Elliott C. Back: Internet & Technology

Family’s mother moved from main trauma room to smaller room. Michael Jackson, suffering from Flu-like symptoms, occupies main room. Mother dies later after two more heart attacks. Family plans to sue. My question is, did the move to a smaller room cause the mother’s death, or contribute to it, or not at all?

abcnews.go.com/GMA/MichaelJackson/story?id=529513&page=1

Hitch is the not a movie to see if you’re planning on thinking about mathematical proofs, or life philosophy. But, if you’re bored, or tired from a ski trip, it’ll provide over two hours of great romantic comedy.

The premise of the movie is that there exists a cure for the common man: love doctor Will Smith. He’ll take a man in love, and give him the tools and polish he needs to meet and woo the woman of his dreams. With this premise, a few sad men and their objects of admiration, and a sexy protagonist reporter that Will himself ends up falling for. In the end, she exposes his “secret” to the best of her knowledge, which isn’t very good, and nearly ruins the story. The story can’t be ruined, so Will Smith goes and makes it all right, with unusual sincerity.

Critically. Is the plot somewhat thin? Yes, but it’s plausable, at least. Are there some lowbrow comedic moments, such as a food allergy scene? Yeah, every now and then. Is the love story not that romantic? Yep, but it seems more realistic for that. All in all, it’s really worth your time. Will Smith is the perfect comedian, and it’s just romantic enough to bring your lady to.

I had forgotten the pleasures of downhill skiing, until I went today for several hours. Kelly and I plowed the slopes together, sticking to the easy green trails–although I wanted the hard blue/black–and had a great time. Interestingly, I could go farther and faster than her. I am still not sure if it’s the extra 30 pounds of weight (she tells me it’s not), or the slightly more expert skiis that they gave me (she tells me so). What I do know is that I’m gonna be sore tomorrow…