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RiedRantsEmergency Room Visit 2019Emergency Room Visit 2019
No research. No preparation—other than life—for this week’s episode. This week I will share with you my lovely experience (note the sarcasm) at the ER and hospital with my husband because he could not breathe last Saturday.
I won’t share all the nuance, the errors in recording medical history, the saying something and doing something else or the fact that we played a game of telephone.
This is basically a rant on how frustrating it is when life gives you a sharp left when you thought the road was straight. I spared you the use...
2019-04-2908 min
RiedRantsOverboard (2018) Film ReviewRR177 Film Review Friday: Overboard (remake)
2018 PG 13 1hr 52 min IMDb 5.9/10, Comedy Romance. 24% Rotten Tomatoes Comedy, Romance Starring: Eugenio Derbez, Anna Faris, Eva Longoria. Director: Rob Greenberg Written by Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg
Let’s get right to the point. This remake was so incredibly disappointing. I like Anna Faris. She is adorable and I find the movies she is in fun and light hearted entertainment...this one not so much.
I get that many film makers are venturing down that road of diversity, girl power like to switch it up a bit to combat the decades of minimizing and exclusion. Or...
2019-04-2407 min
RiedRantsW.O.W. UsuryRR176 Word of the Week: Usury
Cambridge: the activity of lending someone money with the agreement that they will pay back a very much larger amount of money later; the lending of money at extremely high interest rates
Oxford English: The action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.
Investopedia: Usury is the act of lending money at an interest rate that is considered unreasonably high or that is higher than the rate permitted by law.
Etymology: c. 1300, "practice of lending money at interest," later, at excessive rates of interest, from Medieval Latin usuria, alteration of...
2019-04-2207 min
RiedRantsCredit Cards and UsuryRR175 Topic: Credit Cards, Inception, Interest and in general.
I find myself back in the hospitality industry and am reminded of how we tend to pay for food and drink.
I remember the days of Master Charge and Bank Americard
Bank Americard (from Bank of America nka Visa) inception date was 1958. It had a paper consumer credit card with a $300 limit.
In 1975 the first debit card had its debut.
1975 Bank Americard changes names to Visa because it sounds the same in every language. After going global it’s important that name makes sense to everyone I suppose.
1996 Financial literacy training wa...
2019-04-2012 min
RiedRantsMax Steel Film ReviewRR174 Max Steel Film Review
2016 PG 13 1hr 32 min IMDb 4.6/10, Action Adventure Family. 0% Rotten Tomatoes Action & Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction & Fantasy Drama Starring: Ben Winchell, Josh Brener, Maria Bello Director: Stewart Hendler. Written by Christopher L. Yost
Every single critic review on rotten tomatoes seemed to hate this flick for one reason or another.
Budget of 10M Gross USA 3.8M gross worldwide 6.2M Clearly this movie was not a hit at the box office. Definitely a film that stayed in the red.
But I disagree with the notion it had no value and was bad. This is a light hearted movie...
2019-04-1707 min
RiedRantsW.O.W. Notoriety vs. PublicityRR173 Word of the Week: Notoriety vs. Publicity
I went over this word back in 2017 before the show was broken down into three segments. I want to go over it again only because I have heard folks using it again presumably thinking it is the same as publicity.
Notoriety
Cambridge: the state of being famous for doing something, esp. something immoral or bad (Also infamy)
Oxford English: The state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed.
Publicity
Cambridge: the activity of making certain that someone or something attracts a lot of interest or attention from...
2019-04-1507 min
RiedRantsBlue Light Up all NightRR172 Blue Light Up All Night
WARNING Expletive PG-13 words damn it and God
Blue light is good for you if you want to stay awake. If you are hoping to fall asleep anytime soon avoid it. This means any source of blue light including your phone, TV, laptop, desktop and for folks north of the Arctic south of the Antarctic, American Southwest and northeastern Africa the sun.
“implying a causal relationship between two things that are actually unrelated: the light emitted by digital screens and the strain we feel from looking at any one thing for too long.”
“according to Rah...
2019-04-1419 min
RiedRantsThe Dirt Film ReviewRR171 Friday Film Review: The Dirt
Expletive WARNING: "shitty" and "sucks"
2019 TV-MA 1hr 47 min IMDb 7/10, biography comedy drama How? There are self-proclaimed scenes that never happened?. 40% Rotten Tomatoes Drama Starring: Douglas Booth, Iwan Rheon, Daniel Webber Director: Jeff Tremaine. Written by Amanda Adelson (screenplay)Tommy Lee (book) Mick Mars Vince Neil Nikki Sixx Neil Strauss (book) Rich Wilkes (screenplay)
The husband was watching this movie when I got home and since it seemed to be on only for a short time I thought what the hell? I will review this clearly corny romp with the motley crew that comprises Möt...
