No Kings!

Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Disney Cars iPad App

    Wandering the Internet today, I ran across this.  On Oct 1, 2011 Disney will be releasing these cool apps and toys based on the Cars movies.  Waddaya think? – – Drive Safe!  Never Forget.

  • “Abduction” Movie Review

    “Abduction” Movie Review

    (good action, interesting plot, hokey dialogue) – – “OMG THAT WAS AN AWESOME MOVIE!”  yelled a teenage girl as she was leaving CineMark  Theater #14 in Tracy, CA. For sure, the teen and pre-teen girls in the movie LOVED “Abduction”.  You could tell when they SCREAMED as soon as Taylor Lautner (as Nathan Price) made…

  • We Miss You So Much

        ONE year ago (September 18, 2010) this coming Sunday we lost Carol Phan, Chris Hoovler, Kassy Bittick, and Bobby Bittick. Your family and friends miss you all sooooo much. Carol:  We love you with all our heart, and miss you more than anyone can imagine. Kassy and Bobby’s mom is planning a get together…

  • September 11 2001: How We Helped Columbia University

    September 11 2001: How We Helped Columbia University

    September 11, 2001 Lori’s mother’s birthday started out just like any other day.  I was just getting up, Lori was already getting Kristen ready for school, Sunny (our currently 11 year old yellow lab who now has a tumor that is scaring us) was bouncing around as only he could do. Lori had the TV…

  • “Contagion” Movie Review

    “Contagion” Movie Review

    (Frightening, Realistic, Scary as Hell) – – In 1975, Jaws, scared the shit out of everyone. Growing up on Long Island (Bay Shore), and living there in the aftermath of Jaws, I experienced first hand the fear people had for the water.  I even had to cancel a date because the girl did not want to be…

  • Movie Review: “The Lake House”

    Movie Review: “The Lake House”

    (Time Travel Terrific) – – Sandra Bullock (as Kate Foster) and Keanu Reeves (as Alex Wyler) are both outstanding in this very interesting movie (released in 2006) about two people living in the same house, communicating via a mailbox, but two years separated in time.  She in 2006, he in 2004. They fall in love.…

  • “The Debt” Movie Review

    “The Debt” Movie Review

    (great thriller) – – In 1966, three Mossad agents are sent into East Germany to capture, and bring to trial, a sadistic Holocaust surgeon. Unfortunately, things go horribly wrong. The three decide to lie…..and are welcomed home as heroes.  30 years later, that lie comes back to haunt them. The young and old characters are…

  • 4th Confucius Institute Conference Precision Dance

    Chau sent me this video a few days ago.  Wow! – – Drive Safe!  Never Forget.

  • California College’s Salary Potential

    Lori showed me this link on the University of the Pacific web site. In there, UOP (Pacific) states that Payscale.com has ranked Pacific graduates as #5 in salary potential among tons of California universities.  We (I say, we, because Kristen goes to UOP) even beat Berzerkely and Cal Poly!  I’m shocked….really, I am. Pretty cool.…