Sunday, September 6th, 2009
From Slow Moscow past David Lynch’s Inland Empire discussions to Maya Deren and her prescient Meshes of the Afternoon and now at Netflix watching Berlin: Symphony of a Great City.
A full circle somehow.
I need to stop this and get some work done, but I love indulging my other brain parts for a change.
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
Great little collection of quotes from recommended movie, The God Who Wasn’t There.
Republicans, religion, and the triumph of unreason. (Doesn’t that just say it all? From the [UK] Independent)
As a result, 18,000 US citizens die every year needlessly, because they can’t access the care they require. That’s equivalent to six 9/11s, every year, year on year. Yet the Republicans have accused the Democrats who are trying to stop all this death by extending healthcare of being “killers” – and they have successfully managed to put them on the defensive.
These increasingly frenzied claims have become so detached from reality that they often seem like black comedy. The right-wing magazine US Investors’ Daily claimed that if Stephen Hawking had been British, he would have been allowed to die at birth by its “socialist” healthcare system. Hawking responded with a polite cough that he is British, and “I wouldn’t be here without the NHS”.
Not anxious to start taking any statins anytime soon.
Mark this site: PolitiFact has a great Truth-O-Meter for catching out political lies.
15 cool and crazy ways to tie your shoelaces (spotted via the inimitable Liam)
CSM: The “war on drugs” needs a timeout. (The failure drones on.)
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
I really want to go see Food Inc at The Flicks but I am so broke right now.
Here’s a great review of Food Inc …
Food Inc. makes two points very well that are worth repeating and then I’ll shut up. One: wherever and whenever, try to know or find out the source of your food. And two: every time you buy food, it’s a vote for more of that food; if it’s excellent, you’re asking for more; if it’s shitty food, you’re asking for more.
I can’t embed, but please take 2 minutes to watch the YouTube movie trailer.
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Like a long hot bath are Roger Ebert’s posts. In this one he delves into the contemporary modes of communication including Twitter. As with all his writings, nothing is superficial and all provokes more thought.
And in another allied arena, here’s UC Irvine developing a treatment for tinnitus (from which I suffer chronically). I don’t look for aid in the near future, but I’m glad work’s being done.
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