Can't really write a review yet, given how easy it would be to spoil various aspects of the film. But, also, it's the sort of movie you have to let settle into your head for a bit. Unlike Batman Begins, which was straightforward heroing, and Dark Knight, which questioned limits, this is something more ( Read more... )

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Yeah, I know it's been forever. But this video is cool enough for me to post here in case y'all missed it on Facebook. Who doesn't love a little Hall & Oates, sung in a van?

A kazoo is involved, so... very cool.

Fittingly, I finished this the day my newest niece was baptised:


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I want this song played during my cremation, just to see if the people in attendance can keep from grooving to it.

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Can it be considered ironic that the day after we celebrated Independence Day, there's a good bit of demagoguery going on in regard to one of the key results of that revolution, which is that in order to convict someone the government has to prove their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt ( Read more... )

I may have to give up on the Song of Ice and Fire series about 250 pages into the third book. I just can't take the constant stream of bad things happening to the main family in the stories -- it's just too much. I realize sometimes reality can be like that, where misfortune is followed by misfortune after misfortune, but this is something I'm ( Read more... )

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