It's 2012, which means we're living in the future!
You know, the future! With flying cars, jet propelled backpacks, and robots that act like humans.
Not so fast ... The movies of the past sort of, kind of missed when they predicted what our lives would be like at this point in time.
Here's some examples of the ways movies lied to us about the future:
Alien Nation -- The film Alien Nation suggested that in 1991, we would have alien migrant workers.
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes -- It's a good thing this movie wrongly predicted there would be ape slave labor by 1991.
2001: A Space Odyssey - In this classic science fiction movie, we were supposed to have homicidal computers piloting rocket ships to Jupiter.
Time Cop -- According to Time Cop, we should have had time traveling police officers by the year 2004. (Then again ... Maybe we do have time traveling cops around us -- and just don't know it.)
I Am Legend -- Fortunately, this movie missed its prediction of having vampire cannibal people by 2009.
So now I gotta ask:
-When you were a kid, what sorts of stuff did you imagine we'd see in the future? How much of what you imagined has actually come true?
-What one thing do you hope to see in your lifetime? What's the craziest thing you think your kids will see in their lifetime?
Monday morning on the Wake Up Call we will share our disappontments about the movie stuff that never actually came to pass... see ya then!
Apparently today is the busiest shipping day of the year. It's the day that you can ship your Christmas present and have it arrive by Christmas... Imagine that! :-) Below is a handy guide to help, regardless of what store you're shopping at. Enjoy!
Want to GUARANTEE that your pumpkin is NERDIER than any other pumpkin on the block? I've got you covered.
--I found a website that gives you full instructions on how to carve your pumpkin to look like the DEATH STAR from "Star Wars". It's complicated . . . but no one said being a RAGING NERD was easy, right?
--Just go to fantasypumpkins.com, or search for "Carving the Death Star."
Every year, state fairs across America try to find new ways to DEEP FRY FOOD. But NONE of them can touch the brilliant frying minds at the Texas State Fair. It draws the cream of the frying crop.
--The Texas State Fair opens on September 30th. And this year, the deep-fried offering that's got everyone talking is . . . DEEP-FRIED BUBBLEGUM.
--Now . . . they don't actually batter a stick of Big Red and drop it in the deep fryer. Apparently that doesn't work. The fried bubblegum is a deep-fried marshmallow that's flavored with pink bubblegum extract, then covered in frosting and Chicklets.
--Here are some of the other food creations that will be making their debut at the Texas State Fair . . .
--Deep-fried SALSA.
--Deep-fried sauerkraut and pork sausage ball.
--A taco served in a bag of nacho cheese-flavored Doritos.
--A buffalo chicken strip coated with pancake batter and deep-fried.
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