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Glenn Ford Dead
08/31/06
Actor Glenn Ford died yesterday. I won't claim to have seen a large number of his films, but I have said for years that he performed one of the best dying scenes in cinema. It occurs in Superman: The Movie, in which he played Jonathan Kent (Superman's human foster father). I won't -
Video Jag
08/27/06
It was like web quicksand: I got sucked into YouTube for a half a day recently.
This was fascinating. There's a link to the complete film.
Me
If you've never heard a theremin, this is a mediocre, yet funny performance.
Don't Worry Be Happy
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Who Needs Dell for Explosions?
08/27/06
My Dell battery is not among those being recalled, so it will not--as one article phrased it--erupt into flames.
I'm grateful, of course, but have found other items that will, under the right conditions, put an eye out.
This is a picture of how my stove would have looked b -
Hooray for Pluto!
08/24/06
To the delight of little people and fans of Lord of the Rings everywhere, Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet.
An article focusing on the angst
Scientists: Pluto not a planet
And a more balanced article
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Film: A Place in the Sun
08/22/06
On the one hand, I felt a little sick to my stomach after watching A Place in the Sun (1951). On the other, I knew I'd watched fine film making and acting. I won't try to do justice to this complex story. Basically, it follows a young man who makes poor decisions to fulfill his desires. -
Film: Duck Soup
08/01/06
Another film that I had previously seen, but forgotten, Duck Soup (1933) brims full of word play and almost diabolical sight gags. Where many comedians would be satisfied with simple slapstick, the Marx brothers will, in a single scene, keep layering joke after joke. Some are obvious, such as Harp
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