Quantum of Cars, Guns and Babes!

Here’s the thing: I have never seen a James Bond movie that I haven’t liked.

I am left out of all discussions that people around me have when they rate the best Bonds and the best movies. My only opinion is an all encompassing “I thought it was great” for every movie and “I wish I was Bond instead of him” for every actor who plays Bond.

All James Bond movies are primarily made up three things: lots of (guns, gadgets, cars and explosions), extremely hot women, and James Bond looking cool. All James Bond movies pull these three off really well. That is enough for me to suspend my disbelief to an extent that I really don’t care about the plots, plausibility of Bond’s stunts, character developments etc. I see Bond driving a gorgeous Aston Martin with the likes of the ultra gorgeous Eva Green, spying around the bad guys to bring them down and my most basic instincts are tickled funny which always leaves me happy. That is why I am convinced that in spite of the tepid reviews that “Quantum of Solace” is getting, I am pretty sure I will like it.

To celebrate of all things Bond-related, check out the following

1) One of the coolest cars in the world


















2) One of the most gorgeous women in the world























3) One of the most kickass themes in the world

Amazon Customer Review Review

Almost all the books I buy are from Amazon. There are always a bunch of people selling ‘used’ copies of the books for really low prices and I remember purchasing some for as low as 1 cent (of course the shipping and handling at 3.99 is where they make the money). The approximate average amount that I have spent on a book cannot be more than 10$. My point being that this is a great place to buy books cheaply. The only downside to this is the 4-5 day wait for the book to arrive.

Also, I recently formed a very entertaining habit. Once I am done reading something (and most of it is very basic literature made famous by the world long ago that I am catching up with) I read a lot of the customer reviews that are posted on Amazon. The spectrum of reactions to any book is fascinating and I am always amazed by both the depth and shallowness displayed. 5 star reviews of the well-acclaimed books are generally informative and help me either look at the book from an angle that I had failed to see or realize the importance of details that I had missed. However, it is the 1 star reviews of these ‘good’ books that sometimes force me to put on an entirely different set of reading glasses. I had expected most of these bad reviews to be from ‘philistines’ who would crib along the lines of “this books sucks...I got so bored” or such intellectually equivalent arguments. This tends to be true in most cases. People seem to harp on a minor issue and reject the book as being bad after making a mountain out of the mole hill. Sometimes they even attack the motives of the author as being suspect and claim that their distrust and prejudice makes them hate the literary work. As frivolous as some opinions might be I found that there are always a few people who have a legitimate point or two. It is obviously a good idea to read even the minority view and form a more balanced opinion.

One of the most compelling revelations I had came to me when I was reading the reviews for George Orwell's 1984. When I finished this book recently (I know I am late to the party) I immediately thought of its present day relevance in terms of the wire-taps/illegal prisons/etc happening in the US being perpetuated by the far-right in the name of war. Only when I read the reviews did I realize that there was a sea of people who interpreted the book's modern day relevance in terms of the far-left agenda of making American society more and more socialist. Although 1984 talks about a totalitarian regime that incorporates the extreme nature of both the left and the right, it was interesting for me to see my own and other's prejudices (no matter how justified) heavily influencing what we took away from the book.

SoundStupid

“Let me tell you why I think archaeology is important. Archaeology is important because history repeats itself and man makes the same mistakes all the time. Since we are fallible, the only way we can prevent mistakes is by learning from our past and the further we go back in time, the more of our baser instincts we see in play. That is why it is vital to understand how our ancestors behaved and try and not make the same mistakes.”

-Drunk me to a cute archaeologist at a halloween party before the conversation turned downhill and she finally left! I need some help finding my optimum intoxication level wherein I can be smooth but avoid vocalizing all the random crap that comes to my mind!

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Also, I have to acknowledge this:
Obama wins! NICE!