How to Find Movies on TV with Good Ratings, and Worth Watching

 

(This sounds like a lot. It’s not. Just step through it once. -JG)

1. Go to www.411US.info (If your zip isn’t already there, enter your zip in ZIP box in upper right.)

2. Under National Information, point to “Reviews”, and then click “Movies”.

3. Set your TV Listings for your own TV service (One time only):
Click back onto the open 411 tab. Under Local Information, click “TV Listings”.
Click “Change Location”.
Enter your zip code here also. Click “Search”.
Choose your Service Area. (DirecTV, Dish, Cox, Comcast, etc.) Click “Save.”
(The xfinity guide to your channel lineup appears and is saved for you.)

4. Click the “Movies” on the left side. (Only movies will be shown.)
Scroll down to see what movies are on.

5. When you see a movie you MIGHT want to watch, flip back to the open “Movies” review tab.

  • Type the movie into the search box, enter.
  • Click the movie from the list. See the % ratings. (Shows critics AND audience.)
  • Skim the description, if interested.

Flip back to the open “TV Shows Listings” tab.
Repeat the steps in # 5 above, until you find one you (and others) like.

It’s time well-spent that may save you hours wasted watching lousy movies.

Just enjoy the good ones.

– Jerry Guzi

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Warning on Scam Phone Call, Claiming from Microsoft

Diane at work just told me she got a call last night from someone (sounding like from India) who said he was from Microsoft, that her PC had a virus, and was broadcasting emails.
He insisted she needed to log onto her PC, and they needed to resolve it right then.

She refused – in the face of repeated insistence that he was from Microsoft, would cancel her Microsoft registration, and her PC would no longer work.

After ending the call, she looked up the number online and found that some people had gone for the scam (the caller is apparently persistent and convincing), and had put in the website/url the caller instructed.Apparently, they convince the user to log on to the url, then drop a virus onto the user’s PC, then want $400 to remove it.
Other users posted that they played along only teasing the caller, or harassed the person calling, and after hanging up, got a subsequent nasty phone call message back from them.

This happened to Diane directly. (The original call, not the nasty follow-up call.) Not a false warning. Forewarned.

-JG

Details from whocallsme.com: http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/9999100102

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The Commonwealth of Virginia didn’t improve common-sense gun violence protection. Why?

Why The Commonwealth of Virginia didn’t improve common-sense gun violence protection. (Granted, this through the eyes of the D’s):
http://ow.ly/hultM

More details of what happened. (Granted, this through the eyes of progressives):
http://ow.ly/hulvZ

The R’s who reportedly scuttled it are listed below.* (Granted, these beholden to the NRA)

Forget Newtown. (How can we?) … How many have been killed in America since Newtown?

http://ow.ly/humou

(Filter by Virginia, if you’d like. Don’t if you’re a Virginia Senate Republican, or a survivalist, or an insurrectionist,  or an imaginary-militia member, or a tyranny fighter, or grocery shop with an AR-15, or Wayne LaPierre, or a Jimmy Lee Dykes wannabe, or a paranoid they’re-comin’-fer-ma-guns! constitutionalist [institutionalist?], or a Rush Limbaugh ditto-head, or just a good old swallowed-the-NRA-fear-mongering-hook-line-and-sinker guns-n-ammo guy. Responsible, level-headed gun owners – go ahead and take a peek.)

It’s true some guns are used each day for self-defense, but for what else?

http://ow.ly/huomA

(And this doesn’t list the Navy Seal in Texas, the bus driver in Alabama, the 3-year-old shot accidentally with a little pink (real) gun in Miami, etc., etc., etc.)

There are many responsible gun owners (probably most). But there are many who are not. And some guns just get away.

To paraphrase James Carville, “It’s the Guns, Stupid.”

Virginia and Virginians deserve better.

