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Spring Break
Isn't long enough. Law school + 700 miles from wife + 10 day long winter break = too much. -
Movie Timeline
This has evidently been stolen from a bunch of people. I got it from Jake.
1978: Bad News Bears Go to Japan
1979: Bob Hope On the Road to China
1980: The Kidnapping of the President
1981: Legend of the Lone Ranger also Luke Spencer and Laura Webber get married this year (break records)
1982: Firefox (think in Russian)
1983: Disco Dancer (Bollywood)
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The American Conservative's Review of WALL-E
"In the film, it becomes clear that mass consumerism is not just the product of big business, but of big business wedded with big government. In fact, the two are indistinguishable in WALL-E’s future. The government unilaterally provided it’s citizens with everything they needed, and this lack of variety led to Earth’s downfall... Staples of small- ( Read more... ) -
Michael Chabon's new book
Has the most complicated cover in history. It is called Maps and Legends and it probably won't be in the fiction section. You won't realize how complicated the cover is until you get it home and remove the plastic wrap. -
Dear Japan
What the hell?
Less Fox News -
BSG
I finally got a chance to watch the rest of season 3 of BSG. On a whole season 3 was not my favorite. It had some really good parts like the trial and the rescue mission, but it also had a lot of Lee-Kara will they/won't they crap. All that said, the season finale was genius. I loved the work in of the song, especially since the I managed to figure ( Read more... ) -
Yiddish Policemen's Union
Just finished this. It was very, very good. One thing that sticks with me is that he really abides by the literary rule that you don't talk about something unless you are going to use it. He does a really good job with this. He ties back to everything. Since this is a mystery story it means that you can get ahead of him figuring things out, which ( Read more... ) -
More Friday Fun
One of my favorite sketches from the Carol Burnett show: Went With the Wind. Wait for the payoff in scene 2 at just short of 4 minutes.
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