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4/10. Utterly predictable and visually waaaaaay to busy. Boy did my head hurt trying to watch this movie. Made for the video gamer audience I suppose. The domino scene was pretty cool though, which is why the score wasn’t lower.

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When my techie flunky upgraded WeatherGirl’s Station something broke and comments appear to be no more. Lead suspect is the theme I’m using. Said flunky is currently drowning under a staggering weight of work so I can’t really bug him too much for a fix. It will be fixed … eventually. If you’ve posted a comment in the past, do not despair, it’s perfectly safe in the database.

Specially message for correspondent Jane, of Winchester. There will be a special rending of garments and pleas for forgiveness by your infamous, distracted, foreign correspondent, shortly. That is assuming said correspondent can rekindle a less tumultuous life.

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I’ve been getting a huge Homer fix recently.

The Junior High production of The Odyssey was quite an achievment. The cast really worked hard to bring this story to life and some of the kids are already showing much talent and perception. All but three of the cast were female and this led to some interesting takes on the many male characters they played. Cool set design and a great adaptation by Jeremy Hanson.

BBC7 broadcast a series of three 90 minute plays that told the story of Troy. From the circumstances of the birth of Paris until the aftermath of the fall of Troy these productions were absolutely brilliant. The scripts were beautifully constructed and the voices utilised drew amazing pictures. I was spellbound.

Brad Pitt’s Troy released on dvd. Pure trash and a serious case of story abuse but I must say the one on one Achilles fight scenes were incredible and definitely worth the price of admission. Nice to see Sean Bean (Odysseus) play a good guy in a big budget movie for once.

Must say this gave me a yen to actually go read Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey.

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LOL fun! A fun couple of hours during which I laughed out loud many times. Will Smith has great charisma and is always worth watching. The plot is pretty formulaic but worth a couple of hours in a darkened cinema.

Interestingly my personal quest to replace the American ‘call’ with the British ‘ring’ in a telephone context seems to be gaining momentum. Watch out for a conversation at the end of the movie between Eva Mendes and Will Smith. She uses ‘ring’ and not ‘call’.

Join the ‘ring’ revolution!!!!!!!!!

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Wow, I hadn’t realised how long it had been since I had posted. I have a very good reason though. Promise. Our school district is facing a significant budget shortfall for the next financial year and is looking to cut $620,000 from the budget.

Both Phi and I have joined a local group called Morris Area Residents for Quality Schools (MARQS). A lot of our time and energy have gone into this group and we’ve been attending numerous meetings. Also Phi offered our services as web page techies. Consequently I’ve become the webmaster for morrisqualityschools.org. I suppose I’m the public face of tech support and if I get in over my head I can get ‘expert’ advice from my co-conspiritor.

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