Captain Tito

Aye me wishes were granted and the new folks in town added a fine Pirate Weekend!! July 22nd or something around then.

Yer blushes do add to yer beauty lass. :) I be hopin ye got a little rest and feel better.

Aye lads and lasses. Saturday July 15th at about 10am on the West Canada Creek is the place to be. Go on NY rte 12, north of Utica, turn off to rte 28 south and find where the West Canada Creek cometh in. An unofficial crew (but a crew none the less) called the Pirates of West Canada Creek will be makin their 2nd annual 5mile voyage in their 3 mast sloop. All are invited in any creekworthy vessel ye can think of. Be creative, if'n ye don't actually have a boat. It be a 5hr day approx with lots o fun and plunderin. A contest for the finest costume be in order. They do advise ye bringeth river shoes, yer own grub fer munchin, and lots o'sunscreen. Hope to see ye thar!!

Aye and no doubt ye were the lovliest lass among them all. :)

Met me lady in college. Me piratitude had started years before, but had gone dormant. She was with me when it came back around.

That is a nice pic of her, but she is beautiful with less too.

I actually can't see Madonna acting her age. She doesn't strike me as one who would be good at the roll of "old lady of rock" She doesn't fit the "classic" mold like a Pat Benatar or Tina Turner. Aye Gunner ye looketh great!! Ye don't use phony hair coloring to cover that awesome dew either. Good show sir!!

Yah, Madonna is one of those that stays good primarily because she's never the same thing twice. Each new album is something different than the last one. To me, thats why she has lasted so long as not only a recording artist, but a good one and popular to beat. Brenda K. Starr was a backup singer in the 80s I think for Prince. She was also in the 80s early Rap movie BeatStreet. Had a big English hit, I Still Believe. Her big comeback to identity has been on the Salsa scene and I think she's great at it. Some people say they wish she would jet from salsa and get more into r&b, but personally I think the female r&b scene is too flooded. There are really good ones who lead the pack and then too many who try it, and don't stack up to the leaders, so they're just another product of one hit wonderland. Celtic Woman is this tour of Irish women, playing and singing all kinds of Celtic music. Their names aren't any I know. That Bettingfield gal is pretty kewl too!

Mariah's had her ups and downs. I like her sound now than years ago when she used to practically scream so. One I like, but you don't hear much about lately is Sade. Very soulful. Very smooth. Madonna still hangs in there of course. As for the bimbo bunch (Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears etc..) they can all go jump. Kelly Clarkson is proving she's more than just American Idol. Joss Stone is kewl too. I LIKED Nelly Furtado, but she never really floated after that first good album. I hear P!NK is back. We'll see if she does as good as her first album. I don't think she has to come across as "The Anti-Britney Spears" anymore, since Britney is SOOOO last week. In the Salsa scene, if you haven't done so, check out Brenda K. Starr. She's totally kewl. In another genre of females, what do you think of that whole Celtic Woman tour?

Well U2 really cleaned house!! Green Day won a little bit too. Its weird with some of the award shows because sometimes the winners aren't necessarily who is the most popular with the general population, or overall sales etc.... It's more up to the committees, or in the case of movies, the academy. That's why Depp didn't win for Jack Sparrow. He was a shoe in for the Peoples Choice Award (actually measured by overall popularity and sales) but as much as the character was great, and the movie was popular, he didn't fit the profile of what the "academy" was looking for, for its best actor. Thats why Sean Penn got it that year. NYC is a fun place lass. I be goin there again this June for the 116th St. fest and its a kikkin time!! I think overall they've made it better than it once was. Its more people friendly in alot of areas that at one time ye wouldn't be caught keel hauled in. The area of that festival is a good example. Upper East Side of Manhattan (aka El Barrio or Spanish Harlem), once a mess, now quite pleasant. You have to be smart though. Don't just "go wandering". Don't flaunt $ or what. Do most of your looking around during the day. You'll like it when ye goeth some day. :)

My sweetie looooooves it when I just run me fingertips along her back. I plan on doin that as well as gettin her a surprise!

