: embellishment, trimming
: a set of decorative objects (as vases, urns, or clocks)
Well, the week's grinding down again. Gabriel and I are going to get fro-yo today (or 'goke' as he mysteriously calls it) and the family will pick up some pizza tonight. It was a cold morning, but the ten-day forecast calls for almost consistent low-70 weather: One thing you can honestly love Georgia for!
There's only one movie of note opening this week (other than the Universal Soldier sequel, of course):
Killing Them Softly New Zealand writer-director Andrew Dominik re-teams with Brad Pitt again (after 2007's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) for this adaptation of the George Higgins novel. Pitt is a contract killer scouring 2008 New Orleans for some lowlifes who robbed a Mob-protected poker game, causing the criminal economy to temporarily collapse; critics like it, but say it's little more than a stylish genre exercise. The cast is full of tough guys: James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Sam Shepard, and Richard Jenkins.
Verdict: Mildly Interested
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A pick for tonight:
Hmmm. Let's consider:
The Saints own the Falcons.
The Falcons are nominally the best team in the NFL right now.
The Saints are 5-6 and on the verge of elimination; this is a must-win.
The Saints have already beat the Falcons once this year.
The game is in Atlanta.
Atlanta can sew up the division with a win.
Hesitantly, I'll go...
New Orleans 30, Atlanta 26
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A selection today for my list of my 500 Greatest Performances of All Time:
Emma Stone
as Olive in Easy A (2010)
Pretty much the movie that made Stone a star, and why shouldn't it have? She's great in it - bubbly, quick-witted, infectious, insanely energetic and sharp, likable. Stone has a great screen face, and she would have been fun to watch in any era of moviemaking. Would it be possible for an actor to not have chemistry with her? More movies by Will Gluck (Friends With Benefits), please!
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Since I love nature so much, I want to go ahead and start a new feature: Interesting Animal of the Day:
Today, let's give it up for the goblin shark:
Yikes! What a freak! This shark, whose habitat consists off the waters off Japan, Portugal, Australia, and South Africa (although sometimes it drifts into the Atlantic), has a trowel-like protrusion from its head, enabling it to navigate the deep, muddy waters it courses through. It has small eyes, needle-like teeth that the shark can manipulate like a hand or claw. Anything standing in its way that the shark can spot (it has tiny eyes but its other, investigative senses are very keen) is a goner. The species was discovered by a Japanese fisherman at the end of the nineteenth century. It is not endangered, though sightings of this unusual shark are rare.
Images courtesy of:
http://gonewiththetwins.com/pages/2010/screenshots/easya/001.jpg
http://www.greengoblin.com/internal/corner/shark.jpg
Information courtesy of:
http://www.greengoblin.com/internal/corner/shark.html
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