I can't decide if this belongs in Movies or Boxed Set, so Natter it is - anyone who loved Inception or The Matrix needs to run out RIGHT NOW and get World on a Wire and watch it and then come back. I'll wait.
It's a German sci-fi miniseries from 1973, and it is wonderful. I don't know how the Wachowski's managed to snag a copy back in the 90's (since it was only just now rediscovered and released on DVD/Blu-Ray), but obviously they did because there's a bit of mise en scene in the Matrix that cannot possibly be a coincidence.
Go. NOW.
Coincidentally, a copy of this I ordered arrived just this weekend. I'm looking forward to watching it. I love Criterion.
15 Unusual Beds
1st and 2nd ones are my faves.
Well, based on how things went down in NO after Katrina, I'm going to go with the answer of "screwing policy holders over."
Yeah, that's kinda my thought.
Future adversaries for Nutty: [link]
I bet when they're that small they can really corner.
Now I want a baby cheetah. Until, of course, it gets big and wants to hunt me.
Today has been a long ass day. State testing this morning and it totally screws with the schedule for the day, so my 2 plan periods don't happen until the end of the day. I am now tired and we have 3 more days of this.
At least I get a lot of grading and planning done while my students fill in bubbles.
Dear Prudence annotates Limbaugh's apology.
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Thanks, everyone.
That sounds promising, Typo.
In other depressing news, a college student disappeared here Friday night after celebrating his 21st birthday downtown. They just pulled his body from the frozen river.
