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High in Mile High
The New England Patriots may find a surprisingly mellow and laid-back crowd of Broncos fans in Denver tomorrow.
Goodbye, Professor
Dawn “Mary Ann” Wells reports on her Facebook page that Russell “The Professor” Johnson passed away this morning.
Down in Jersey Land
Not even a million hits yet? 832,017 to be precise. Well, 832,018 now that I’ve watched it.
Personally, I see the bridge blockade as a typical Republican trick, but I don’t see Christie as the dirty trick type, so I take him at his word that his staff ran wild on this one, but of course that raises the question of why he didn’t have better control of his office. Also, for something as disruptive as the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, you’d think he would have been getting to the bottom of it in a hurry, and if he did then why didn’t he know how it came about?
A super man at 100
Amy Adams is all the reason I need to enjoy any movie, but I didn’t watch “Man of Steel” until last night because I expected it to have the orange-and-teal color scheme that plagues recent movies with heavy CG effects, along with endless over-the-top fight scenes and a complete lack of fun. Unfortunately, “Man of Steel” met those expectations.
George Reeves was 24 years old in 1938 when Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1. A year later Reeves was in “Gone With the Wind” as one of the Tarleton twins, and it would be more than ten years after that before Reeves would find his place in pop culture history, in “The Adventures of Superman.” Reeves was born George Brewer 100 years ago today. Fans of the old show are encouraged to visit The Adventure Continues site, and the companion page on Facebook.
Anime Gardening
A few months ago I was encouraging the viewing of an anime movie by Makoto Shinkai. That video is, to my surprise, still on YouTube, and now there’s a new Shinkai video that’s online, unofficially, in HD, called “The Garden of Words.” I admire his work very much, so I’ll buy a Blu-ray copy.