A recent spate of DVDs by David Attenborough's nature series on the life of the mammals brought new questions and ideas to the children's mind.

Ocho realized that nuts were seeds, which made him even more suspicious of almonds.

And Venti wanted to know whom I had to fight before being able to marry _MWife_.

In a fascinating double-bill of sorts, we watched Werner Herzog's movie Kaspar Hauser last night. I had bought the DVD back in 2005 while at an ILP conference in Germany, and we just never got around to watching it before then. It was my first movie by Herzog, though not my first occupation with the fascinating and heart-wrenching story of Kaspar ( Read more... )

preetha_thinks invited me to a techno-geek screening of the new James Bond movie at the Alamo Drafthouse, and I gladly accepted; _MWife_ wrangled the kids by herself for the evening.

( Spoiler alert )

Another giant has departed the stage.