Word of the day :
indissoluble : incapable of being dissolved or disintegrated
: permanent
: incapable of being annulled, undone, or broken
Well, Julia's back - interview went well. Pray that she gets the job, we move to Chicago, and say sayonara to fuckin' Statesboro!
The Louvre closed its doors yesterday - too many "aggressive" pickpockets.
Massive thunderstorms, storm system in the midwest, tons of snow up in Minnesota and Canada. Guess we should be grateful we live down here in Georgia, but how thankful can you really be when every time it rains hard and long, the septic tanks act up? If you want great weather and no calamities, move to New Mexico.
Animal of the week: (new feature)
Pangolin
What it is: "A scaly anteater."
What it looks like: Covered in brown scales. Dark grey to black sin, no scales in its underparts. Small head.
Where it lives: Mostly in Africa and Asia. Bush and savanna country. Rocky hills and open flood plains where there is sandy soil and, hence, plenty of anthills.
What it does: Forages nocturnally. It uses its long, viscous claws to dig ants out of their holes and slurp them up with its tongue. It moves slowly and has a repugnant odor to ward off predators. When in danger, it folds itself up into a ball, its head tucked beneath its tail.
Is it endangered: Yeah, because Asians are slaughtering them for "traditional" medicine. Did you expect anything different?
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New Movies Opening This Weekend:
42 A square, old-fashioned biopic with newcomer Chadwick Boseman as the boundary-breaking Jackie Robinson, the Dodgers second baseman who became the first African-American professional ballplayer. Harrison Ford is said to be gruffly entertaining as Robinson's manager Branch Rickey. Critics are saying it's fine, not great. Written and directed by Oscar-winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential).
Scary Movie 5 Um, nope.
Disconnect Richard Roeper gave this one four stars. It's a tale of modern alienation, composed of different stories, all of which revolve around the dangers of the internet: from identity theft to online gambling and prostitution to cruel teenage pranks. From the director of the fascinating doc Murderball, the film has a terrific cast: Jason Bateman, Paula Patton, Alexander Skarsgard, and Hope Davis.
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To the Wonder Terrence Malick (Tree of Life) has to be one of the most overrated directors in the history of cinema. He is a great pictorialist, has a great eye (with the help of his recent, brilliant cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki), but that's it. His mystical films have nothing to say. Some love him. Some hate him. Some are bored silly by him. This new one is a largely wordless (!), vague exercise in which Ben Affleck (who has almost no lines) and Olga Kurylenko are an unhappy couple somewhere in the Midwest. Javier Bardem (as a priest) and Rachel McAdams have some voiceover, but it seems Malick is slowly on his way to discarding actors altogether.
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After finishing and loving Robert Kurson's nonfiction book Shadow Divers, I thought that it was about time I sought out other true-life adventure books. Here's as good a list as any:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0404/adventure_books_1-19.html
No post till Sunday. Have a nice weekend!
Image courtesy of:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/files/2012/02/pangolin.jpg
http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/disconnect-hope-davis-jason-bateman.jpg
Information courtesy of:
http://www.wildlifesafari.info/pangolin.html
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