Name That Film: Adaptation Edition: Book to Film

Adaptation is one of the most basic phenomena of biology, the scientific study of life. It is the process by which an organism becomes better suited to it's habitat and probably why dinosaurs crew razor sharp teeth in the first place!

All I do is sit on my fat ass with that annoying cursor blinking back. If I wasn't so fat, I could probably be happier. Maybe I should start jogging again? 5 miles a day! I need to turn my life around. I need to fall in love. I need to read more and improve myself. Besides fashion and what's happening, what did we learn in high school? The golden rule...not to be played the fool...in public!

What if I learned Russian or something? Not to be an outward underground commie per say, or to succinctly see a form of red, but to align greater realities in a common perspective with the objective of being a better person each day until I'm dead. What if I took up an instrument and learned to speak Chinese? I could be the blog-writer who speaks fluent Chinese and plays a mean cowbell. That'd be cool and so cutting edge I'd wanna say....aaaa-so!

You are what you love, not what loves you. It that whole grass is greener, give and take gig that becomes so big in the large scheme of things, never mind what it brings, that the participant can't help but feel enlightened, even indirectly, as if they had received their vitality and color artificially inseminated through a Hollywood tanning bed. The point being that each one of us is a metaphorical flower having a specific relationship what whatever happens to pollinate us. Now there is little time to compose and construct a long laundry list of items, each with it's inherent virtue and vice, but trust you me, there is a price to be paid. Believe that! Neither the flower nor the insect of pollination have the capacity to understand the importance of their lovemaking. Now some unlucky ladies will undoubtedly quip,

"That's a guy thing!", which may be true to some of you...but, by doing what we are designed to do, following our internal voice, each individual becomes a part of something large and magnificence often happens.

Adaptation is a profound process and means you figure out how to thrive in a hostile environment, which is akin to a wolverine lost in Buckeye country on a certain Saturday in the fall.

Rising from the ashes, the private sector must now emerge unscathed, intact, unchanged with the resolve of something fiercely determined, illustrating a much greater level of efficiency despite the diminished returns.

Will there be an increase in productivity, as we, as a separate species, are able to adapt AND adopt new behaviors in a whirling vortex of change. People are strange but adaptation is a change in an organism's ability to live successfully in an environment changing all the while, coping with all the stress and pressures of life on the edge of existence. Dial 1-800-C-DARWIN!

Structural adaptations are special body parts of an organism that help it to survive in it's natural habitat, which is one of the reasons I grew a dorsal fin. Behavioral adaptations are a special way an organism behaves to survive in it's natural habitat, which is precisely why I don't flaunt that dorsal fin. Keep in mind the underlying basis for adaptation did not arise as a consequence of the environment, but rather, as it was a pre existing condition, something your insurance wants no part of. Organisms that are not suitably adapted to their environment will either move or die out. Charlie Kaufaman writes the way he lives which gives and lends credence to clearance.

There are a million ways this thing could end...

Well thanks for tuning back in to Name that Film!!! Last week was a much needed week off and that nuisance called work was wearing me out mentally (along with the 100+ degree weather). Anyway, my pahtna Blood came up with a wonderful idea and intro this week and inspired me to get back on the bike and start peddling.

Blood-N-Bolts Productions truly hopes you enjoy this weeks edition of

Name That Film!

Directions: In case you are new, here is what you do. Just read the movie quotes below and name the movie they came from. Check back later to see if you were right and watch the clip from the movie where the quote came from! Remember, all of this weeks quotes come from movies that were adapted from books.

Good luck!

1. "Do you know, I don't think there is a single piece of meat in this stew?"

2. "You're out Tom."

3. "Thee pounds what sir? Certainly not sir!"

4. "Take the ball...Jump up and put her in the basket!"

5. "A written letter, trying to explain things, in case you are captured."

6. "They'll never rest until they spoil the earth."

7. "Well, I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted. If I could hit 'em."

8. "It doesn't matter if you whip us. You'll still be where you were before, the bottom."

9. "Are you truly prepared to be despised within the department?"

10. "Quite and experience living in fear isn't it? That's what it is being a slave."

Let's see those answers! I will check in throughout tonight and tomorrow to let you know how you are doing. Thanks again to Blood and to all of those who test their movie knowledge. Remember to check out the Blood Blog and see more of blood's truly inspired work. See you next week for our next edition of Name That Film!!!