I really, really want to write about my successful computer upgrade I finished last night, but I know that is probably the last thing that you want to hear. When I have told others what I did, I can see their eyes glaze over and I can watch their mind begin wandering about the room. Suffice it say, that I now have a newly refurbished electric box in my room that is better than my last plastic encased box. The end result is that I am a happier camper. And we all like it when I'm happy don't we?

So let me choose something that is more interesting. Lets take a moment to discuss the movie The Constant Gardner. You should avoid it. It's not worth seeing. I should have known better. If it only had not received a good rating my favorite movie site, rotten tomatoes, I wouldn't have gone.

If you haven't been there the site collects all the reviews out there floating in the ether, then gives a percentage of good reviews. Generally, any movie that gets above 80 percent or higher turns out to be worth seeing. However, periodically the movie reviewer community seems to go through a collective amnesia where they all go to bad movie and write a good review about it. Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith pops to mind as the quintessential example.

I suppose vilifying drug companies and victimizing sick Africans is just what reviewers want to see, even though the the plot resembles an African desert, both desolate and never-ending. What were they thinking? Why would anyone like this rudderless movie?

Lesson learned: Always follow your common sense when choosing a movie.