Mike Milo’s Journal

A cool review of my Tablet PC!

Being that I have two daughters who are just starting to get into wanting to see every movie under the sun, and being that the movie industry puts out more and more pg-13 films and tries to push the envelope and their agendas each year; I like to see reviews from people who have like-minded ideals. I’m not saying they have to be Christian at all but I sure would have liked to have known that Transformers was going to have whole scene about masturbation in it before I brought my 11 year-old daughter to see it. Yes it was funny but it brings up uncomfortable subjects that I am then forced to discuss which I don’t appreciate.

My oldest daughter likes to search the internet to see reviews for movies she can watch ( with the restricted page limit in Google’s prefs of course).

She seems to like Movie Mom but when I go there I find it to be really difficult to find what I am looking for so being the loud mouth that I am I sent them an email telling them so. Will they do anything about it? Perhaps but probably not. Are one of you going to show me the most amazing way to find out stuff like this without going to Movie Mom? Probably, which would be great as I really need to find a way to control what my daughters see.

Anyway, the letter is below.

Hello Yahoo People,

First let me say that I like Movie Mom and appreciate her service however, there are a few things seriousl;y lacking on your page.

You really need organize the page better to find the Movie Mom movie reviews easier. When you do a search in the search box it comes up with everything in Yahoo’s arsenal. For instance: a search for Mask turns up this.

But why would I WANT that if I am on the Movie Mom page, I want only her reviews to be displayed.

If I wanted everything on the web that Yahoo links to I would just go to yahoo.com and search don’t you think? You should at least have a list of all movies reviewed by Movie Mom. Right now you only have About Movie Mom, Age Guidelines, Tips About the Movies and Watching TV. Seems pretty simple to add a list catergory don’t you think? IF it’s on the page I couldn’t find it and honestly it seems like it should be right there with the others.

Seems simple enough but it doesn’t work that way on your site which I think you should change.
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Want to see if she’s reviewed a certain movie? There’s no way (that I see) to search through her titles and there’s no advanced search to narrow the search either. You’d think Yahoo would get that. There are many movies out there and I’m sure she hasn’t reviewed them all but now that my daughter is 11 she wants to see all sorts of PG- 13 films and I love the fact that I can find a decent review from Movie Mom that pertains to me and her instead of just the typical critic’s reviews which I honestly think are biased in many ways.
If you can’t make the information accessible it’s pretty much pointless.

Many other sites have Movie Mom reviews as well and they don’t seem to do it any better so perhaps it’s the content itself?
All I can say is it would be stellar if I could go onto the site, search for a film and see Movie Mom’s review. You can’t do that as-is and if you can it’s not easily accessible in any way.

-Mike

Here’s a cool lil’ animated piece I found on YouTube that has a nice flair to it. I love these types of short films; those with social commentary. I’m awful at that sort of thing… I can’t write something that’s political. I don’t know if it’s that I don’t really follow politics or if it’s that I only think in terms of funny and well… politics just aren’t funny. Either way I like this… so check it out!

Everyone knows someone who will die of a stroke they say… My mother died of a stroke so I thought it was my duty to put this up here. Besides I don’t have any drawings today.

Perhaps you can save the one you know after learning this?

STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters…. S.T.R.

My nurse friend sent this and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree.

If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously..

Please read:

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall – she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) …..she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.

They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.

Ingrid’s husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital – (at 6:00 PM Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don’t die…. they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this…

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke… totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the “3″ steps, STR . Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke .

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:
S * Ask the individual to SMILE.
T * Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)
(i.e. It is sunny out today)
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 999/911 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

New Sign of a Stroke ——– Stick out Your Tongue

NOTE: Another ’sign’ of a stroke is this: Ask the person to ’stick’ out his tongue.. If the tongue is ‘crooked’, if it goes to one side or the other , that is also an indication of a stroke.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

I’ve been working on a commissioned short film for about 6 mos. now about Jesus and this is a piece of art I had to do for it…

Nice doggy!

The World Clock

Amazing if you sit and watch it for a few minutes. I also think it’s ironic that it has a little (ha) next to the trees cut and the smaller trees replanted. I’m sure it’s some sort of measurement but it’s funny nonetheless. The rest of the site is a bit too much for me but if you’re all ’spiritual’ and stuff you might like it as well.

Check this out… pretty creepy if it’s true. Sorry I don’t have much art to put up but all of what I am working on is under NDA and I can’t show it until it airs… but trust me; it’s cool! :-)

Here’s a picture I found on my hard drive of the Season Two crew from Xialolin Showdown… (I am the bearded chubby fella in the blue and grey baseball shirt.)

Here’s a few bgs taken form the most recent storyboard I am working on.  Seeing as how I primarily suck at backgrounds, it’s ironic that I like the way these came out…