Chinese. Movie at the theater or home on DVD?

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Why doesn't our country do more about this crap!  Lead in toys, poisonous drywall, and I once saw a Chinese business woman on TV bragging about her drug business ... how she uses ingredients other than the real drug (often poisonous to humans) and is getting rich on this business.  She said she sells to many other countries with the U.S. being a top buyer.  WHAT?!  This woman was literally bragging on TV about it.

I don't understand why we haven't done something MAJOR about this. 

I never go to the doc or get RXs, but does anyone know if one can tell if they came from China? 

were involved with ball playing by women too.....here's a link for their culture and their sports history....they were always thought of as weak but they were not weak....

http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa032301a.htm

I save every packet of sauces from my Chinese food delivery.  Whether I'm cooking bar-b-q (ribs, chicken, pork chops, etc), or baking whatever or grilling, broiling, or boiling, I can usually throw together something from those packets depending on what flavoring I want to achieve.  My dad taught me not to look at recipes, but just to think about how flavors work together and trust your guts.  That doesn't work for everyone, but I've made some delicious dinners when I didn't have any other seasonings in the house but those Chinese food packets :)  Try to remember to balance out a sweet with a sour (or salty) flavor.  I remember how I was horrified when he put cinnamin in a pot roast once, but it was the best roast I ever had.  He had been doing it for years...he just hid it from me.  Once I knew he used it, I enjoyed it more than I ever had!

And my husband is trying to tell me that means I already have everything.

Hmmm......

Since language is "our thing" - and particularly ESL - I thought you'd like to get a head start on what to expect from future Chinese dictators.  Get a load of these Chinese-to-English learning blocks (I'll post this as an URL you can paste into your browser since some are reluctant to click on links):

http://peer-see.com/blog/chumble-spuzz/2006/07/09/

I suggest we practice by forming sentences, such as:  "The patient is a construction worker who was operating a navvy when a crustacea flew into the cab.  Mistaking it for a darning needle, he swatted at the crustacea and lost control of the navvy, which crashed.  Unfortunately, he was not wearing a safety armet at the time and was knocked unconscious..."

I own and live in a house in a midwest city in a bad neighborhood (wasn't that bad 11 years ago).  I spent the day waiting for the plumber to come and jackhammer the foundation (slab house, no basement) to find a leaky pipe that is flooding my DD's bedroom. Last week, it was the electrician with quotes for costly repairs.

In the meantime, I've really been thinking about selling out and moving into a mobile home.  Has anyone done this before?  Is a mobile home in a decent park less of a hassle than a regular house?  I'm so tired of cutting the grass and spending $$ to fix things and tired of old flooring and cabinets, etc., that are just too costly to replace.  I'm single with no man to do these things for me and I can't afford a mortgage on a newer house in a good neighborhood.  Some of the pictures I've seen of the mobile homes look really nice and modern on the inside. 

Any advice and comments appreciated.  Thanks!

where the beer and the cantaloupe play . . . where seldom is heard . . . .

based on what the critics say about it?  I still think back to when Titanic came out and Gene Shallet (sp?) on the Today Show absolutely hated it.  I think Premonition with Sandra Bullock looks like a good one, but the critics seem to hate it.  But they also didn't like We Are Marshall, and I thought that was a fabulous movie, so I don't usually take what the critics say into consideration when picking a movie.  Just wondering what anyone else's opinions were.

Have a great Friday!

Wish I could tell you which movie, but I naver made it out of the house.  There is an all day marathon on Entrprise on sci fi, and another on USA I think with Law and Order.  So, I caught up on the laundry while watching these things. Before you know it the day is almost over, and I haven't spent a dime LOL.  Hope you go to see your movie and enjoy it.  I have to start forcing myself to get out of the house.

Ever have one of those toons you just can't quite place.  I just heard a song by Duran Duran called Ordinary World.  I know this was in a movie and it is driving me absolutely bananas that I cannot remember what movie.  I'll post the link below to listen, but does anyone know what movie this song was in.  I thought Lost Boys or Flatliners, but I've looked up soundtrack and its not listed.  Anyone know?  It's a very pretty song and one of those haunting melodies that I can play over and over and not get tired of it.  Here's the link -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxm_cY5jqmo&feature=related

Gerard Butler...mmm mmm!

There's a scottish chicken who, for the life of me, I can't understand!  I couldn't imagine trying to transcribe that particular dialect!