Tuesday check in
Oct. 11th, 2005 08:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neadodsFeels like Monday, doesn't it?
Two things of general interest.
#1 GO SEE WALLACE AND GROMIT! I laughed so hard I had tears on my glasses and my sides ached. The sendup of old horror movies mixed with Aardman lunacy makes this the Best. Movie. Ever. I'm trying not to think why they put a Christmas short with a Halloween movie (this makes as much sense as the shudderingly bad summer movie that is being released at Christmas for reasons unknown), but that's a small quibble.
One little note, not a spoiler if you know your old movies - there's a scene in the local chapel. Hard as it will be to tear your eyes away from the characters, take a good look at the first stained glass panel you see in the background.
For those of us in mourning over the fire that destroyed the Aardman Productions warehouse, go see and remember - the important things didn't burn.
#2 Washington Post prints list of 10 books most banned in 2004, with the reasons why. Banned book week may be over, but read a banned book anyway. And keep an eye on your local library. There were 458 challenges to books in 2003. Last year, there were 547.
Strike back. Read a book.
Two things of general interest.
#1 GO SEE WALLACE AND GROMIT! I laughed so hard I had tears on my glasses and my sides ached. The sendup of old horror movies mixed with Aardman lunacy makes this the Best. Movie. Ever. I'm trying not to think why they put a Christmas short with a Halloween movie (this makes as much sense as the shudderingly bad summer movie that is being released at Christmas for reasons unknown), but that's a small quibble.
One little note, not a spoiler if you know your old movies - there's a scene in the local chapel. Hard as it will be to tear your eyes away from the characters, take a good look at the first stained glass panel you see in the background.
For those of us in mourning over the fire that destroyed the Aardman Productions warehouse, go see and remember - the important things didn't burn.
#2 Washington Post prints list of 10 books most banned in 2004, with the reasons why. Banned book week may be over, but read a banned book anyway. And keep an eye on your local library. There were 458 challenges to books in 2003. Last year, there were 547.
Strike back. Read a book.
