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That’s the new slogan for the test phase of storing two biometric measurements for official ID and travel documents (hence the 2B, for 2 fingerprints and a facial scan). As my fak… rephrase… as my current passport is about to expire, I’ve been given the chance to participate. And as scary as it sounds (my extreme beautiful facial features stored digitally !), the 10 euro discount for this project is of course, the tipping point. What about you guyz, you up for it ?

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Total: 1210 out of 374 votes > Average is: 3.235

Toldyaso. One of my favorite lines. See my previous post here.
Here’s proof that bad singers will be revealed one day or another. See article here.

What actually was a budget conscious decision, was pushed into this world as a novelty. But this full CGI/green screen setup, to put it mildly, is a slight disappointment. From the very beginning, you’ll notice the shadowy undetailed backgrounds. Combined with the continuous sepia filter and a few very low budget shots, the eye candy is just a plain cube of sugar. While the effect of watching an old cartoon book does transfer well, it’s still not an immersive experience.
That would leave a great story and superb acting to compensate. Sadly, not so. The story is a standard deployment of cliches and the acting is ice cold.
All in all, a short original Superman cartoon (those from the forties) matches the visual style and has more depth to boot. Takes less time to watch too.6-.

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Total: 645 out of 197 votes > Average is: 3.274

It’s almost everyday news. From movie stars to royalties. Jude Law begging for more privacy, and the latest headlines have Prince Harry striking a few physical blows to the picture hungry bloodhounds. After that, you usually get a “no it’s your fault” “no it’s part of the job” discussion. But wouldn’t life be more exciting if all physical contact from the photographed towards the photographer would be legally allowed ? That way, there would never be lawsuits, and the photographers would have more exciting lives. Imagine a life where you’ll sit on your ass mostly all day, and when the star comes or leaves home and you’re too close, you risk getting punched in the face, and you’ll just have to accept it as part of your occupational hazards.

I have nothing against pop music. Heck, I have a whole bunch of them from the last 3 decades. It’s no surprise that my taste lies with contemporary pop, as time moves on. But this album, is literally a throwback from the eighties. And to be honest, it’s just a little bit too much for me. It induces unhealthy mental images. A few fifty-year olds behind Casio keyboards, and some holding a plastic guitars. The only real difference is the slightly more advanced sampling machine, but it’s still definitely the eighties. This album is probably only suitable for the real die-hard Duran Duran fans, it they still exist.5.

Geachte Spar Klantenservice,
u moet weten, ‘s ochtends word ik moeilijk wakker. Om mijn ochtendritueel te verspoedigen, heb ik uiteraard een Philips Senseo gekocht. En om mijn duiten extra te laten klinken (en om monopolie te voorkomen), koop ik mijn Coffee Pads niet van Douwe Egberts, maar van jullie gerespecteerde huismerk (jullie zijn namelijk een van de weinigen die de pads individueel heeft vepakt). Tot vanochtend dan.
Vanochtend pak ik dus de laatste coffee pad. En half-wakker als ik dan altijd ben, laat ik het per ongeluk uit mijn handen vallen. Tot mijn verbazing dwarrelt het geheel langzaam naar beneden, als een droom. Het heeft even in moeten werken, maar na 5 minuten had ik het door. De verpakking was niet gevuld met een coffee pad, maar slechts met lucht.
Zo is het dus gekomen dat ik vandaag een uur te laat op mijn werk ben gekomen. Immers, dezelfde hoeveelheid caffeine die ik normaal met een kop koffie binnen krijg, moest ik dit keer hebben van 4 geleende zakjes bosvruchten-thee van de boven-buurvrouw.

Bijgesloten bij deze brief de bron van deze rampendag, de onaangetaste lege verpakking.

Met veel chagrijnige groeten (helaas, ik heb de thee waarschijnlijk niet lang genoeg laten trekken, en heb dus nog steeds last van caffeine-tekort),

KaNam Ung

(Actually. it’s just here at work, but for the slight dramatization, I used my cozy home as the backdrop of this story)

With a fair start, what I feared would happen, happened. With no personal stories to go on, all the cases start to look alike. During later episodes, the same lines get repeated multiple times. If you’re only a quarter into a series season, and you can already predict the dialogue before it’s said, something is terrible wrong. Forget the high production value, forget the good actors, and forget the future. To use a medical term, this series, is a goner.

The mob still has a firm grip on the box office, with Shark Tale still topping the list, another $22.1 million. Also still number 2 is Friday Night Lights, with $13.1 million.
A team of puppets took a hold of number 3, Team America: World Police, by South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. With just $12.3 million, the puppet sex hype and the R rating didn’t do much.
Shall We Dance ?, a romantic comedy starring the voluptuous endowed Jennifer Lopez and Richard Gere move their way into the fourth place, opening with $11.6 million.
And again, Ladder 49 drops two rungs, at number 5 with $8.6 million.

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With their single Leaving New York out, I thought their album could be interesting, not having listened to anything new for a few decades. In the end (after the full 3 obligatory rounds of the whole album), I was bored to death. Where they managed to get at least a faint melody on Leaving New York, the rest of the songs sound just like it, and I mean only the verse part. This album features songs that will put kids with ADHD to sleep in no time. If you ever feel overly excited, this album will bring your mood down a few notches for sure.4.

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Total: 643 out of 195 votes > Average is: 3.297

On its third year stint, they’re still able to keep it interesting, something I feared they couldn’t keep up. But injecting the series with some fresh energy (the addition of two formidable actors, Scott Wolf and Anne Heche), still keeps this show above average. Drama is still there, and so are the laughs. In favor of the new scenery though, some characters will be dropped, but for now, it’s still so far, so good.

I’ve mentioned her before, and starting your career on a Spider-man soundtrack is no small matter. While the song We Are was bordering sink or swim, the album would finally give the answer.
First off, given how We Are sounds mature, the other songs seem rather childish. And I don’t just mean her voice, I’m also referring to the lyrics. Her voice also doesn’t really stand out. Ending up with a handful of mediocre songs, and a few more I keep skipping, the result isn’t that enticing. This album is definitely not a recommended hearing object.5-.