Potpourri

[bigmacbear]

• All this week I've been seeing lots of bearish bus drivers and the occasional passenger as well.


• This morning my cow-orkers and I were having a conversation about Burn After Reading in which my ex-boss recommended people see the trailer and skip the film because the best parts of the film are all in the trailer. So, speaking of spoilers, I pointed out the two T-shirts that T-Shirt Hell advertised right after one of the Harry Potter books came out that read "[so-and-so] dies on page [such-and-such]; I just saved you [this many] hours and [this much money]", with the US version bearing one page number and a price in dollars, and the UK version having a different page number and a price in pounds. When he asked why the US and UK versions had different page numbers, my cube neighbor pointed out that the words in the UK are longer with the extra "u", as in "colour", etc.


• Speaking of films, I keep wanting to call this one Mountlake Terrace ;-) (This is a neighborhood just over the county line between Shoreline and Lynnwood, north of Seattle proper.)


• Over in soc.motss, someone posted his surprise at hearing the "Flute Concerto" by "Jacques E. Bear" performed by James Galway. Looking at the program notes he discovered the composer's name is Jacques Ibert. Sort of reminds me of the first time I saw Chantal Hébert ("Eh, Bear") on "At Issue" on the CBC's The National.

Comments

[tbass.livejournal.com]

Burn After Reading was amazingly good. The previews don't do it justice at all. If you like satire and dry humor, at least.

[gmjambear]

Was it better than the Coen Brothers' other films?

Personally, I loved Fargo, Blood Simple and Rasing Arizona, disliked Barton Fink and have not seen The Big Lebowski and No Country for Old Men. (Yet.)

Bearish bus drivers

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

You've been noting them, too? It's the same up here in Bellingham. The number of these guys who have facial hair is breathtaking, and it seems to be increasing. Fall is here!