bold territory

I contributed my $10.00 to the cause. How about you? As it turns out, a few other people have went out to see the movie, especially during the bold territory of weather we've been experiencing these past couple of days.

The opening, the biggest so far this year, also has surpassed those of the first two movies in the X-Men series. The first, X-Men had $54.5 million in sales when it opened in July 2000, and X2: X-Men United grossed $85.6 million in its opening weekend in May 2003.

How come? I’ve got no idea. After a lousy year of mainstream cinema, maybe people were desperate for a half-decent blockbuster? In what can only be related news, Fox announced that there will indeed be a fourth and possibly more X-Men movies. And why not? Franchise is a license to print money. And, in truth, the comic book has a rich and lengthy history from which to draw more of a premise for each character and of course, plot lines.

As for an article I'm in concurrence. I think you may like to read it. You may also find there are a few points to disagree with, but they’re well argued and it’s full of excellent advice:

If you don’t really care, don’t write. If you are a student and everybody is talking about exams and papers and you simply don’t care, let it be. If your job bores you, it will bore us. (If you despise your job with a rich, enduring passion, that’s another thing entirely!) Write for yourself; you are, in the end, your most important reader.

The only mistake made is an awkward and crass plug for his company’s product late in the piece. I also noticed he makes references of these tools like everybody’s heard of them and I’m guessing that nine out of ten readers haven’t. He presses readers to "write honestly", but hasn’t been honest enough himself. Despite the missteps, it’s a readable piece, and I’d recommend it to anybody who writes for the web.