Bond.....James Bond Bond Bond James..............

Old family joke there, when the kids were young they tried to imitate James Bond, Niece Kristi couldn't quite master the introduction and therefore whenever we discuss James Bond we always call him...................got it?

Spectre: Well it is a Bond movie so that means a lot; but nowhere near Skyfall or Casino Royale. There were some interesting twists throughout and a truly evil bad guy spoiler alert (it is the return of Blofeld once again) The chases, scenery, etc. were as always amazing, but the girls were just so-so. Yes I know I'll get in trouble for that, but there are some shots of Vesper......oh Vesper Lynd. What does Vesper Lynd and Jay Riley have in common? No fair answering that one Jay, I know you know. Anyway as risky as 007 makes it, I have to keep reminding myself that he will make it to the end of the movie. SWMBO commented afterwards "he certainly tears a lot of stuff up." The opening scene from Mexico City is classic. Enjoy. 

In industry news this week, and you're going to think I made this up but I didn't:

Sony puts Betamax out of its misery.

Assumed to be long dead by many, Sony has officially announced an end to its Betamax tape format. Sony will end production of the tapes in March of next year, 40 years after the product was introduced into the market and 30 years after it became more-or-less obsolete.

“This will make the final shipment of all our memory media for Betamax,” Sony said in a Japanese-language statement. The company made its last Betamax video recorder in 2002.

Betamax is best known for its role in the videotape format war that took place in the 1970s and 1980s. Sony’s Betamax was pitted against JVC’s VHS format. The latter eventually won the war, with consumers adopting the VHS format en masse.

Last year, Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai praised the Betamax and the standards it set way back in 1975. “Watch whatever, whenever,” he said. “This idea still resonates and defines everything people desire and expect even today.” [via CoS]

Yes, that is hard to believe, but true story. 

If you read this blog regularly you know I enjoy the noise of a combustion engine, especially one which delivers high performance. The motorcycle I ride has a torque-y engine, especially at speeds up to 100 or so, not the top end speed of the four cylinder "flying bricks" BMW builds, but extremely responsive at 0-60 (4.0 flat). I digress............Anyway, as much fun as it is to ride, the "noise" just isn't there, but I have found a low cost solution:

And I'll bet we all know who plays a trombone, well actually a couple of guys who do.

Speaking of the FO I found a picture from his childhood the other day, he loves to fish more than anyone I know; as a matter of fact he will not stop fishing to do "the essentials" sometimes.

Elizabeth had a birthday this week and I got to enjoy dinner Wednesday night with the birthday girl and Jackson. Looks like she had a boo boo:

OK that might have been a few years ago, but a great picture of her and her mom attending to her. Happy birthday young lady, we love you

Happy birthday Shorty Simms, beat Macon. If you want to get to the good part zip ahead to 1:15, Jackson's last game

We went to 28379 last week and saw a

And this week:

Photography is so easy, no just got lucky with a couple of shots.
Next week: BigFoot!
Speaking of BigFoot, guess where he is today?

Your tax dollars at work..............this goes with landing on an aircraft carrier a few years ago, wonder what his next adventure will be?
Mine? Supposed to take a couple of days off next week to ride the bike to the mountains, but rain looks to be in the forecast Wednesday and Thursday so earlier today I scrubbed that trip. Maybe try for Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday of Thanksgiving week?
And an old friend in Glen Burnie is retiring so maybe I'll run up there and visit with him once more, and meet his replacement? Who knows?