I'll take stringed puppets over CGI any day of the week. The puppeteer is bringing something to life there, at least in the eyes of a child, and that takes a lot of skill. Bravo.
One price for Christians, another price for non-Christians. How can that be seen as anything other than discrimination? People should be treated equally, whatever their beliefs, race, sexual orientation, or anything else.
They might one day get this to work, but only if they can find a driver who is 100% focussed on his/her driving and has a mind which is completely, utterly, entirely immune to distractions of any kind. Good luck with that - taking the kids to school may be one of those kinks they'd have trouble with.
Not everyone is in a happy mood when they call a government department. If you're calling with a complaint, or maybe even to report a personal tragedy of some kind, being told that 'it's a great day' is the last thing you want to hear.
I'd disagree that the lack of information in the conversation was annoying. You could perhaps argue as much with hindsight, but my initial (incorrect) take on it was that the man listening in was waiting and waiting for the moment they would reveal some important information - we were feeling exactly what he was feeling, wanting them to just say something! Thus I was being misled into believing the plot was going one way, and when, with the reveal, I realised what was actually going on, it was far more satisfying. It was very well put together, very clever.
Google tells me that 10,000 ounces is 0.3 of a ton. In my book, anything over 1/4 of a ton puts you in the category 'industrial dairy farmer'. If you've got lemons, make lemonade, but with milk all the signs point towards making cheese. Or ice cream. Or get a LOT of cats.
In this video it doesn't look too bad from a distance... but in those photos it's not exactly flattering is it? Decide for yourself if the use of Queen for the soundtrack is ironic or not:
If this had happened 200 years ago we'd have 'The Spinning Jenny', 'The Flying Shuttle' and 'Compton's Mule' as constellations, and later generations would be just as ignorant of what the original objects were, so perhaps sticking with Greek myths isn't such a bad idea.
"fewer and fewer young people show any interest in astronomy" Citation needed - I don't buy it, mainly because astronomy is a minority sport now and always has been, perhaps because it's best done outdoors in the middle of the night with a telescope.
You could just as easily say that post-911 hysteria puts people off astronomy, given that the vast majority of the named stars (rather than constellations, which are mostly Greek names) have Arabic names... but I don't believe that either.
If we named the constellations after celebrities, then maybe we'd be getting somewhere - think how many kids would dash outside to see Bieber's Microphone or Jolie's Pout. As for J-Lo, well 'The Moon' was starting to become a bit dull wasn't it?
You should try being extra tall. I'm 6'9" and I don't fit into the tiny spaces between seats in theatres, cinemas, buses, trains or aeroplanes - with the latter I have to pay extra for the seats with extra leg room (near the exits). I just end up trying to avoid such places. I'm certain I would have the same problem as the man in the article - when there are fixed seats I simply can't get into them.
Officially (medically, though perhaps not legally) I'm classed as a 'giant' (which is awesome!) so perhaps that's a disability and I can sue?!
Optimist: the glass is half full
Pessimist: the glass is half empty
Delusional: an invisible space monkey has stolen half of my drink!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwjP76PwCEg
"fewer and fewer young people show any interest in astronomy"
Citation needed - I don't buy it, mainly because astronomy is a minority sport now and always has been, perhaps because it's best done outdoors in the middle of the night with a telescope.
You could just as easily say that post-911 hysteria puts people off astronomy, given that the vast majority of the named stars (rather than constellations, which are mostly Greek names) have Arabic names... but I don't believe that either.
If we named the constellations after celebrities, then maybe we'd be getting somewhere - think how many kids would dash outside to see Bieber's Microphone or Jolie's Pout. As for J-Lo, well 'The Moon' was starting to become a bit dull wasn't it?
Officially (medically, though perhaps not legally) I'm classed as a 'giant' (which is awesome!) so perhaps that's a disability and I can sue?!