Entertainment
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Free Just Mercy Movie Rental
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https://amzn.to/2AvqHsk – click the Rent HD $0.00 button to get a Free Just Mercy Movie Rental on Amazon. It’s a powerful movie. Here’s the trailer:
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Recommended: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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I’m generally late to the game when it comes to pop culture. I first heard about the show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel when watching the Golden Globes. Then I saw a deal where it was available to stream for free one weekend so I decided to give it a try. Actually, it’s free for Amazon…
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The Reviewer’s Fallacy
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A really good article by Ben Yagoda on Slate about why critics are so far off. Here’s the heart of the problem: The set of critics’ and audiences’ interests do not perfectly overlap but rather form a Venn diagram. In the audience circle, the pressing question is, “Should I spend some number of the dollars…
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Mad Black Men
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After hearing about this show called “Mad Black Men” on one of my NPR podcasts this week, I’m slightly tempted to watch it. Mad Men, of course, takes place in the fictional world of 1960s ad agency Sterling Cooper and focuses on the lead character, advertising genius Don Draper. In the “parallel universe” of Mad Black Men, protagonist…
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KRNFX
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First PSY and now this beatboxer guy KRNFX is everywhere. Them Koreans are movin’ up. I just saw a clip today of him on the Ellen Show with dancer/choreographer Mike Song. Then tonight, my friend Christiana sent this to me, where he hooks up with Walk Off the Earth for a Taylor Swift cover. Bonus…
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R.E.M. calls it a day
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R.E.M. posted on their website that they have broken up: “To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone…
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Asia News (January Edition)
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I haven’t written up a post about Asia in a while, so here’s a mishmash of stuff. Nothing photography-related here. A movie that’s dear to my heart (can you guess why?): Ip Man 1 now available on Hulu. I have both Ip Man 1 and 2 if anyone wants to borrow it. Don’t forget about…
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Things Around the Webs
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Here are some things keeping me entertained this week: The Origin of Mario’s Overalls Thanks to Steph for sending this one: By the way, everyone should watch Secretariat. I saw it last week. It’s a fun, family movie. It reminded me of all my childhood days spent at the track with my uncle. I love…
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Sneak Peek: The Forbidden Kingdom
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Just got back from a sneak preview of The Forbidden Kingdom that opens this Friday, along with Expelled. Don’t worry, no spoilers here because I don’t really like to write. I’m just embarrassed every time Jet Li speaks in English. I think filmmakers make the effort to minimize his lines. But boy, he does move…
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Expelled the Movie opens this Friday
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Ben Stein seeks to determine whether Intelligent Design is legitimate or just a pseudo-science in Expelled, the Movie.
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America’s Best Dance Crew
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Update (Mar. 24): Jon’s away message: if jabbawockeez don’t win this thursday, america is stupid. Me: ooh, i agree with you about the jabbawockeez Jon: HECK YEA!! did you vote? Me:haha…aileen and i had to… Jon: vote some more. like 10x a day. do it online yeahhh do it!! I’m gonna vote alot tonite also…
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$1.99 Blockbuster rental coupon
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$1.99 Blockbuster coupon. Click on “the game” at the link. A pop up will appear for you to enter your email address where Blockbuster should send the coupon to.
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Teaching
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Saturday night was TAD: Teacher’s Appreciation Day. We were tricked by the pastor’s wife (yes, th…
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Entertainment escape from reality
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I watched The Exorcism of Emily Rose last weekend. Nothing special. The courtroom acting was ente…
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What is this world coming to?
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Gay bishop installed. P. Diddy ran a marathon.
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TV show preference During dinner,
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TV show preference During dinner, I was watching a show on TV where they were talking about language and brain functioning. There were these kids who had severe seizures that were not treatable with medication. Their last resort was to remove the part of the brain that was affected by the seizures, in these case,…