World War Z is the best book I've read in about forever. A fictional history of an event that happens in the future, WWZ touches on what I usually find missing in apocalyptic stories (and what I liked so much about Jericho): the breakdown of the state. Creative and clever, there are so many subtle references to events that could be further fleshed out in future stories.
Hairspray looked beautiful, but I was mostly 'meh' on it. One of the unfortunate truths in life is that I don't pick all of the movies we see, so sometimes we see movies like this. It's not the end of the world.
Posted by matt
Jul 15, 2008
I'm not going to claim to be a particularly knowledgeable journalism critic, but I find it hard to believe that there was
that little going on July 14. Look at how much white space the front page has! And the back page of section A was a full page advertisement for collectible coins. Pah.
Shark is reported off Martha's Vineyard. Sharks and sand are constantly ruining the beach.
We are behind the early adopters on
Mad Men, (still ahead of the tidal wave, though), but I'm glad we got to it before the start of season 2. I hear myself describe Mad Men to others (about guys at an advertising agency on Madison Avenue in 1960) and imagine the pitch for this show must have been something else to get green-lighted. Highly stylized, detailed, and fascinating.
The Last Assassin starts in Barcelona, which was cool for me so soon after visiting there. Eisler steps away from the "Rain" pun title pattern, but only maybe because "Torrential Rain" and "Rain Clouds" and "Light Rain" and "Raining Cats and Dogs" don't sound very tough. Also, I can't remember from books 3 and 4, but The Last Assassin might be the first of the series to not be told exclusively from John Rain's point of view, which gives you a better feel for the ladies.
Posted by matt
Jul 11, 2008
Well,
my iPhone is bricked.
Update: Finally working! Sheesh, what a screw-up.
I spent the first third of
Ratatouille wishing I hadn't heard so much about it and the second two thirds thinking, "Wow, this is really living up to the hype!" I haven't been to Paris and I've never been a chef, but this is exactly what it's like, right? At least that's how it looked.
Would you look at this? Invented by Peng Yu-Lun
this train saves energy by never stopping at stations. I imagine we'll never see this, but at least people are thinking.
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