Day: May 21, 2006
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Movie: Raising Arizona
I’ve seen bits of Raising Arizona before, but last night I watched the whole movie. Funny, though a bit manic by the end. Telling that the Metacritic score is a 55 (mixed or average reviews), while the user score is 86. Can you say…cult hit? I suppose you can expect at least that much success…
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Book: The World Is Flat
I haven’t bumped up against the TimesSelect wall since I wrote about its introduction in September 2005. However, after reading The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman, I can understand some of the attraction of the columnists…at least Friedman himself. This exploration of globalization, sub-titled “A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century,” tells a forceful…
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Book: The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
After seeing the movie last year, I re-read Douglas Adams’ The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy last weekend during a plane flight. My copy is a 1979 paperback, when it was Hitch Hiker’s (two words) instead of Hitchhiker. It’s a slim 159 pages…loomed larger in memory, honestly, although brevity is a benefit. After the…