San Bernardino Sun: FBI investigating audit’s claim of misspent money
Victorville Daily Press: FBI investigating Victorville-based Charter Academy
Self, surely there’s still more that could (and should) be reported on this, right?
Although the title (and the basic plotline) make one expect an American Pie-style comedy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
is a surprisingly smart and clever comedy. Scratch that, a romantic comedy, which doesn’t work on paper, but which is surprisingly sweet and funny (and fairly wise).
A recommended viewing for fans of R-rated romantic comedy, of which this is one of only a small handful.
Somehow, I expected genocide to be a little more exciting.
Overall, the update to Battlestar Galactica (which I loved as an elementary schooler, even as I knew it wasn’t as good as Star Wars, back before anyone insisted it was actually called A New Hope) works, and works very well. For all the crying about how Dirk Benedict’s Starbuck character has been turned into a woman, it really ends up being a pretty smooth transition, at least in the miniseries. And that’s the way the remake goes overall: Competent, clever, with a few new twists along the way, but not necessarily selling the total package.
There are a few gaps in the storytelling — who dropped a note in the commander’s quarters without anyone spotting them, and how did they know what they knew? — but not any worse than most television series.
The only real knock against the BSG miniseries is how slow-paced it is. For a story telling of mankind being pushed to the edge of extinction in a matter of hours, it sure is casual about it. Other than one small mob (who were presumably waiting around in a field for a spaceship to land nearby) and some radio chatter, there’s nothing to suggest panic or urgency. In a post-9/11 world, we know what people look like when shook up by a major trauma and fear of what comes next, and little of it shows up on the screen.
Still, this is a strong basis for the new television series.
Recommended for curious fans of the original or those looking for an antidote to the strong-jawed optimism of the Star Trek universe.
Postmus orders library to remove art history book
By BEAU YARBROUGH
Staff Writer
Last Wednesday, First District Supervisor Bill Postmus ordered San Bernardino County libraries to remove a book on the history of Japanese manga comic books that included images of sex.
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So, Peter is going to see a concert later this month with a male friend from high school, and his friend (extremely well-off) is paying for the VIP tickets. The tickets are $425 … each.
I’m saying that Peter and his single never-married male friend are going on a date and, with an evening that may well hit $1,000 before the night’s over, he’s going to have to put out.
Am I right?
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