I know I've linked this twice before, but this time it's actually relevant.
My wife went to see it with a friend. Form her description I'm glad I did not. But per my Inception response I may be suffering from a case of terminal grumpiness. Having myself not transcended ordinary life through love, or duty or whatever; my mean and sorry response is to take no pleasure in fictional representations that touch upon those themes.
Having myself not transcended ordinary life through love, or duty or whatever
Whatever? It's as though commenting on the internet means nothing to you.
1: Well, *I* hadn't seen it before. Thanks.
I just saw Moneyball. Verdict: Pretty good. It probably helped that I went in with low expectations. Also, I don't like the Yankees.
I saw about 20 minutes of Moneyball last night. It was good, but I figured I'd seen enough to get the gist of it without needing to watch the whole thing.
Well, *I* hadn't seen it before. Thanks.
Yay!
1: That link is totally spot-on. Basically, it's a perfectly good waste of two hours. As good as any other two-hour slot I wasted today.
9: As good as any other two-hour slot I wasted today.
Yeah, the foosballs were both sort of lame each in their own special way.
10: I actually eschewed watching American Bloodsport today in the pursuit of higher goals. I was sad to see the Packers lost. Might as well pull for them with the Bears out, I'd been figuring.
Having myself not transcended ordinary life through love, or duty, or whatever, my mean and sorry response is to take no pleasure in fictional representations that touch upon those themes.
New mouseover?
11: This was my response, but not that of most Bears fans. I am pretty pro-Pack.
Horses and dogs are feudal emotional cripples bred for dependency and victimization. Whenever someone pays tribute to these animals because of their loyalty, capacity for blind devotion, and purity of heart, I assumed that that person expects the same from their wives, lovers, servants, and employees.
Spielberg's closeted fascism has been obvious since Duel
OT: it looks like that Oxford 'murder' was probably an accident/unrelated sudden death. Of course, what the university are most upset about is the loss of 4 publications for the REF. Apparently you're not allowed to include dead people, even if they published during the right period.
I had a friend who worked in an bio lab once working on the healing of fractures. He was the guy whose job was breaking the dog's leg. The thing that made him quit was the way the dogs would wag their tails when he came into the room.
He probably could have found some dogs to work on that would immediately distrust him. A lot of times when you work with rats you have to spend a couple weeks "gentling" them (coming into the room, talking softly, putting them on your arm and petting them) before the rats let you pick them up.
It's nice to see someone's response be "I can't bear to experiment on these animals, they are such saps". Usually people think it's ideal when the mouse just sits there and doesn't try to run away or hop out of the cage. Where's the respect for your opponent, the recognition of his fighting spirit?
Where's the respect for your opponent, the recognition of his fighting spirit?
It sounds great until a chimp chews off your hands and your face.
20: I thought they stopped researching on chimps out of squeamishness over them being such close relatives to humans? Or maybe I just heard people wringing their hands about it on the radio.
(Actually, I'm pretty sure I can tell you exactly where I was when I heard that radio program. I was pulling into the Food Lion parking lot, and it was daytime and sunny. What I can't tell you: the date, the day of the week, or the specific radio program. Memory!)