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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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Visually splendid, but I have a feeling it will be a bit devoid of plot and meaning. Time will tell.
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The Poseidon Adventure
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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Monday afternoon, January 2nd, take the daughter and the boy to see The Poseidon Adventure. By which I mean the original, 1972 version with Red Buttons and Gene Hackman and Ernest Borgnine, etc, etc.
Both brilliant and absolute rubbish, laughable fashions (that I'd kill to replicate), overly explicit dialogue, the complete adherence to all the moral conventions of disaster films. Gene Hackman does well, Ernest Borgnine bugs his eyes, Roddy McDowell, well, I'm sure it paid well. Just a good introduction to the world of bad classic disaster films, when it's over the boy's spent an hour and a half laughing while the daughter happily exclaims "That was good...how come I've never heard of it?...".
Oh, there's a lot more you've never heard of. Have to get her out to the Koot's to show her "Towering Inferno" and "Airport" and maybe "Earthquake" and, for a bit of comic relief (that she'll then understand) - Airplane.
Iceland curbing teen drug abuse
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Ideas & Questions
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I like Iceland, another reason why:
Link: https://mosaicscience.com/story/iceland-prevent-teen-substance-abuse
There are solutions to every problem, we lack only the will and intelligence to pursue them.
Roasted Heirloom Carrots
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Restaurants & Cafes
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Dinner, Model Milk with the daughter. Start with the Tartare, follow with the Sea Bass, The Roasted Heirloom Carrots, followed up with the Apple Pie.
$16.00 for 2 Carrots. The daughter declares them the best carrots she's ever tasted, but...$16.00 for 2 Carrots. The Sea Bass, whole, bones in, the Tartare delicately portioned without crackers or bread, the Apple Pie, generous.
The food is good, but perusing their website I notice the Chocolate Mousse lists "Bentonite" as an ingredient, and this prompts a little searching...a curious addition to any foodstuff...
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