Why is that kid crying?

A few things of random interest from the last few days.

Apparently we have discovered a way to block digital cameras or video in a given area. This is cool and not cool all at once. It's cool just cause it can be done but it's super not cool because that means all the awesome sneak peek photos people take and put on the interweb could be harshed pretty quickly. The geek in me is impressed but the geek that likes to see geeky things early is afraid.

Sunday night is always a little rough. I have to make the transition from weekend to work week in a short period of time. I'm happy if I can muster three to four hours of sleep, usually I can't, so I constantly hope there is something on at three in the morning other than Star Trek or evangelicals. Lucky for me I have the local PBS and even luckier sometimes they show stuff that isn't lame. This past Sunday was one of those times. I stopped on the channel at the site of a teacher standing over a child who was sitting at his desk crying. I listened for a bit and could not figure out why the kid was crying as the teacher read. I assumed he was just yelled at or something and I missed it. Then the teacher called on a student to read, the camera panned to her and she was crying as well. She only got through a few lines before having to stop because she was crying so hard. The teacher told her it was "ok" and finished reading it for her. This fifth grade class was so invested in this story that they were crying. The Story? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Amazing. What I was watching was the documentary: The Hobart Shakespeareans. It's the story of a fifth grade teacher who is basically awesome. He teaches disadvantaged Latino and Asian American kids in L.A. He teaches them Shakespeare mostly. Since basically half of my family works in the teaching profession, particularly my sister who teaches grade school, I found the whole thing really entertaining. So if you run across it at three or four in the morning, it's recommended.

I've had two different play lists on my site so far (which I plan on throwing up the third soon, maybe Sunday.) and both have featured tracks from the Mountain Goats. Their new album dropped this week and even though I don't buy music that doesn't mean you shouldn't. So here is the video for the first single. I think the visuals are cool but a little distracting from the rad lyrics so maybe watch it with your eyes closed the first time through.

I borrowed V for Vendetta the other night. It was a really great adaptation of the original book I thought. Natalie Portman ...Natalie...Portman.

And as an afterthought, an out of context quote:

"Dude, you're totally holding your Wolfman!"


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