoo’s mini-series Cybergeddon (the nine segments total 95 minutes). Except [...]
Teens Exchange “Hey man, I don’t wanna rain on your parade, but we’re not gonna last seventeen *hours!* Those things are gonna come in here just like they did before. And they’re gonna come in here…” – Hudson, “Alien,” 20th Century Fox, 1986 Perhaps the Boston-area English teacher’s commencement address a few months ago [...]
Critical Half “Hey, this place is my home. And I’m not willing to risk everything I have on your personal life. It’s business, plain and simple.” – Lil, “Coyote Ugly,” Touchstone Pictures, 2000 ZDNet’s Ken Hess recently gave Apple a backhanded compliment, saying that OSX, Mountain Lion, was the world’s first transgender operating system [...]
“You all say the nicest things. You’re so great, you’re so nice, but none of you want to date me!” – Jude Harrison, “Instant Star,” Epitome Pictures (2004) The Twitlympics has been almost as exciting, interesting, breathtaking as the event the IOC (International Olympics Committee) put on in London. But judging was mixed, tough [...]
The following is by G. A . “Andy” Marken, President of Marken Communications Inc. He has kindly given us permission to republish his thought-provoking article. As with everything that we publish at AlienBabelTech, the opinions expressed are solely those of the individual writer and do not necessarily reflect the views and the opinions of the [...]
The following is by G. A . “Andy” Marken, President of Marken Communications Inc. He has kindly given us permission to republish his thought-provoking article. As with everything that we publish at AlienBabelTech, the opinions expressed are solely those of the individual writer and do not necessarily reflect the views and the opinions of the [...]
The following is by G. A . “Andy” Marken, President of Marken Communications Inc. He has kindly given us permission to republish his thought-provoking article. As with everything that we publish at AlienBabelTech, the opinions expressed are solely those of the individual writer and do not necessarily reflect the views and the opinions of the [...]
