The fare on films for our bus trip to and from Georgetown DE was unbelievable. Not having children myself, I guess I am not too aware of the awfully low standard for PG and G entertainment. An IPhone and a mute button were necessary to endure the sequel to the Dr Doolittle movies starring his daughter and some movie whose name has thankfully escaped me about a pack of kidnapped golden retrievers that end up in Alaska in a sled race (a bad remake of Snow Dogs without anyone the caliber of Cuba Gooding in it)
Just because there is no sex, nudity, bad language, violence and gore does not automatically require the omission of character development, story, and acting above the caliber of ‘find your mark and say your line”.
Unbelievably Mediocre Movies
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Passed 20 Year Milestone at DTCC
Twenty or so commencement ceremonies, and nearly as many collegewide end of year fests that are now called Employee Appreciation Day. Somewhat amazing considering I took the job on a temporary basis intially, and I had never worked anywhere longer than two and a half years previously. Today was a day long cheer-fest of how great everyone is. When one considers that the achievements are real and substantive, perhaps the prolixity and intensity of the positive spin of this event can be forgiven. Some. It finally doesn’t bother me that I have evolved so much that I don’t really feel that I “fit in” anymore. Our fearless leader continually refers to us as the “Delaware Tech family”. If so than I am like a flamboyant transvestite drama queen of the family, who never feels truly herself when toning herself down in order to fly under the radar of the family’s conservatism. I guess diversity and creativity are OK as long as the result isn’t too “different”.
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