followup, words, Davidson: From yesterday’s post about Cary’s article:
peripatetic |ˌperipəˈtetik|adjective1 traveling from place to place, esp. working or based in various places for relatively short periods : the peripatetic nature of military life.
and yes, the essence of our reunions is …
It’s not a place to be right; it’s a place to be loved.
LOL, art, ballet, kith/kin: From my friend Claudia who owns tutu.com: “Here’s the link to Jim Carrey’s spoof of Black Swan. Tutu by Tutu.Com!” Saturday Night Live – Black Swan – Video – NBC.com.
movies: Watched Inception last night … Maybe too many levels for me. John thinks it may be the next Matrix. Ebert seems to agree.
If you’ve seen any advertising at all for the film, you know that its architecture has a way of disregarding gravity. Buildings tilt. Streets coil. Characters float. This is all explained in the narrative. The movie is a perplexing labyrinth without a simple through-line, and is sure to inspire truly endless analysis on the web.
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The movies often seem to come from the recycling bin these days: Sequels, remakes, franchises. “Inception” does a difficult thing. It is wholly original, cut from new cloth, and yet structured with action movie basics so it feels like it makes more sense than (quite possibly) it does. I thought there was a hole in “Memento:” How does a man with short-term memory loss remember he has short-term memory loss? Maybe there’s a hole in “Inception” too, but I can’t find it. Christopher Nolan reinvented “Batman.” This time he isn’t reinventing anything. Yet few directors will attempt to recycle “Inception.” I think when Nolan left the labyrinth, he threw away the map.
Arizona massacre, Congresswoman Giffords, media, religion: Great question … who will speak of the soul?
Much of American public commentary takes place on television, via the Internet, and through social networks. We already know what form the analysis of the assassination attempt will be. Everyone will say what a tragedy it is. Then commentators will take sides. Those on the left will blame the Tea Party’s violent rhetoric and “Second Amendment solutions.” Those on the right will blame irresponsible individuals and Socialism. Progressives will call for more gun control; conservatives will say more people should carry guns. Everyone will have some sort of spin that benefits their party, their platform, and their policies.
But who will speak of the soul?
via Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords: Speaking for the Soul – Christianity for the Rest of Us.
consumer products, made in the USA: Made in USA: 10 Great Products Still Made Here (Slide 1 of 10) – CBS MoneyWatch.com.
restaurants, Penguin, Pinky’s, Charlotte: Good friends and loyal old Penguin fans have tried Pinky’s and in some ways liked it better … menu, view … now I need to try both! The Penguin ready to fry again – CharlotteObserver.com.
movies: Country Strong was pretty good …
But “Country Strong” is a throwback, a pure, heartfelt exercise in ’50s social melodrama, using such stock elements as a depressed heroine, her manipulating husband, an ambivalent Other Man, and tapping her toe impatiently in the wings, young Eve Harrington eager to swoop in and gnaw the heroine’s courage from her bones.
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