Have a great Golden Week everyone.
Take care and drive safely.
See you all after the break!
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Action!
A few weeks ago I got the Kurosawa DVD box collection.
So far I have watched,
This film had a very dark & interesting plot.
The way that kurosawa tells the same story
through the eyes of several different characters is brilliant.
All the characters in this film are fantastic.
At first I didn't like the princess,
but by the end I thought she was great.
(The actress did have a rather annoying voice though.)
It also had a couple of awesome fight scenes.
Mifune's character is so cool & the bad guy
with the gun is so evil that you really love to hate him.
Has great fight scenes in it too.
And
Mifune plays the same character as in Yojimbo.
The final duel is very bloody!
I've really enjoyed all of them, so much I can't pick a favorite.
:Phil
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Word of the week
vindicate
DEFINITION
verb
1
a : avenge 2 a: to free from allegation or blame b : confirm, substantiate c : to provide justification or defense for : justify d : to protect from attack or encroachment : defend
2
: to maintain a right to
EXAMPLES
EXAMPLES
Recent discoveries appear to vindicate the scientist's once controversial theory.
"A mixture of overreaction, overconfidence and herding causes investors to see growth where none exists and so pay too much for it. This implies that a low yield is a sign not of future capital appreciation and growth, but rather that the share is overvalued. History seems to vindicate this prediction." — From an article in Investors Chronicle, March 5, 2012
DID YOU KNOW?
It's not surprising that the two earliest senses of "vindicate," which has been used in English since at least the mid-16th century, are "to set free" (a sense that is now obsolete) and "to avenge." "Vindicate" derives from Latin "vindicatus," the past participle of the verb "vindicare," meaning "to set free, avenge, or lay claim to." "Vindicare," in turn, derives from "vindex," a noun meaning "claimant" or "avenger." Other descendants of "vindicare" in English include such vengeful words as "avenge" itself, "revenge," "vengeance," "vendetta," and "vindictive." Closer cousins of "vindicate" are "vindicable" ("capable of being vindicated") and the archaic word "vindicative" ("punitive").
"A mixture of overreaction, overconfidence and herding causes investors to see growth where none exists and so pay too much for it. This implies that a low yield is a sign not of future capital appreciation and growth, but rather that the share is overvalued. History seems to vindicate this prediction." — From an article in Investors Chronicle, March 5, 2012
DID YOU KNOW?
It's not surprising that the two earliest senses of "vindicate," which has been used in English since at least the mid-16th century, are "to set free" (a sense that is now obsolete) and "to avenge." "Vindicate" derives from Latin "vindicatus," the past participle of the verb "vindicare," meaning "to set free, avenge, or lay claim to." "Vindicare," in turn, derives from "vindex," a noun meaning "claimant" or "avenger." Other descendants of "vindicare" in English include such vengeful words as "avenge" itself, "revenge," "vengeance," "vendetta," and "vindictive." Closer cousins of "vindicate" are "vindicable" ("capable of being vindicated") and the archaic word "vindicative" ("punitive").
From Merriam-Webster Online
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
wish I could fly in one of those...
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