King Kong
The first review I've seen says it's great:
> [Peter Jackson] has made a picture I can only describe as jaw-droppingly
brilliant: the most entertaining blockbuster movie this year.
Eric Scheske
Religion Always Gets In
Despite attempts to secularize their society, Germans will find their religion
one way or the other:
> Yoga instructors are being employed on German trains to help calm stressed out
passengers in the run up to Christmas.
The Weekend Eudemon
It's December, and that means flurries. Not snow flurries, but hurried flurries:
go here and there, there and here. Be this, be that. I don't like it.
But it seems to be getting better. A few years ago, my wife and I figured out
that we
Rudolph Facts
Everything you ever wanted to know about Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
[http://www.tvparty.com/xmasrudolph.html]. Excerpt:
> Premiering on NBC December 6th, 1964, RUDOLPH has become the longest running,
highest rated television special in the history of the medium. . . .
> The special originally premiered on the GENERAL
Brews You Can Use VI
Artificial beer belly [http://www.thebeerbelly.com/]. Pretty stupid, but it
cracked me up for some reason.
Brews You Can Use V
The Brew Site is featuring a Christmas beer every day during Advent
[http://www.thebrewsite.com/]. Advent is a time of quiet waiting, not raucous
living, but heck, I'm just glad someone even mentions the word "Advent."
Manners at NY Subways?
From the New York Post: [http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/58828.htm]
> The MTA begins its crackdown on bad behavior Monday with a series of new rules
prohibiting everything from rollerblading on the subway to putting your feet up
on an empty seat. . . .
> It will be a
King David or Chief David?
Interesting piece at WaPo about current archaeological discoveries in Jerusalem
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/01/AR2005120101944.html]
. Excerpt:
> Some archaeologists believe Jerusalem was no more than a tiny hilltop village
when it served as David's capital. The discovery of a palace
Brews You Can Use IV
Actually, this is news you can use after you've had more brews than you can use:
> Three Finnish computer science students have devised a system which enables air
guitarists to hear themselves 'play'. The Virtual Air Guitar project, developed
at the Helsinki University of Technology,
Brews You Can Use III
> A German brewer has taken aim at the female market by producing a beer called
"Karla" that it claims does everything from calming the mind to preventing
cancer.
> The maker notes Karla contains health boosting ingredients like folic acid,
lecithin soya extract and vitamins.