Haines His Way

I have noticed that the paint in the kitchen is very boring.

Lunch got a very late start this afternoon, so I only had time for two programs once I got back.

My friend John just bought that Rodgers & Hammerstein movie boxed set, and he loaned me the 40th Anniversary SOUND OF MUSIC out of the box so I could compare it to my Five Star Collector's Edition.

I watched about 30 minutes of it. The color seemed rich, perhaps a tad more saturated than the Five Star Edition. The image is a tad softer, however, than the Five Star version. Perhaps the artificial edge enhancement Fox used on the Five Star edition makes the difference in sharpness. I'm not sure. But I think the Five Star looks just the slightest bit digital as opposed to the more film-like 40th Anniversary Edition.

Personally, I'm glad I didn't trade for the new one. I will probably rebuy THE SOUND OF MUSIC one more time when it is remastered for Blu-ray. But that will be it. Until then, I can live with the version I have now.

I completed my afternoon with last night's THE TUDORS. Yep, DR elmore, I loved it, too. Just the male eye candy alone is worth watching the show for, but the plots, intrigues, and fascinating characters are just riveting. Wouldn't think of missing a second of this.

Needless to say, in high definition, this show is splendiferous! Really astonishing colors, fabrics, and props that look hyper-realistic. It's a visual feast!

My mail still has not yet arrived, so I don't know if those James Bond Ultimate Editions that I won on Ebay are going to arrive today or not. If they do, I'll watch FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE when I got back down. If not, I'll watch ENTOURAGE and RENO 911! from last night.

DR Edisaurus, there is a DVD set I think you might enjoy....it is packed with lurid films from the 30s, 40s, and 50s!!! I bought the whole set at Shopko for $7...LOL!





Available everywhere good movies are sold (including Amazon and Ebay)

Have you arrived in LA or are you terrifying fellow passengers in Portland as you shimmy around in a despearate attempt to regale them with the top 40 from Bollywood?

And singdaw, I suppose you have never seen any of these exploitation classics from years gone by??

Umm.....not so much.

But THANK YOU for pointing them out!

 

Umm.....not so much.

But THANK YOU for pointing them out!

 

Yes, knowing what to avoid is most important!

DR Elmore - sorry you continue to have problems with the Macbeths.  Shall I find some teenagers to TP their house?

Only if they're tied to stakes and burned in their front yard as a part of the festivities.

Yes, AAUW Executive Director, Michele Wetherald, was at our conference on Friday and announced that there would be heavy press coverage of:

Behind the Pay Gap

I would accept a broad-based conclusion that women, as a class, receive less pay than men for similar jobs.

However, before I can accept the more detailed conclusions I need an understanding of how data are normalized for unbroken years on the job.

Because many women take time off to build a family, they will always be behind the curve in earnings compared to men their own age. Also, because second-earner women are more likely than men to take "satisfying" jobs, they will again fail at an age-to-age comparison with men.

So, I believe that there always was, is, and always will be, indeed, should be, a wage gap between Men and Women. That said - I still suspect that there is an unreasonable, unjustifiable wage gap which requires action. I wonder how well this report addresses these issues.

When I was managing defense projects for Hughes Aircraft I raised holy hell when some gal was assigned as a software designer to my team - I didn't want to have to cope with managing some engineer wanna-be. (I was also notorious for my foul language tirades at project meetings!) I put management on notice that though I couldn't stop the assignment, I sure as hell was not going to cut her any slack - she was going to be treated as one of the boys - fish or cut bait. On my very next project, I again was saddled with a gal from software engineering - and grumble I did. On a third project the same damn thing happened. I was furious - I marched over to the VP in charge of software development (who was a bridge playing crony) and asked him why the hell was I the dumping grounds for his lady engineers. He broke out in a big grin, "Because, Bruce, my best female engineers request to be assigned to your team." "Why the hell would that be", I queried. "Because they say you treat them as equals, challenge them to be their best, and they can learn more from you than from any other project engineer". So now what is a MCP to do?

Sometime later there was an opening in our Project Office for a Project head - one of the leading candidates was another gal from software engineering. The boss said no way did he want to hire her -she had no hardware expertise. I explained that that was no a big deal, it was my project, and I'd rather have her SW expertise - I could crutch her on the HW issues. No deal - No women! So, who gets the job - a dimwitted male SW type, with zero HW expertise, and not the will nor wit to learn. I spent years wishing for my ladies back!

der Brucer

Great story about the engineers, DR der Brucer!

Heading down now to (hopefully) see what arrived in the mail and then debate whether to mow the front lawn now or later this afternoon.

WBBL.

Expolitation,  It;s not I guess bit "Star 80" was at least about exploitation. I found it is "uncomfortable" viewing.

Changing the shading of the definition - I thought was "Exploitaion" could be used for "A Clockwork Orange" - exploitation  of the audience by the manipulative Director.  

OY!

The house in the glen is aroar!

The dogs are very upset with the nextdoor neighbor (who bulldozed every growing thing off his wooded lot, then put up his gulog, and trucked in rolls of country club golf course grass mats to do his yard). The groundskeeper is now out there with a roaring power mower trimming the stuff - and the dogs are angry! The only good that comes of this is the din drowns out Sean Hannity yelling with Al Sharpton on TV. He keeps his lawn quite lush - all those fertizer chemicals wash right down the slope and into the protected wetlands that form the rear of our property lines. Oh well, who cares about nature conservatories...let the Blue Herons and least-terns and  go elsewhere

My neighbors do not like my idea of natural gardening- they want all the lovely dandelions lining the front wall murdered and they despise the blackberry vines returning to the side yard.

der Brucer

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Study: Pay Gap Between Men and Women Starts Right Out of College
Monday , April 23, 2007
NEW YORK —

Women make only 80 percent of the salaries their male peers do one year after college; after 10 years in the work force, the gap between their pay widens further, according to a study released Monday.

The study, by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, found that 10 years after college, women earn only 69 percent of what men earn.

Even after controlling for hours, occupation, parenthood, and other factors known to affect earnings, the study found that one-quarter of the pay gap remains unexplained. The group said that portion of the gap is "likely due to sex discrimination."

"Over time, the unexplained portion of the pay gap grows," the group said in a news release.

der Brucer