– JG

* Republicans on Commonwealth of Virginia Senate Courts of Justice Committee:

Chair: Senator Thomas K. Norment, Jr.   (R) – Senate District 3

In-session address:

General Assembly Building, Room 621
Capitol Square
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 698-7503

email: district03@senate.virginia.gov

District Office

P.O. Box 6205
Williamsburg, VA 23188
Phone: (757) 259-7810
Fax: (757) 259-7812
Legislative Assistant: Tom Cosgrove, Samantha Sedivy, Kalia Sokos

Senator Mark D. Obenshain   (R) – Senate District 26

In-session address:

General Assembly Building, Room 429
Capitol Square
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 698-7526
email: district26@senate.virginia.gov

District Office

P.O. Box 555
Harrisonburg, VA 22803
Email: mark@markobenshain.com
Phone: (540) 437-1451
Fax: (540) 437-3101
Legislative Assistant: Jared Walczak

Senator Ryan T. McDougle   (R) – Senate District 4

In-session address:

General Assembly Building, Room 314
Capitol Square
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 698-7504
email: district04@senate.virginia.gov

District Office

P.O. Box 187
Mechanicsville, VA 23111
Phone: (804) 730-1026
Fax: (804) 730-1051
Legislative Assistant: Carolyn E. Morris
 
Senator Richard H. Stuart   (R) – Senate District 28

In-session address:

General Assembly Building, Room 305
Capitol Square
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 698-7528
email: district28@senate.virginia.gov

District Office

P.O. Box 1146
Montross, VA 22520
Phone: (804) 493-8892
Fax: (804) 493-8897
Legislative Assistant: Trisha Lewis
 
Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel   (R) – Senate District 27

In-session address:

General Assembly Building, Room 309
Capitol Square
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 698-7527
email: district27@senate.virginia.gov

District Office

117 East Piccadilly Street
Suite 100-B
Winchester, VA 22601
Phone: (540) 662-4551
Fax: (540) 341-8809
Legislative Assistant: Tricia Stiles

Senator William M. Stanley, Jr.   (R) – Senate District 20

In-session address:

General Assembly Building, Room 313
Capitol Square
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 698-7520
email: district20@senate.virginia.gov

District Office

13508 Booker T Washington Highway
Moneta, VA 24121
Phone: (540) 721-6028
Fax: (540) 721-6405
Legislative Assistant: Deborah Duke-Daly, Brian J. O’Connor

Senator Bryce E. Reeves   (R) – Senate District 17

In-session address:

General Assembly Building, Room 320
Capitol Square
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 698-7517
email: district17@senate.virginia.gov

District Office

P.O. Box 7021
Fredericksburg, VA 22404
Phone: (540) 645-8440
Legislative Assistant: Ashley C. Nixon
 
Senator Thomas A. Garrett   (R) – Senate District 22

In-session address:

General Assembly Building, Room 323
Capitol Square
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 698-7522
email: district22@senate.virginia.gov

District Office

P.O. Box 66
Hadensville, Virginia 23067
Phone: (434) 944-7770
Fax:
Legislative Assistant: Susan F. Lascolette, Brittney L. Robinson

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How to use www.411US.info to find good medical care when traveling.

Ever been traveling and find yourself in need of medical care?
Ever wonder how to find good medical in a new place?

  • Use 411US.info . Go to Local Information, down to Local Reviews, and click.
    (Goes to Yelp – great website.)
  • Type in “Medical Care” (or similar) in Search box.  (If necessary, type in your current location. 411US.info defaults to your last location entered on 411US.info.)
  • Skim the results for detailed information, and user/patient reviews.
  • Filter by “Highest Rated” or “Most Reviewed”. Read the details of highest or most reviewed.
  • If desired, filter by “Neighborhood”, or “distance”, or “category”.
  • Check the cross-referenced numbers on the map to find your preferred medical provider, clinic, or urgent care facility.

Quickly, you’ll know nearby medical care providers, how they are rated by other patients, where they are, their hours and their info.
You can even click to enlarge the map for detailed directions.

Call or go, with confidence.
411US.info – A great way to guide you to getting well.

-JG

Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilovememphis/8264986908/

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