We saw Kung Fu Panda 2 yesterday, and it was a joy to see a sequel that extended the original story so seamlessly and with such generous emotional satisfaction. Ebert liked it too, but thought the 3-D version detracted. Based on that assessment, we saw the “normal” 2-D version, and liked it very much indeed: “Kung Fu Panda 2” is exactly as you’d expect, and more. The animation is elegant, the story is much more involving than in the original, and there’s boundless energy. I enjoyed it as fully as I possibly could, given the horror of its 3-D. The…
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From today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, a video of the southern sky. Ocean Sky from Alex Cherney on Vimeo.
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Kevin Drum, quoting a NJ state legislator on Gov. Chris Christie’s line item veto, then wonders “but is he a dick?”
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Kevin Drum, quoting a NJ state legislator on Gov. Chris Christie’s line item veto, then wonders “but is he a dick?”
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Third year in a row, he’s on Oxfam’s best seller list, probably because their bookshops are glutted with his binned books.
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From BagNewsNotes
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Yeah, this blog has pretty much been a wasteland lately – no new posts of any great shakes, and a whole lot of “weekly tweets” auto-posts… BOR-RRING! So based on something ***Dave said the other day, clearly it seemed like a good time to look at getting a better process for doing more actual blog posts here, even if they might be shorter. This all stems from the change in my ability to blog from work during “slow time” or times when I’m not busy and just waiting for an incoming call. As I think I’ve blogged earlier it’s really…
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I think Duckworth in Congress would be very sweet, Lynn Sweet.
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Good whatever local time it is to you! # Hmm. Is it wrong that I want to get a tiny possum avatar in Second Life? They are SO CUTE in frilly dresses. http://is.gd/kcVLyd # In totally unrelated political news, Michelle Bachmann still gives me the heebie-jeebies. # RT @JimGoodrich "In Illinois we don't have Death Row, we have Governor's Row #BlagojevichGuilty quot; # RT @dvnix "RT @emokidsloveme: So I guess Blagojevich won't be making any more Not Guilty Pistachio commercials." # Several of us here just made the Blago face: long upper lip, pouting lower lip. # Tammy Duckworth making…
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The LAN went BZZT! and died about an hour ago but we’re back up, business as usual.