Aye lass, if'n ye was to see where I live, ye would feel quite different abou that. I haven't seen Capote either. Now do ye payeth much attention to The Grammy's? They be this week.

Aye lass I did the homework. Lots of nominees for Capote, and Good Night and Good Luck. I also think Munich is a good contender for best film. Only 3 nominees in the animated features. We'll see if its Tim Burton's. I hope March of the Penguins gets best documentary feature.

Yeah and it took her a while to really "get going" after ET. From the same generation, you had the sad story of that little blonde gal who was in Poltergeist, who died really young. Can't remember her name, but she was about Drew's age at the time and their movies were out almost together. I haven't seen the nominees yet. I'll look for them.

Its probably better for some today do to the increased awareness of what went on in the past. You do have a handful of them from the 50s, 60s, 70s, etc.. that came out doing well, like Ron Howard who literally grew up on tv and is now a VERY successfull Hollywood director. But then you have so many who have been on all the talk shows over the years that were given almost nothing after the show or movie that made them, either faded, or in the case of tv, went off the air. Pretty scary and sad too. In the years I was hearing about so many troubled child stars, it always made me wonder about the kid who played Charlie. I was glad to find out he had settled down so well. Then you have some who's parents try to take it all, like McCauley Culkin.

You got it lass! Most of the series' that they've made into films lasted on tv for a number of years. But somehow they miss with the chemistry of making it all into a movie. Maybe too many years have gone since the show was so kewl, that its no longer kewl for movie material. Something just gets lost that makes the movie really miss whatever made the show great. Speaking of movies, guess who lives near (20 minutes away) me, and I have taught his daughter in school, and may teach his son next year?? Does the name Peter Ostrum ring a bell? He's of course now Dr. Peter Ostrum, Vetrinarian. He was the original Charlie in the classic Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (with Gene Wilder as Wonka). He lives a quiet life as a veterinarian for mostly farm animals. He was offered other rolls in the 70s, after Wonka, but turned them down because he didn't want Hollywood to dominate his life. He mostly keeps quiet about the Wonka experience, but he did take his family to Europe a few years back for a reunion, showing them all the buildings and houses that were used etc... and he did do an interview last summer in regards to the new Charlie movie that starred Johnny Depp. All in all, he's a really nice guy. :)

Ye got it lass. Both were less than stellar. Bewitched and the other "past tv show" movie of last summer, The Dukes of Hazzard, would have flopped if they had been the shows themselves (which in their times, were big hits). Hollywood tries too hard to re-invent the wheel.

Aye, I do agree with ye all. Tis a yummy cereal indeed. They just need some free stuff in the box!

Sure it'll get around soon, as its quite new here. Its basically an new animation style tale, based on the Little Red Riding Hood story, with contemporary additions. Between it, and Chicken Little, I bet that'll be the newest movie trend: new contemporary takes on children's stories, using contemporary animation. Last summer through last year it was making contemporary movie versions of old tv shows. I realize that trend has been around here and there over the years but it seemed like a flood of them with Bewitched, etc...

Has ye seen Hoodwinked? It be quite good. :)

Aye Cap'n ye really came out o'yer SHELL fer that one!!

I feel like I've become part of that Ice Age movie after a weather day like today around here. That one or The Day After Tomorrow!

I thought so too when I saw it a few years back. Luckily I got to ride it when I went a few years before that. Now that would be TOTALLY KEWL if they wanted to do something in regard to the movie, instead of messing with the classic ride. Next thing you know they'll add a taliban doll to Its a Small World.

I'm not quite sure how close Tristan and Isolde follows to the Wagner opera. Ye said ye weren't too familiar with his. This would be one to check out. He did it as a "half time" in between the 4 parts of the Ring Cycle. Its a very romantic story.

Aye theatre fans, looketh like Lord Of The Rings is coming to the state too. It'll be premiering in Toronto sometime soon. I saw an add for it in the Coach USA bus excursion catalog, advertising to get people to go on one day trips to Toronto to see it.