As part of his studies, UC#2 was reading The Sacred Is the Profane: The Political Nature of “Religion” by William Arnal and Russell T. McCutcheon “This hard-hitting collection overturns common ideas about religion. Arnal and McCutcheon argue that ‘religion’ has no independent existence but is rather the unstable creation of political and economic forces. These […]
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Everything Everywhere All at Once Everything Everywhere All at Once is a wild ride of a movie. A fun wild ride! One of my favorite movies from 2022. [ed. note: completely under my radar – I didn’t even hear about it until a few months ago.] It has just about everything – Sci-Fi, Kung-Fu, love, […]
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[part 1 of 27] What are the WLBOTTers watching? The Tourist “You’ve got amnesia? Awesome!” When a man wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory, he must use the few clues he has to discover his identity before his past catches up with him. – IMDB Here are just some of the countries […]
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[thanks to UC#3 for seeding today’s BLOTT] Wind Turbans [ed. note: turbine] are indeed a thing of beauty. Incredible engineering, extremely cost-effective electrical generation, great energy return on investment (EROI). EROIs tend to be higher for recent wind turbines compared to older technology wind turbines. Vestas reports an EROI of 31 for its V150 model […]
I enjoy watching Korean movies and series on Netflix, mostly because the dramas are so way, way over the top (in a good way). Plus it’s fun to get a glimpse inside another culture, and their social structure seems much different from the US. So while watching episode 5 of The Glory last night, I […]
There are thousands of movies that are based on plays – earning its own Wikipedia page. Shakespeare is the line leader here…. Shakespeare plays The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare’s plays as having been produced, which makes him the most filmed author ever in any language. […]
Planes, Trains & Automobiles is an incredibly popular Thanksgiving movie. JustWatch lists it as the #3 streaming movie for yesterday (11/23/23), and the #1 movie for today (Thanksgiving, 11/24/23). This 1987 John Hughes movie stars Steve Martin and John Candy. For comparison purposes, here’s how Eraserhead is fairing today. WLBOTT Wonders: Why does Eraserhead even […]
Set entirely on a Thanksgiving day at a family gathering in a Houston suburb, the 2015 drama?/comedy?/horror?/disaster? film Krisha is one of the most thought-provoking movies I’ve ever seen. The opening scene of Krisha is a single shot that lasts six minutes. The viewer quickly sees that there is a rattling backstory. “Krisha” is an […]
[UC#4] Pieces of April Pieces of April is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges. Marking Hedges’ directorial debut, the film stars Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Sean Hayes, Alison Pill, Oliver Platt and Patricia Clarkson. The film follows April (Holmes), as she attempts to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner for her estranged […]
[Thanks to UC#1-SU for pointing us towards today’s topic!] Rice Writing is a thing…. Rice writing is the art and skill of being able to write small enough to write on a grain of rice. HistoryRice writing originated in ancient Anatolia in Turkey and India. Many rituals and rites use rice as a medium, but […]