In 1983 I was 12.
Return of the Jedi was all that I wanted, a massive film completely set in another world. The anticipation was massive; when I saw it I couldn’t believe the details of the worlds they’d produced.
However, I only saw it once. There was something unsatisfying about the whole thing.
Maybe this is why…
This is fun…
It’s 99% places you wouldn’t want to live with 1% of places too expensive to live.
Good reflection of the world I think.
I don’t know how they could make it any more complex! The English system of exams is so odd and out dated that in Harry Potter the names were changed but not the structure; it didn’t stand out in a work of witches and wizards!
However, the minister shows up to prove that I lack imagination…
“The “English bac” would not replace GCSEs, but would be a certificate to reward pupils who pass at least five of the exams, at grade C or above, including English, maths, one science, one foreign language and one humanity.”
Michael Gove wants baccalaureate qualification for England | Politics | The Guardian
So it adds nothing but adds another title to the existing structure!
“But there is more to wisdom than science. It cannot tell us why we are here or how we should live. Science masquerading as religion is as unseemly as religion masquerading as science.”
Chief rabbi challenges Stephen Hawking in row over origins of universe | Science | guardian.co.uk
Am I reading this right.
He’s effectively saying that the concept of god is unimportant. What is important is to have religion.
Wow!
Remember when visions of the future showed a world that was better than today?
Nick Hornby wrote High Fidelity. One of my favorite books. It reminds me of how being in my twenties felt.
Ben Folds wrote Landed. A song that reminds me about how flying to the US felt.
Berlin 2008
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