2019-04-1208 min
RiedRantsW.O.W. ZealotRR170 Word of the Week: Zealot
To me this word sounds like some sort of vegetable...like Brussels sprouts (yeah, it's plural).
But zealot is another thing entirely; a not so good thing. More not so good than Brussels sprouts.
Zealot
Cambridge: a person who has very strong opinions about something, and tries to make other people have them too
Zeal: great enthusiasm or interest
Overzealous: too enthusiastic and eager
Oxford English: A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals.
historical A member of an ancient Jewish sect aiming at a world...
2019-04-1005 min
RiedRantsAdulting, Grown-Ups and Arrested DevelopmentRR169 Adulting, Being a Grown-up and Arrested Development
I re-watched a TEDx talk by Alan Watkins and was again intrigued by his explanation of levels of awareness and the phrase “Disease of Meaning” A lot of the talk circulates on how we handle situations in our lives as our emotional self develops.
I thought it would be a good subject for today’s episode.
Many of the concepts introduces revolved around emotional intelligence...or in layman’s terms; being a grown up.
So I started searching the internet for the terms arrested development, levels of awareness and disease of meaning to name...
2019-04-0708 min
RiedRantsFantasic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald Film ReviewRR168 Film Review Friday; Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald
Please pardon the faux pas of my mispronouncing the name of the antagonist. Apparently I had National Lampoon’s Vacation and the Griswold’s on my mind.
2018 PG-13 2hr 14 min IMDb 6.7/10, Adventure Family Fantasy. 37% Rotten Tomatoes Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler Director: David Yates. Written by J.K. Rowling.
This movie is continuing on into what one reviewer calls the Potterverse—clever but more specifically the JKRowlingverse. It is not quite as smooth of the tongue. But this movie although is connec...
2019-04-0311 min
RiedRantsW.O.W. ReciprocityRR167 Word of the Week: Reciprocity
This word is a good one to remember if you would like to have a beneficial relationship. It applies to business relationships and personal ones...even when there are amorous.
Definitions:
Cambridge: a situation in which two groups agree to help each other by behaving in the same way or by giving each other similar advantages
Reciprocal: operating for both, esp. equally or to a similar degree:
Oxford English: The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit, especially privileges granted by one country or organization to another.
Reciprocal: Given, felt, or done...
2019-04-0205 min
RiedRantsApril Fools' Day OriginsRR166 April Fools' Day Origins and a couple epic pranks.
WARNING Expletive: Damn it
According to History.com
16th century France the Pope switched from the Julian (4713 BC) to Gregorian calendar change from April to January but there is a problem with this theory
The Julian calendar is still used today in manufacture dates of food items. The first two digits are the year the last three are the day number.
Some say Roman festivals like Hilaria centuries earlier was the inception point
Eastern cultures Holi in India festival of color. I have always wanted to participate in something like...
2019-03-3107 min
RiedRantsAquaman Film ReviewRR165 Friday Film Review: Aquaman
(click on the podcast title to listen)
WARNING Expletives Kick Ass(sort of) S-H-I-T and M-F not said but spelled out. And the word God
Episode 165 - Rental Movie Review: 19. 0329
Aquaman
2018 PG-13 2hr 38 min IMDb 7.2/10, Action Adventure Fantasy. 65% Fresh Tomatoes Action Adventure Science Fiction Fantasy Starring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe with Patrick Wilson Nicole Kidman and Dolph Lundgren Director: James Wan. Written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick et al.
PG-13 for sequences of SciFi Violence and action and for some language
I watched this movie primarily because there was a two for one special...
2019-03-2909 min
RiedRantsW.O.W. ExtrapolateRR164 Word of the Week: Extrapolate
I have no idea why this word came into my head...wait I watched Orville; don't all those SciFi space travel shows talk about extrapolating data?
In any event, the etymology is a little long on this one but I still break it down into layman's term as much as possible.
Cambridge: Extrapolate-to guess or think about what might happen using information that is already known.
Etymology: 1867, noun of action from extrapolate by analogy of interpolation; original sense was "an inserting of intermediate terms in a mathematical series." Transferred sense of "drawing of a...
2019-03-2606 min
RiedRantsWhat are Nootropics?RR163 Subject: Nootropics
Could NZT be real...or some form of it? Nootropics are smart drugs.
When I watched the movie Limitless I fantasized about being able to recall all my knowledge and memories at a moment’s notice when I wanted it.
Now we have something called nootropics. I came across on craigslist. *** NEW COFFEE CREATING MINI and MA$$IVE INCOME STREAMS ***and this one ** NOOTROPICS CREATING MA$$IVE SHORT TERM and LONG TERM INCOMES **
Of course as usual with this type of subject I took a stroll into the rabbit hole. Supplements, coffee, individual creams and the like, re...
