Brown Motion

Julius Ceasar is credited with a Latin phrase that reads - Veni, Vidi, Vici as in he came, he saw and he conquered. The summer vacation for the child meant we needed to do what we do as an annual event.  Go see a new place.  Italy won the draw this year. So we went for a couple weeks.  To check out the land of fairy tales, of great warriors and amazing inventions; birthplace of Christianity and its current CEO, land of Romeo and Juliet, a land in many ways similar to our home state of California. In terms of its geography and populations and their respective shapes CA resembles Italy a lot.  Both have a grand coastline, they both have multi cultural groups of people residing in its lands and mountains, both have northern edges covered by snow covered high mountain ranges that are formed of volcanic and tectonic activity over millenia. What we do not have in the Golden State is the renaissance, the art, the history.  It was a particular interest of our d...

I had to.  Sucker.  Yes - Went and caught Daniel Craig take on another installment of playing the famed Fleming character, the British Secret Service agent with a double O handle. 'Spectre' as in ghost of something in the past - is what Bond ends up chasing as he tries to find out his nemesis in the newest Sam Mendes directed movie.  Coming off the last edition called 'Skyfall' the director, actor pair are at it again - this time through streets of Roma, Tangier, Mexico City. The female cast is blah at best, not sure what is going on there - except I guess Naomie Harris, the British actress playing Moneypenny.  I think she is just getting started. The gadgets are getting less screen time but having Craig on screen is not a bad deal - I am sure people have variety of opinion on that. Plot lines are not quite exciting anymore either and some of the sequences appear predictable.  I suppose it is hard to keep topping off past adventures within and without t...