Lefty here

I thought I should put down a few words to thank all of our listeners so far! We are having a blast doing this show and we want to keep on doing it. All of the encouraging words we are receving have helped a lot!

As you guys know, the holidays are fast approaching and with it comes thoughts of family and fun and friends. I hope you guys all have a safe and happy holiday.

Now enough of the sappy stuff, let’s get down to the real deal here. My rant for today! Today this humble blogger wants to tackle something that has been bothering me for a long time: Political Correctness. This kill joy has infected our society and culture for far too long. People today are just too sensitive for their own good. Everyone wants to be taken seriously and be counted. That is fine, but in the process, if you make an ass out of yourself, don’t be mad if someone points that out.  I am not advocating hate speech or anything of that sort, I want to make that clear. I just want us as a society to get our sense of humor back. One cannot say anything in this age without worrying about offending group “A” or group “B”. Everyone gets their panties in a knot if just one thing is out of place or if someone doesn’t agree with this “perfect” image everyone has of themselves.

I think as a society, we just need to get over ourselves. Relax and laugh a little. It isn’t gooing to hurt.  Have a good laugh at yourself or your cultural group. We all have things that are silly in our lives and it is funny to point them out and have a laugh at them. Lighten up people! Don’t get so hung up on the little stuff, that you miss the bigger picture.  We are not on this planet very long, so lets not try to take ourselves too seriously, ok? This doesn’t mean being hateful. There is enough hate in this world as it is. There is always room for humour however. 

So just keep that in mind this season when you are out with your friends or family. Have a good laugh, don’t hurt anyone and enjoy your life. We only get one turn on this planet, make sure you make it a good one.

Take care!
Lefty

Hello, Internet!

Perfect first-post title for a programmer-nerd, eh?

Rando, here! Just doing some setup. This is to introduce a Taskforce Members category for our personal musings and rants.

For instance, I’m typing this while listening to the classic Rankin Bass’ Rodolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. I always enjoyed it, but now, while listening to the beginning, it seems that Santa is a complete jerk.

And on a completely separate topic, I’ve been watching the classic anime Crest of the Stars. I hadn’t seen it in years which is sad because: a) I own it on DVD, and b) it’s amazingly good! It is a Bandai title and will probably be out-of-print leaving stores and internet retailers left with stock-on-hand. It’s an epic space opera based on a series of novels which were very popular.

Crest of the Stars is the story about a princess of the genetically engineered race Abh and how she becomes a close friend of a count from planet Martine. It’s worth noting that the Abh had previously conquered Martine and the boy is only a count due to his late father’s position in the planet’s government… It’s a long story, but so worth your time, so get it while you can. Oh, and I’m probably going to stir up trouble, but watch it subtitled. The original Japanese language track is best!

Check out the trailer.

Rando!

Welcome to our podcast!!!

The Mid-Life Crisis Taskforce welcomes you to our first podcast!!

We’re three guys who have been friends for almost 25 years.  As we enter middle age, we thought it might be fun to break out of our ruts and start a podcast!  Not entirely sure what direction we’re going to take this yet.  Expect us to focus on music, movies, geekdom, & pop culture.  Oh, and bad movies.  Lots of bad movies.

Anyway, here’s the link to our first episode!  We’re still going throw some growing pains, but we hope you enjoy it and come back again!

Mid Life Crisis Taskforce Episode 1

Our first B-Movie Review will be Teenage Zombies, directed by Jerry Warren.  If you’re a fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000 or Rifftrax, you’ll know Jerry as the auteur behind such classics as The Wild World of Batwoman and Frankenstein Island.