2019-03-2514 min
RiedRantsThe Circle Film ReviewRR162 Film Review Friday: The Circle
2017 PG-13 1hr 50 min IMDb 5.3/10, Drama SciFi Thriller. 15% Rotten Tomatoes Drama Mystery Suspense Starring: : Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega Director: James Ponsoldt. Written by James Ponsoldt (screenplay by), Dave Eggers (screenplay and novel)
A movie about how a single company will be the catalyst in the loss of privacy of all humans in it’s effort to connect us. The author of the book Dave Eggers denies the book is about Apple, Google, Facebook or any other social media giant. But you can’t help but see the similarities in the obtrusive and sometimes obno...
2019-03-2209 min
RiedRantsW.O.W. InverseRR161 Word of the week (WOW): Inverse
When I was searching for info on if tinnitus can be mitigated by hypnosis I found a reference to an ncbi study on the inverse relationship between caffeine and tinnitus. As it turns out the article seemed to spin the story a bit on the conclusion and methodology of the study.
But I was able to identify our word for this week. So that is a plus!
Give a listen and find out about this word and some of its relationship to mathematical equations.
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2019-03-1906 min
RiedRantsHealing Time (after surgery)RR160 Healing Time After Surgery
Why does it take so long to heal? I am wondering about this since my movement it still compromised since my surgery.
The body cannot multitask. If your body is fighting a bug, bacteria, or virus other repair mechanisms are compromised. I read a book that talked about how when you ingest food you are allergic or intolerant to will result in compromising your ability to fight disease.
Think of it this way if your troops are out protecting you from eating something it doesn’t like they are not going to be available when th...
2019-03-1711 min
RiedRantsChristopher Robin Film ReviewRR159 Friday Film Review: Christopher Robin
This movie started out slow for me and I feared that I would have to abandon it but after about thirty eight minutes I was delightfully enamored by the Pooh Bear view point.
Christopher Robin
2018 PG 1hr 44 min IMDb 7.4/10, Animation Adventure Comedy. 72% Fresh Tomatoes Action Adventure Comedy Kids & Family Starring: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael Director: Marc Forster. Written by A.A. Milne (based on characters created by), Ernest Shepard
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2019-03-1410 min
RiedRantsW.O.W. Induce vs. DeduceRR156 Word of the Week: Induce vs. Deduce
This week we are going to compare and contrast induce vs. deduce. But more specifically Induction vs. Deduction
I came across the idea for this a episodes ago because it reminded me of a criminal justice class I had taken.
Some of the examples I found were really bad but hopefully I have cleared the mud a little more for you if it still does not make sense.
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2019-03-0505 min
RiedRantsBecoming an Overnight SuccessRR155 Becoming an Overnight Success
You might hear about this. You might think it is something that actually happens. Success is more than luck.
Hear a few examples of people who have made and some believed them to be overnight successes.
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Research and Links
https://www.forbes.com/sites/luisromero/2016/08/08/overnight-success-is-bs-here-is-why/#443788755e2c
https://www.entrepreneur.com...
2019-03-0311 min
RiedRantsLittle Nicky Film ReviewRR154 Little Nicky Friday Film Review
WARNING: contains the phrase pissed off
I watched Little Nicky are Amazon Prime last night because I think it is a funny movie to watch as long as you are in the right frame of mind and you enjoy movie just for the raunch of it.
It has element of all great movies; love interest, saving the world, good versus evil...what more could you ask for in a 90 minute escape from reality?
I would not say this movie blows my skirt up but it is definitely drafty under there.
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2019-02-2806 min
RiedRantsW.O.W. IntuitiveRR153 Word of the Week: Intuitive
This week's word comes from last Monday's podcast episode and the fact that I started rereading a great book on how to develop your intuition.
Intuition is difficult to explain but we go over the definitions and some examples to make it easier to understand.
I name my intuition. Do you name yours?
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2019-02-2706 min
RiedRantsArt of the Steal Film ReviewRR149 Friday Film Review: Art of the Steal
I watched this movie a few weeks ago but still remember the let down and disappointment after watching it.
Give a listen to my review and see if you think I am or wrong on this one.
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Research and Links
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2172985/
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2019-02-1405 min
RiedRantsIO Film ReviewRR146 Friday Film Review: IO, the Netflix original movie
Expletive WARNING: damnedest and ass
You may have heard of sleeper films; well, plenty of reviewers of this flick thought it would put you to sleep.
I agree the premise was a good one but I found it predictable, slow and a bit boring. Yes, I love the SciFi genre but this movie fell a little short for me. In short, It did not blow my skirt up.
Share your two cents on this one if you can.
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2019-02-0807 min
RiedRantsW.O.W. PensiveRR081 Word of the Week: Pensive
A little spin from the definition of pensive from three different sources. Ried did get a little carried away playing to the camera this week while trying to illustrate a "pensive" look.
Research and Links
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/pensive
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/pensive
https://www.etymonline.com/word/pensive
https://emojipedia.org/pensive-face/
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2018-08-1304 min