How Interesting!

workin’ for the man.

I thought about joining the Oscar pool at work but realized almost everyone there would be much better at it than I would =p

origin of the NORAD santa tracker

The plot bears a striking resemblance to a real event in history as reported by Bruce Watson on DailyFinance’s Website on 24 December 2009: ‘…In December 1955, Sears Roebuck ran a newspaper ad with what they claimed was Santa’s direct number. Unfortunately, the phone number they offered was one digit off; instead of Sears, it linked to a top secret line at CONAD, the Continental Air Defense Command. When Colonel Harry Shoup, the command’s director of operations, answered the phone, he expected to hear about a missile strike against the US. Instead, he got a little kid who wanted to talk to Santa. Although the conversation ended with the child crying and Shoup fuming, the Colonel eventually came around and began giving the children updates on Santa’s travels through the night sky. The following year, CONAD offered a new, non-secret, phone number that children could call. In 1958, when CONAD became NORAD, the new command continued the tradition…’

from trivia for “Mercury Rising” (1998)

I <3 colin firth (part the twelve thousandth)

1 - “A Single Man” was very good. Especially considering what it was.

2 - Colin Firth was phenomenal. I’m so not being biased about this.

3 - I loved that Jon Hamm made a vocal cameo in the movie. I recognized his voice almost immediately and it momentarily distracted me from the gloriousness of Colin Firth.

4 - COLIN FIRTH WAS AT THE SCREENING. I knew this in advance, of course - it was pretty much the main reason why I attended! But to suddenly see him standing there, and then striding down the aisle in that inimitable way he has, wearing a smart suit with his perfect white shirt with the top few buttons undone. AHHHHHHH

5 - And he has such lovely hands and he’s so smart and funny and handsome and lovely.

6 - The Colin Firth Fan Club is even bigger than I thought. The show was sold out, and the estrogen level in the room was definitely palpable. Especially when they showed that montage of his films and especially the scene from Pride & Prejudice.

7 - So much perfectness AHHHHHHH