FireFox Web Browser

My daughter has been griping about Microsoft Explorer for a while. For some reason, she thinks it's the worst web browser ever made, etc, etc.... She just hates all things Microsoft.

Well, she heard somewhere about a new browser, called Firefox. At my daughter's suggestion, I downloaded Firefox, a web browser from Mozilla.

I've been using Firefox about a week now, and I have to say, I'm impressed. Very much so. Firefox seems to be a full-featured browser, capable of everything MS Explorer is capable of, only it does it much faster. Web-pages literally load up quicker than when I use MS Explorer.

It's gotten good reviews from several major organizations, such as the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. I'm pretty happy with it.

Phantom Of The Opera

Saw Phantom of the Opera, the movie, yesterday, with my daughter Lindsey. I wasn't too excited about it. I've never fancied myself a fan of opera, or musicals in general for that matter. Lindsey has been wanting to see it since it came out around Christmas, so since it's free anyway, I decided to take her. She was very excited. I was happy that she was excited, and I was glad to take her. Good deal all the way around.

I'd never seen the play, or read the story, so I didn't really know what the movie was about, except the bare outline we all know, about a guy who falls in love with a lady singer, and then bad things happen. So as I sat down and the movie started, I yawned and settled in for a few hours of mindless escapism.

Two plus hours later I walked out of the theater, absolutely blown away.

Incredible, amazing, fantastic... all good descriptive words, but not good enough for how much I enjoyed myself. Soaring music. Spectacular music! Great, passionate acting. Wonderful cinematography and sets. It is a faithful rendition of Andrew Lloyd Weber's theatrical version. One of the best films I've seen all year, in my opinion.

Truly a must see. A good "date" movie, too.