I hadn’t realized that “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own” was written by a son to his father. It’s a good song anyway, but it’s just a little more to me now.
U2 is pretty fantastic, if you ask me.
peristalsis
peri: around + stellein: constrict (greek)
undulating muscle action that propels material along the axis of a tube, such as the digestive tract. (google define)
lath
(middle english)
thin narrow strips of wood used as a foundation for plaster; any foundation for plaster. (m-w.com)
mellifluous
mel: honey + fluere: flow (latin)
sounding sweet and smooth; filled with something that sweetens (m-w.com)
meerschaum
meer: sea + schaum: foam (german)
a soft mineral found in the sea initially thought to be petrified sea foam, is a magnesium silicate used for tobacco pipes; a pipe made from meerschaum (google define)
patronymic
patr: father + onyma: name (greek)
a name derived from the name of the father or paternal ancestor and the addition of an affix (as in the Gaelic tradition: Mackenzie) or suffix (as in the Scandanavian: Edmundson and Russian: Sergyavich tradition)(google define)
Hot, sexy, violent, and inappropriate. I find these are qualities I like in a comic, though often it doesn’t transcend to screen. While I adore Tank Girl and what it was trying to achieve, it didn’t get there and it sold the comic short.
Not quite so for Sin City. I feel like they worked really hard to get into the grittyness of the comic while staying away from trite butt-kicking girls that seem to be all over the place these days.
I know most of those near and dear to me are not so hot on violence on-screen, but I really liked this. The cinematography was a lot of fun as was the color. The title sequence was well done, immersed in the film rather than a passing piece of script, and the immersion for those unfamiliar with the comic seemed well done. Let’s be clear, this is not one of my top comic reads of all time, but I think it’s definitely worth familiarizing oneself with if there’s an interest in comics.
As for the film… there were lots of people in the film that I really liked, and most importantly I think the film might open doors for some folks to the not-your-Sunday-morning-funnies comics.
I love books that manage to take the very real world and hold it up sideways so that different things come to light. Murakami has a lot of fun. The characters all have such brazen, honest moments that I laughed often reading this book. There’s a build of uncertainty and suspense but, like the main character, I didn’t find myself overly concerned. I just hung on for the ride.
I climbed into bed and stared at the phone. … At times like this, the telephone becomes a time bomb. Nobody knows when it’s going to go off. But it’s ticking away with possibility. … The phone either looks like it’s dying to say something, or else it’s resenting that it’s trapped inside its form. Pure idea vested with a clunky body. That’s the telephone. (dance dance dance)
The main character spends the whole story tgrying to keep himself from spinning off the face of the planet, and all the while the story avoids becoming a distinct genre piece.
This word is interesting because it’s used in so many company names and yet every definition I’ve looked for is a bit different. The word pieces are clear:
telos: end + osis: condition (greek)
The deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals. (wikipedia)
Progress that is intelligently planned and directed; the attainment of desired ends by the application of intelligent human effort to the means. (m-w.com)
A goal to be attained by planned product. (On-line Medical Dictionary)