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Nerds Already Lining Up for Tickets to 2015′s Star Wars Episode 7

Posted in Humor, tagged , , , on November 14, 2012 |

This is today, and definitely not some random pic about The Phantom Menace in 1999.

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Archimedes: Scholar, Teacher, Owl

Posted in Education, tagged , , , on April 3, 2012 |

It breaks every rule of modern teaching, but…

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Reviewed: The Original John Carter Story

Posted in Language and Literature, tagged , , , , , , on March 9, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Disney’s new movie John Carter is based on the first book in a classic series by Edgard Rice Burroughs, who also created Tarzan.  The movie must have at least enough similarity to the book that their official novelization of the film also includes the text of the book, called A Princess of Mars.  I read this book just a few years ago so, in case it helps in anyone’s estimation of the movie or if you like the movie and want to get more, here’s my review from 2008.  A quote:

A Princess of Mars impresses me, first, for the boyish audacity of its plot.  What is it about?  Well, it’s just another bland little story about a Civil War veteran who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he spends years battling giant green monsters using his newly developed superhuman strength so he can save a jaw-droppingly gorgeous princess.  Yeah!  Yes, kids, this largely overlooked treasure is Indiana Jones, Buck Rogers, and Flash Gordon combined.  No, it’s cooler than that.  I can’t wait to read the other ten volumes in the epic saga of John Carter, (wait for it)… Warlord of Mars!

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“St. Elmo’s Fire” With Disney Cartoons

Posted in Living well, tagged , , , , on June 6, 2009 |

Here’s some inspiration for you, a classic 80′s song set to clips from Disney movies:

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