George Martzen "georgos"

There is more than one way to study for a biology test – try dance. That was the humorous conclusion of a problem on a recent Hannah Montana show I watched with my son. Hannah Montana, for those who don’t have teenage children, is a clever sit-com about a young woman who lives a double life. When she puts on a wig she become a singing teen idol. When she takes it she returns to a normal life as Miley Cyrus. In this episode Miley Cyrus was struggling with grades at school, especially in biology. If she didn’t pass an upcoming anatomy test, she was going to fail the class. After trying to get one of her brainy classmates to help her she came upon a unique idea. She incorporated the names of the bones into a song and dance routine. When the biology teacher saw her going through strange physical contortions during the exam, she sends Miley to the principal’s office. But Miley turns around and begins dancing through her exam preparation. The teacher was so impressed she wanted Mil...

I'm not paranoid, but I do notice surveillance cameras wherever I go. I did so even more today when I walked out of the theatre after watching "Eagle Eye," an action packed thriller directed by D. J. Caruso. It's about a defense department super computer gone haywire. After a questionable military action against suspected terrorist targets, two complete strangers start receiving anonymous phone calls that seem to turn them into terrorists also. Some fast-paced chase scenes left my jaw dragging the floor, not because I like chase scenes, but because of the near bloodless mayhem depicted. Hey, this was a PG movie (Singapore rating), so they can't show body parts flying all over the place, but I can't help but imagine that if this really happened then real people and real families would have been destroyed. Anyway, two things struck me about the film. First, we live in a societies where electronic surveillance and communications devices are endemic, and we ...