The Formula to Making a Movie

Want to write a Hollywood blockbuster? Just follow a proven formula and you are all but guaranteed to be holding an Oscar on stage thanking your eighth grade teacher for her “inspiration.”

Although in the last several years I think the “formula” was just remaking a movie that has not been seen for a while or adding another sequel.

Yes, before we are subjected to a new version of The Breakfast Club or Rocky 87, consider returning to the classic formula of movie making. The funny part is that this “fake” movie preview is far more entertaining than some real movies I have seen lately.

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Hold Your Breath for 20 Minutes?

I thought I could hold my breath under water for a long time. Apparently I am nothing compared to Peter Colat.

Colat just broke the world record for holding his breath under water. His time? 19 minutes and 21 seconds.

That means if Colat recorded any 30-minute show on television he could watch it on DVR (without commercials) in one breath.

Colat said that “felt the need to breath around the 12 minute mark.”

Wow. Really? I thought there would be more to it.

I decided to research what it takes to be a professional hold-your-breath athlete. Here is what I found…

  1. Practice Holding Breath.
  2. Lose Weight
  3. Stop Smoking
  4. Splash Cold Water on Your Face
  5. Eat a Healthy Diet
  6. Only breath in 85% of Capacity
  7. Practice with a Partner
  8. Exhale Slowly
  9. Repeat 3-4 times

I’m Out…maybe they have a professional guy-who-runs-the-stopwatch-for-other-guys athlete?

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Best Albert Einstein Quote

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”

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The “Universe” and “We Feel Fine Programs”…

In going through some old blogs I was amazed that I somehow forgot to share this video. It is a video speech of Jonathan Harris. Jonathan writes interesting programs that search the Internet for glimpses of the human condition. [Read more...]

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Hadron on Collision Course…Really!

I didn’t want to leave anyone wondering what had happen since my post June 30th on the Hadron Collider. [Read more...]

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Phelps Greatest Feat? 12,000 Calories a Day!

Sure eight Gold Medals in the same Olympics has never been done before. 

Sure Phelps shattered Mark Spitz’s seven gold medals

Sure he is the poster child for swimmers around the world. 

I still think his greatest “performance” is the ability to eat 12,000 calories a day and look like he does. Ready to start the new “Phelps” eating plan? Although I am not certain what he actually eats, give this a shot for your daily 12,000 calories…

Breakfast (McDonalds) – 10 Egg McMuffins

Lunch (Dominos) – 2 Deep Dish Feast Pizzas

Dinner (McDonalds) – 12 Big Macs

Oh yea, be sure to get in about 5 million laps in the pool at some point during all that! 

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Friday Fluff…Shadow Puppets to a New Level

Submitted by several Slow Bleed readers for the Friday Fluff….(the group is called Pilobolus).


Pilobolus – Conan O’Brien from GREENERUNIVERSE on Vimeo.

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