Talk of Iron Men and Crystal Skulls

Wow. Look below and you'll see the last post was from July 2007.

Where did the time go? While going through items for the semi-annual Nosbig Garage Sale, I came across my Astromech Project Guide and feebly remembered the ol' blog languishing in cyberspace. Work and family are first in line, then everything else. Hardly an excuse but there it is.

The good news is that Nosbig Automation is gearing up for production again. NA has recently obtained a great drill press for an early Father's Day present and the first test project was a nicely built lightsaber prop. Photos will be posted soon.

Don't hold your breath but posting may become a regular occurance here at Nosbig Automation...!

Now: one of the other reasons this opened back up was because of the great couple of movies to come out this summer: the very choice Iron Man and the fun Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Finally! A reason to go to the theaters again!

Iron Man is the best comic book movie to come out since Superman circa 1978. A solid script, great acting, humor, a bit of romance, and computer graphics that don't jump out and scream, "WE'RE SO COOL THAT WE CAN PROGRAM ANYTHING FOR THE SCREEN!" I actually got caught up in this guy's incredible hot rod armor and his crusade to rid the world of bad people. I was hooked.

And who could have thought that Indy would be back after his Last Crusade? Yeah, there are plenty of nay-sayers out there that don't like this flick but for my $9.50 you just don't get much more FUN. I saw the movie twice: once on opening day (I'm a fan but not a midnight-showing fan) and once the week after. I enjoyed it much more when watching it with my eight-year-old son, Ekalb. In his words: "We have GOT to get this movie when it comes out on DVD!" Whip-crackin' gold, that's what this movie is. Don't take it so seriously, fanboys! It's just a fun movie!