The Oceans Cons

In all of the Ocean's movies they use some nice codewords to describe certain cons and tricks of the trade, so what i've done is break them down into layman's terms...
Enjoy!,
Oceans 11 cons
- Boesky => a wealthy bankroller with insider info
- Jim Brown => confrontation between two people, to distract lifting info
- Miss Daisy => driving miss daisy, e.g. a SWAT vehicle as a getaway car
- Two Jethros => two guys used to distract and general grunt work
- Leon Spinks => disruption of a boxing match
- Ella Fitzgerald => tape looped back to look like a live recording
Oceans 12 cons
- Bundle of Joy => pregnant woman
- Smugglers Paradise => needs 2-3 people, undescribed
- Swinging Priest => needs 2-3 people, undescribed
- Crazy Larry => needs 2-3 people, undescribed
- Soft Shoulder => needs 2-3 people, undescribed
- Bakers Dozen => needs 2-3 people and a girl, undescribed
- Hell in a Handbasket => needs 2-3 people and a cat, undescribed
- Lookie-loo => someone who looks like another, doppleganger
Oceans 13 cons
- Billy Martin => a second chance
- Irwin Allen => promise of impending disaster (IA made disaster movies)
- Susan B. Anthony => a coin that has more value than the player thinks
- Brody => false nose
- Gilroy => pheromone used to make someone more persuasive
- Cartwheel => quick distraction to cover up something
Michael Clayton - Review

Last night I pushed Michelle to go see a film I’ve been wanting to see ever since I heard about it, Michael Clayton.
Basically the story is set around the life of a guy who is really just a janitor, cleaning up the mistakes of others and making sure the people he represents cn continue with their everyday lives; that is until someone misinterprets what he does, thinking he’s just some nobody and goes against him.
Excellent acting by all the cast involved and a really thoughtful script, every set piece and action portrayed has meaning; good powerful performances and sometimes brutal storytelling. But it’s realistic and shows you without any messing around what really happens.
It’s a slow burner but the ending hit’s you like a stack of bricks, perfect, excellent; and possibly the best film I’ve seen in a long long while.
5 out of 5, an instant classic!
The 5 Rules to Effective Writing
As posted by George Orwell
- Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
- Never use a long word where a short one will do.
- If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
- Never use the passive where you can use the active.
- Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
Break any of these rules sooner than saying anything outright barbarous.






