Here’s a great interview with George Romero on his new Diary of the Dead movie. In the interview, he disses bloggers, contemplates the Planet of the Apes and pays homage to Christoper Lee’s Mummy. What more could you ask for?
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Lit Kicks features an informative post by Michael Norris on absinthe, including this description of the feeling it brings on:
“I began to experience a nice, mellow buzz. Unlike whiskey, which tends to dull the senses, absinthe brings about a clarity of mind that is unusual in an alcoholic beverage. I didn
In his “The Game” column the other day, the Wall Street Journal’s Dennis K. Berman did a column on BHP Billington’s $132b offer for Rio Tinto, which would bring together two of the world’s largest mining companies. His column included this quote:
“In the 19th century, countries were prone to dispatch navies to secure a flow of goods. Today, they send investment bankers.”
I smiled at the idea, which clearly is true, and immediately my mind went to the sketch that opens Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life,” which I still rank as their greatest work:
Amazing, how the Pythons pull it all together here …