New Sacramento rock venue to hold shows by Rob Zombie, Papa Roach
The dance club at 1417 R St. in midtown Sacramento formerly known as Empire and then briefly as Venue is becoming a performance-driven venue called Ace of Spades.

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(The Frisky) -- Earlier this week, a juror in a Connecticut murder trial was chastised by the judge for passing a note to the court marshal asking him for a date. After being alerted to the note, the judge told the juror he was a "'romantic at heart," but not in the courtroom, and said sending the note was a "g------ dumb thing to do."

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1) Stop comparing yourself to others

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Get Him to the Greek is the hilariously raunchier follow up to the 2008 comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Russell Brand returns as Aldus Snow, the out of control rock star from the original film. Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) is an intern trying to prove himself to the boss Sergio Roma (played by an amazingly funny Sean "P Diddy" Combs) and show that he can get the job done. He is charged with getting this wild man, former rock superstar Aldus Snow, from London to the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles to reprise his greatest moment from a decade earlier. Brand plays the part of struggling former rock god/sex fiend/heartbroken regular guy perfectly. His life has been turned upside down, his last record bombed and was called the worst thing ever produced, and his true love has left him with their son in tow. Jonah Hill has to find a way to get him there on time while making stops in New York , and Vegas to piece together Snow's life along the way.

The predictable groupie and rock star mentality stereotypes are abound, but made almost fresh with Jonah Hill and Russell Brand playing off one another very well. This movie was funny from beginning to end, and you are almost afraid that you missed something because you keep laughing throughout. Get Him to the Greek was an incredibly worthy follow up to say the least!

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Jessie,

 

   You Stupid Bastard!  You cheated on Sandra Bullock?

 How in the world can you be so stupid?  You are married to one of the most
 beautiful women in the world. She has a body to die for and her current
 wealth shadowed only by Oprah. Your wife, recently beat out Julia Roberts in
 the polls and is now named " America 's Sweetheart."



 You also remember, she just won an Oscar and praised you up and down in
 front of the world while you were porkin' away. You are really a piece of
 work!  You are the most hated asshole cheater on the planet! How can you
 live with yourself!



 I only have one thing to say to the despicable, miserable, cheating piece of
 shit that you are: Thanks for taking the heat off of me. Let's do lunch.


  ~Tiger

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If you don't mind a little gore... this is a solid and well paced Sci-Fi Action flick.  Personally, I am not usually a fan of Jude Law's films but he is more than acceptable in this one.  Forest Whitaker also plays a great part and does a great job of translating his character to the screen as always.  Finally, Liev Schreiber and Alice Braga round out the front of the cast for this one.

Set in the future, the film explores the operations of a very dark medical organization known as "The Union"; and lives of two of it's best henchmen.  The Organization can provide any artificial replacement for human existence from hearts and livers to eyes and ears.  The downside is, if you utilize the companies equipment, and default on the financing, the company will send its repossession experts to reclaim their property.

The premise more original than I first would have assumed.  Whitaker and Law play off each others characters well.  It has a little bit of symbolism thrown in here and there; for those who want to be a bit philosophic about things.  Everything is in place for the storyline to be effective without droning on about additional plots or elaborate explanations. But most importantly, the action scenes are fast and chaotic... Just the way any lover of Sci-Fi likes it.

 So with that in mind, if the viewer is willing to let a few things slide... they are in for an interesting 2 hours or so.    Now this won't be a classic, but it has some good moments, and just a good popcorn munching movie.

Overall, 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Stoneman

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A colleague I just met at work has invited me to be their friend on Facebook. I don't want to offend them, but nor do I want to share my candid photos and lousy Scrabble scores with someone I hardly know.

Can I ignore their invite?

"Can I be your friend?" might work as an ice-breaker among small children, but it's not a question you hear often between adults, at least not outside of Las Vegas.

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1) Sometimes you may think everybody is
watching you when you approach a woman. You
may also think that they will make fun of you
and think bad things about you if you fail.
But in reality, most people don't care about
what happens to you because they are too busy
worried about what's going to happen to
themselves. In this scenario, what you perceive
in your mind is different than what reality
actually is.

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    Here are 25 signs a woman is interested in you.


1) She flirts with you, but not with other guys.

2) She talks to you a lot, but not to other guys.

3) You catch her checking you out.

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    Here is a short list of things you
can do to get a shy or quiet woman to
open up and talk more:

1) Talk about what she likes rather
than what you like.

2) Show respect and always listen to her
with your full attention.

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    Here's a new rule to my "Smart Dating System":

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