Has anyone seen the new Batman movie? Man, is it good!! Much like the last one, the movie centers more around some great plot development and a story of terrorism much more than it does actually showing Batman in action. What I really liked was how they did a great job of tying the movie back to the 2004 Batman Begins. Bane’s mission is to destroy Gotham City and complete the work of Ra’s al Ghoul (played by Liam Neeson) from the first movie. But expect a few plot twists!
Christopher Nolan (the director) is pretty much on a roll with the Batman series and Inception as of lately. And speaking of Inception, I was delighted to see they used 4 of the actors from that movie in the new Batman movie (one of which plays the main villain Bane).
By contrast, my son was watching the old 1995 Batman Forever movie on TV. Wow, I never realized just HOW BAD those last few 90’s movies of Batman really were. Terrible!! They were barely even made for TV-movie quality!
Blog News:
If anyone is interested in hearing me play the guitar, then check back for my post on Monday. I’m trying to find a good plugin that will let you listen to some of my mp3 recordings right within the post. Anyone know of any?
On Wednesday we’re going to ask the question “Is it possible to retire on $500,000?” and see what kind of options we come up with. You might be surprised at what we come up with!
Link Love – Blogs You Should Check Out:
In case you missed them, here are a few great stories you should check out this weekend:
- Shilpan from Street Smart Finance continues to inspire with some very interesting facts about money in How to Make Six Figure Income in Any Economy
- Nell from Housewife Empire cracks me with her negotiation with Google on Pagerank in Ode to the Big G. She also has guns for Alexa too!
- Ladies Go First posed a question about spending in Higher Calling: Where your money Should be going.
- And unfortunately – Katie at Along for the Journey (whose blog I’ve been following for a while now) sadly announces that a divorce is likely in Life and Financials on the Rocks. Be strong and we all wish you the best!
Carnivals:
MyMoneyDesign was featured in the following personal finance carnivals this week:
· Weekend Ramblings & PF Blog Love: First Speeding Ticket Edition
· Carnival of Money Pros – Summer Break Edition
· Carnival of Retirement- 29th Edition
· Typographer Invented, Ford Sells First Car and a Roundup
· The Carnival of Financial Camaraderie #42
Thanks again to all my new and returning visitors. I really appreciate your support and hope you continue to enjoy my site!
Posts This Week:
1) Overcoming Envy – Why Do We Hate Other People’s Success?
2) Using the Dogs of the Dow to Buy the Best Dividend Paying Stocks
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LOLLL glad you liked it. Me and Google are in a fight, but we’ll get over it. I hope. 🙂
P.S. – I can’t wait to hear the guitar playing!!
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Ha – I hope it gets settled before the next PR evaluation! I hope you like the mp3’s on Monday!
I’d like to see the Batman movie but the girlfriend has no interest so I’ll probably wait until it comes out on redbox. Movie theaters are so expensive these days that if someone doesn’t want to see it I’m not going to push them and going by yourself isn’t much fun…
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Check this out – the theater by my house has $5 Tuesdays, so it only cost $5 to go see Batman! What a deal!
Awesome idea to post your guitar playing on your blog. I’m sure there are several decent mp3 streaming plugins if you just search the plugin repository for ‘mp3’. I haven’t seen the new Batman yet, but I really should soon. After the last one, this one is bound to be pretty awesome.
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The new Batman did not disappoint! I think I found a plugin that will do for the mp3’s ….
I am thinking to go watch Batman with my daughter soon. Thank you for the mention, MMD. I can tell you that you can retire on 500K as long as you pay off your mortgage and have no other revolving debt.
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You’re going to love the movie! I think you’ll like the post on Wednesday about $500K – you might have a lot to offer with your expertise.
Hey there!!! Thanks so much for doing a link to my site 😉 So excited when I saw that! I need to see the new batman movie….sounds awesome!!!
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No problem! And yes – definitely go check out the new Batman!
I still haven’t seen Batman but I want to. I have to admit, after the shooting some of my desire to see it went away. Its a shame.
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I know what you mean! There were times during the movie where I would just kind of look around and check the other people out … making sure no one was up to anything fishy …