Irving’s Bakery Cafe is multiplying.
A new location opened at the University Park Airport last Monday
Okay, a baker/sandwich place at the airport makes sense, but:
and an additional location will open at the new Geisinger Grays Woods facility on Aug. 4 — the same day the medical facility is to open . . .
The Geisinger location provides a little cafe spot that will feature more grab-and-go type offerings, such as sandwiches and salads. Espresso and smoothies will also be offered, she said.
In a medical center? How weird is that? Would you want to go to a medical center to grab lunch? Can you imagine the conversations, like, “Let’s do lunch at Geisinger!”
I’m not wishing them ill, but I think it’s just bizarre.
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You daughter is a good reader, she just has problems with her decoding
One more time: The fundamental problem with education is that idiots like this become teachers.
]]>Sells $66.4 million worth of tickets in one day — or 10 times what “Valley of Elah” sold in over a year.
Ah, yes, the VRWC’s favorite antiwar movie. Its total box office and rentals are $6.5 million.
And it’s going to keep making money:
All indications are that “The Dark Knight” will keep landing blows: Advance ticket sales were booming.
“There is an unbelievable demand for this movie,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of tracking firm Media By Numbers LLC. “The Heath Ledger factor is a major part of this. Beyond that, the movie is so good, it’s worthy of all these accolades.”
The movie directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale as Batman cost $185 million to make, excluding money spent marketing, said Dan Fellman, Warner’s head of distribution.
Critics have heaped praise on the movie — especially the late Heath Ledger’s turn as the Joker, which has already generated whispers of a posthumous Oscar nomination.
“We’re very proud of the film,” Fellman said. “It’s the magic of the movie business, how one film just stands out above the others.”
What are you waiting for? Go! Today!
]]>KFC is now open in Fallujah—formerly Iraq’s most dangerous city. It’ll be interesting to see how residents cope with the subsequent arrival of naked PETA protesters.
Naked PETA protesters in Fallujah. I’d pay good money to see what the Iraqis would do to them.
]]>We went to the one down the road that nobody knows about. Er, knew about. We already had bought our tickets, and we got there 25 minutes early. The theater was nearly full when we got there, and by the time the movie started, there were people who stayed even though there were no seats left and stood through all 2 1/2 hours. Applause at the end.
One. Hell. Of. A. Movie.
Great story, great acting, great direction, great photography (well, I’m not sure where the ferries were going, since it was Chicago), great direction, great score. Even the finale will have your heart pounding.
And you won’t see me complaining if Heath Ledger gets a posthumous academy award. It’s an amazing performance, and he gets creepier and crazier as the movie goes on. He certainly put Jack Nicholson’s performance as the Joker in the Tim Burton film to shame.
Just outstanding.
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]]>Planning for the 1 pm today, but only if the car is done by then (I’m about six months late for this year’s communist extortion racket emissions test, and I have an 11 am appointment).
I remember in 2000 when Memento came out (heh — remember, that’s funny, if you’ve seen the movie) and I wondered what Nolan would do to top that, since it’s one of those movies that can only be done once. Then, he did Batman Begins, which didn’t top it, but came close. Maybe this one will.
]]>And it’s too lean. You put sausage in a cold pan with no fat or oil, turn the heat on low, and let it cook. That’s the way you’re supposed to cook sausage (or bacon). That’s what I did, and this sausage stuck to the pan.
Haven’t tried the bacon yet. But I’ll be going back to Jimmy Dean sage sausage. They’ve come out with a new flavor, “intense,” and it’s good, but I like the sage. Sausage is supposed to have lots of sage in it. That’s what makes it taste like sausage, instead of ground pork.
]]>Actually, I did recognize one, but on the band website. He’s retired, but at least he’s there. And the home ec (yeah, yeah, whatever the euphemism was) teacher’s last name was the same as the home ec teacher when I was in school. I suspect perhaps her daughter.
Sadly, there was no page of retired teachers. Somebody should do something about that.
I see that the FFA and FCA are still there, but what happened to the NHS and FHA? I also see that there are women in the FFA now. There weren’t when I was in school. But the FFA seems to be going strong.
]]>NEW YORK (CNN) — U.S. Airways is pressuring pilots to use less fuel, undermining their authority and possibly compromising safety, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Airline Pilots Association.
Eight pilots and their union have filed complaints with the Federal Aviation Administration, accusing the airline of infringing on their authority and making them fly with less fuel than they feel is safe, said James Ray, a spokesman for the U.S. Airline Pilots Association.
No more comment necessary.
]]>A funny thing happened over on the Barack Obama campaign website in the last few days.
The parts that stressed his opposition to the 2007 troop surge and his statement that more troops would make no difference in a civil war have somehow disappeared. John McCain and Obama have been going at it heavily in recent days over the benefits of the surge.
The Arizona senator, who advocated the surge for years before the Bush administration employed it, says the resulting reduction in violence is proof it worked with progress on 15 of 18 political benchmarks and Obama’s plan to withdraw troops by now would have resulted in surrender.
When President Bush ordered the surge in January 2007, Obama said: “I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse,” a position he maintained throughout 2007. This year he acknowledged progress, but maintained his position that political progress was lacking.
Tuesday, while Obama gave a speech on foreign policy, the New York Daily News was the first to notice the removal of parts of Obama’s campaign site listing the Iraq troop surge as part of “The Problem.” An Obama spokeswoman said it was just part of an “update” to “reflect changes in current events,” as our colleague Frank James notes in the Swamp.
Changeyness!
Update: Now with New, Improved Changeyness!
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