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I recently finished Mary Roach's book called "Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife". It presents a cross-section of what people think happens to our soul after death and the various ways people have thought up to prove their theories.
Whilst the quality of each chapter varies inevitably, none is below part. Some topics carry themselves and are intruiging in their own right. Others have to be made interesting by the author of which she never really fails. No chapter scores a bogey. Her humour ("It is just about possible that you underestimate the historic import of the sea urchin") does an excellent job. Even the acknowledgement section is a fun part to read. Who else lists their sources 'in order of diminshing exasperation' with her 'naive, misguided questions and [her proneness to] giggle at the wrong moments'?
A couple of days ago I bought a DVD on the fly which turned out to be a real bargain. It's called "Twelve Angry Men" with Henry Fonda and a very young Jack Klugman. I can wholeheartdly recommend it. By coincidence, I also watched "Hokuspokus" the other day, a German court room farce. Both films deliver the same message. It's hard to convict somebody of murder with witness statements being so unreliable. The German film takes a more humourous approach, though.
Quote of the day:
Judge:
So you started off as a circus entertainer?
Peer Bille (lawyer):
Yes, the circus belonged to my father.
Judge:
But then you decided to study law to be able to marry your wife?
Peer Bille (lawyer):
Yes, her father was under the erroneous impression
that this circus would be more lucrative.(taken from Hokuspokus, 1953)
Comic of the day:
Whilst the quality of each chapter varies inevitably, none is below part. Some topics carry themselves and are intruiging in their own right. Others have to be made interesting by the author of which she never really fails. No chapter scores a bogey. Her humour ("It is just about possible that you underestimate the historic import of the sea urchin") does an excellent job. Even the acknowledgement section is a fun part to read. Who else lists their sources 'in order of diminshing exasperation' with her 'naive, misguided questions and [her proneness to] giggle at the wrong moments'?
A couple of days ago I bought a DVD on the fly which turned out to be a real bargain. It's called "Twelve Angry Men" with Henry Fonda and a very young Jack Klugman. I can wholeheartdly recommend it. By coincidence, I also watched "Hokuspokus" the other day, a German court room farce. Both films deliver the same message. It's hard to convict somebody of murder with witness statements being so unreliable. The German film takes a more humourous approach, though.
Quote of the day:
Judge:
So you started off as a circus entertainer?
Peer Bille (lawyer):
Yes, the circus belonged to my father.
Judge:
But then you decided to study law to be able to marry your wife?
Peer Bille (lawyer):
Yes, her father was under the erroneous impression
that this circus would be more lucrative.(taken from Hokuspokus, 1953)
Comic of the day: