Well now that NewMexiKen has actually seen The Incredibles I can say it’s entertaining, amusing, well-written and awesome visually. But a near great film — I think not. To me a great film is one you can watch time-and-again. I don’t think The Incredibles would hold up to that. It’s like Spiderman II — great fun for ages 6-60, well-worth seeing on a big screen, and what’s being released next weekend?
Jeanne at Body and Soul has a fine essay on the song made famous by Sam Cooke but covered so well by so many.
From AP via Yahoo! News:
ATLANTA - Heavy suitcases aren’t the only things weighing down airplanes and requiring them to burn more fuel, pushing up the cost of flights. A new government study reveals that airlines increasingly have to worry more about the weight of their passengers.
America’s growing waistlines are hurting the bottom lines of airline companies as the extra pounds on passengers are causing a drag on planes. Heavier fliers have created heftier fuel costs, according to the government study. …
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines requires large people to buy a second seat for passenger safety and comfort.
“The number of counties in the US in which more than 99% of voters voted Republican was five (out of 4533). The number of counties in which more than 99% of voters voted Democrat was 307.”
— From a web page devoted to maps and cartograms of the election.
On November 29, 1864, Colonel John M. Chivington led approximately 700 U.S. volunteer soldiers to a village of about 500 Cheyenne and Arapaho people camped along the banks of Big Sandy Creek in southeastern Colorado. Although the Cheyenne and Arapaho people believed they were under the protection of the U.S. Army, Chivington’s troops attacked and killed about 150 people, mainly women, children, and the elderly.
The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site was authorized by Public Law 106-465 on November 7, 2000. The purposes of the Act are to recognize the national significance of the massacre in American history, and its ongoing signficance to the Cheyenne and Arapaho people and descendents of the massacre victims. The Act authorizes establishment of the national historic site once the NPS has acquired sufficient land from willing sellers to preserve, commemorate, and interpret the massacre. Acquisition of a sufficient amount of land has not yet occured. Currently, the majority of land within the authorized boundary is privately owned and is not open to the public.
Also from The Hill:
Ready for some conspiracy theories involving George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and other Founding Fathers?
Then get ready for the next book by Dan Brown, author of The DaVinci Code, which will be set in the nation’s capital. Its plot is built around the murders of several current political leaders by someone with ties to the Freemasons, the secretive fraternity that included some of the Founding Fathers.
In case you missed the rest of the story:
But sources in the Secret Service told The Hill that Bush was wearing a bulletproof vest, as he does most of the time when appearing in public. The president’s handlers did not want to admit as much during the campaign, for fear of disclosing information related to his personal security while he was on the campaign trail.
— The Hill
Top Ten John Kerry Excuses:
10. Voters were in a fever-induced haze because they couldn’t get flu shots.
9. Floridians confused by shockingly unconfusing ballots.
5. Should’ve campaigned more in New Mexico, less in regular Mexico.
3. Thought America was ready for a lunatic first lady.
1. Was distracted by late night erotic phone calls from Bill O’Reilly.
Top Ten Ways George Bush Celebrated:
10. Eliminated tax cut for 55 million Americans who voted for Kerry.
9. Went trippin’ on a handful of Cheney’s heart pills.
6. Pretended not to notice his father’s envious weeping.
5. Dug out tapes of some of his favorite Texas executions.
1. Asked for Laura’s help with a very different bulge under his suit.
“In fact, the GOP did so well, the only Republican without a mandate: Dick Cheney’s daughter.”
— Jay Leno
“Democrats and liberals, stop saying you’re going to move because Bush won. Real liberals should be pledging to stay because Bush won. Trust me, you can’t get away from Bush by moving to France because that’s where we’re invading next.”
— Bill Maher
“There’s already speculation that Hillary Clinton will be the nominee for the Democrats in 2008. Well, you have to admire the dedication of the Democratic party. They just lost an election, and they’re already hard at work planning to lose the next one.”
— Bill Maher
“John Kerry said yesterday, ‘In an American election, there is no loser.’ Uh, earth to John.”
— Jay Leno
It sounds too incredible to be true, but this is not a hoax. A species of tiny human has been discovered, which lived on the remote Indonesian island of Flores just 18,000 years ago.
Researchers have so far unearthed remains from eight individuals who were just one metre tall, with grapefruit-sized skulls. These astonishing little people, nicknamed ‘hobbits’, made tools, hunted tiny elephants and lived at the same time as modern humans who were colonizing the area.
From Nature.com, which has a number of articles, photos, etc.
Seemingly there’s now more evidence for Middle Earth than for the Garden of Eden.
GRANTSBURG, Wisconsin (AP) — School officials have revised the science curriculum to allow the teaching of creationism, prompting an outcry from more than 300 educators who urged that the decision be reversed.
Members of Grantsburg’s school board believed that a state law governing the teaching of evolution was too restrictive. The science curriculum “should not be totally inclusive of just one scientific theory,” said Joni Burgin, superintendent of the district of 1,000 students in northwest Wisconsin.
— CNN
… of Billy Graham. He’s 86 today.
… of Mary Travers. Mary of Peter, Paul & Mary is (big sigh) 67.
… of Roberta Joan Anderson. Joni Mitchell is 61.
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