Justin Cecil's Blog

I had the day off from my day job the other day, and decided to use my MoviePass to go see a film. One of the choices on my app was the new DisneyNature documentary "Penguins," so I decided to go see it (it also coincidentally turned out to be National Penguin Day, April 25th). Before going to see the movie in downtown Bellevue I had some time and was hungry; rather than wait and get popcorn I stopped by the local Jack in the Box, one of my favorite fast food chains (this ended up actually costing me less than purchasing popcorn in a theater). That was when the incident happened.  There were two people in front of me in line. The man at the very front tried to order something, but apparently they had run out of that item. The man sighed, and asked if he could at least have a cup for water (the weather is getting warmer). So the cashier hands him a small clear cup for water, and he heads to the soda machine. Now, I suppose maybe (and this is a big maybe) som...

"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of life." - Muhammad Ali, boxer Sometimes people are afraid to change their opinions. Not only that but people are oftentimes afraid to change course in life, or at least in some aspect of their lives, whether it be career, relationships, or otherwise. But one of the best examples of changing an opinion that I can think of comes from the infamous late film critic Roger Ebert. Early in his film criticism career, back in 1967, Roger Ebert praised the movie "The Graduate." He gave it four stars out of four, and the world seemed to agree with him. To this day it remains a classic coming-of-age story filled with comedy and taboo acts. In 1997 "The Graduate" was rereleased for its thirtieth anniversary, and Ebert reviewed it again. This time he was more critical of the movie, giving it three stars out of four. Not bad at all, but not nearly as good as it wa...