Feed the hex on the country you love
Hahahahah!
The reason I find that so humorous is because Dr. Watson very nearly did the same in Visual Literacy, though under doubtless more innocent circumstances. On the other hand, *that'll* teach him never to assume a Youtube search will provide "that video" he had seen the night before. (Dangling preposition strike two! Slaaaaaay the heathen!)
If I start *one* more post with a link to a news site, I will start a separate blog for such things. Don't hold me to that.
So today I went to see good sir Evan (of the Yerkes clan) in jolly old Nac. We had good times swinging in Pecan Park and chatting in Java Jack's, discussing shoes and ships and sealing wax, and cabbages, and kings. Actually that's a fairly accurate list of topics, probably minus the ships and sealing wax though.
It was Evan's first day working at Micky D's on University, so I dropped him off and headed for the cinema. I had already seen 3:10 to Yuma with Pebble, so I got a ticket for The Kingdom. I really liked it.
I had read a review beforehand that primed me for the show, which probably helped a lot. The movie has a good action-packed beginning and ending, but the heart of the show is about US/Saudi cooperation and politics, investigating a bombing.
One definite prop for the movie is the intro. They intersperse the opening credits with a news-narrated collage of media cuts, covering the modern history of US/Saudi relations. It's probably not even two minutes long but I felt it really put things in perspective and set a good stage for the rest of the show.
The surprise best actor is the Arabic state police chief, a character named Al-Ghazi. Jamie Foxx's performance also stood out. Both characters expressed the complications of the movie's issues.
My GRE book came in the mail, a harbinger of doom normally causing peasants to panic, but for some reason I am strangely psyched. The book claims the test is a 4+ hour ordeal but I wish I could take it tomorrow.
Soon though.
The reason I find that so humorous is because Dr. Watson very nearly did the same in Visual Literacy, though under doubtless more innocent circumstances. On the other hand, *that'll* teach him never to assume a Youtube search will provide "that video" he had seen the night before. (Dangling preposition strike two! Slaaaaaay the heathen!)
If I start *one* more post with a link to a news site, I will start a separate blog for such things. Don't hold me to that.
So today I went to see good sir Evan (of the Yerkes clan) in jolly old Nac. We had good times swinging in Pecan Park and chatting in Java Jack's, discussing shoes and ships and sealing wax, and cabbages, and kings. Actually that's a fairly accurate list of topics, probably minus the ships and sealing wax though.
It was Evan's first day working at Micky D's on University, so I dropped him off and headed for the cinema. I had already seen 3:10 to Yuma with Pebble, so I got a ticket for The Kingdom. I really liked it.
I had read a review beforehand that primed me for the show, which probably helped a lot. The movie has a good action-packed beginning and ending, but the heart of the show is about US/Saudi cooperation and politics, investigating a bombing.
One definite prop for the movie is the intro. They intersperse the opening credits with a news-narrated collage of media cuts, covering the modern history of US/Saudi relations. It's probably not even two minutes long but I felt it really put things in perspective and set a good stage for the rest of the show.
The surprise best actor is the Arabic state police chief, a character named Al-Ghazi. Jamie Foxx's performance also stood out. Both characters expressed the complications of the movie's issues.
My GRE book came in the mail, a harbinger of doom normally causing peasants to panic, but for some reason I am strangely psyched. The book claims the test is a 4+ hour ordeal but I wish I could take it tomorrow.
Soon though.
Once more into the breech dear friends?