Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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The second one is really minor, and came from the gardener in me. f you are trying to stretch what you have, you only need one potato eye per mound, not a whole small potato.
That surprised me, too, because he did it the right way in the book, with explanation for why.
Troy-and-Abed-in-a-Rover!
I loved the movie. Smart people being smart is one of my favorite things to watch, so it hit my sweet spot (same reason I love the Buffistas, come to think of it). Also Matt Damon was hella charming without being smarmy.
Probably my favorite role of Matt Damon's after Good Will Hunting. (And I say that as a HUGE fan of Dogma.)
Yay! Wes Anderson is making another stop-motion animated film.
Excellent!
Last night Anne and I watched Testament, an '83 movie about the aftermath of a nuclear war. It was good but very grim, as you can imagine. Reminded us a lot of On the Beach with the people in a small California town that wasn't nuked gradually dying of radiation poisoning.
A movie far superior to The Day After. I'd rank it above Fail Safe too. Also, it was a TV version so it looked like they edited out some of the gross effect of radiation poisoning. It's the kind of movie that sticks in your mind....
Is Testament the one with the radiation-poisoned kid and the sink?
Yes. Although I think they darkened the screen for tv so we wouldn't see all ther grossness. Still, we saw enough.
All three of those movies had a profound on my life and vocation.
The Day After led me to walk across the country. Testament led me to become a professional peace activist, and Fail Safe was riveting.