September 2008
27 posts
Restore the Awesome in Life →
‘I often get caught up in the hectic nature of life. I get bogged down with things to do and the drive to be productive. It’s hard not to get sucked into the routine of living and take life for granted. Sometimes it’s hard to stay excited about life.’
WatchGeorge W. Bush
Lionsgate has released a 2-minute long extended movie trailer for Oliver Stone’s W.
Is Morality Natural? →
What is Right and Wrong?
On Jan. 2, 2007, a large woman entered the Cango caves of South Africa and wedged herself into the only exit, trapping 22 tourists behind her. Digging her out appeared not to be an option, which left a terrible moral dilemma: take the woman’s life to free the 22, or leave her to die along with her fellow tourists? It is a dilemma because it pushes us to decide...
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Music and the Brain →
Neuroscientists may be the rock stars of 21st-century science, but how many of them actually have platinum records to their credit? There’s at least one: Daniel Levitin, author of “This Is Your Brain on Music,” the 2006 best seller that mixed serious science with discussions of “Ode to Joy” and “Super Freak.” His new book is “The World in Six...
WatchBolt - Preview Clip
Disney has released a three and a half minute extended scene from Bolt. This same clip was one of the scenes shown at Comic Con. Disney storyboard artist Mark Walton voices Rhino the hamster, which many are already predicting to be the surprise star of the film.
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MIT: How to Stage a Revolution →
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Explores fundamental questions about the causes and nature of revolutions. How do people overthrow their rulers? How do they establish new governments? Do radical upheavals require bloodshed, violence, or even terror? How have revolutionaries attempted to establish their ideals and realize their goals?
WatchChild Soldier to Rapper
Emmanuel Jal is no ordinary hip-hop star. Take a few seconds to listen to his rhymes and they tell an incredible story of hope, of escaping his fate as a child soldier in his home of war-torn Sudan and using music to spread peace. This feature will be about Emmanuel’s story and music.
WatchDoubt
The trailer for Doubt. John Patrick Shanley’s 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning Doubt is a riveting exploration of paranoia and suspicion in the Catholic Church. Set in a Bronx parochial school in 1964 - just as the Vatican II reforms begin to transfigure the Church - evidence of a priest’s wrongdoing comes to light. Sister Aloysius, a strict school principal and traditionalist nun, faces the...
Gone for a while
Hey,
The site has not been updated in quite a while. This slow-to-no update behavior will most likely continue for a time while I fall back into the rhythm of school and rehearsals.
Ruel
