Pearls Before Breakfast, by Gene Weingarten
In a Washington Post Magazine masterpiece, one of my favorite Post-ers explores what would happen if a world-renowned violinist set up shop in a Metro station. Recognition, a crowd, and a violin case full of money? Read it and find out! Not only was the piece very well written, but it really made me miss playing flute. The problem is, I only really like playing in orchestras, and there just isn't an equivalent to the Roxborough Chamber Symphony Orchestra here in Louisville :)
In more depressing news, a state-of-the-art creationism museum is opening up right here in Kentucky, just a little over an hour away. I don't even have anything to say about this, except I know I was talking to someone at school about this the other day and now I can't remember who and it's driving me nuts. My first instinct is to not go to this "museum"; my second is to go just out of morbid curiosity (that's why I love medical museums so much, too). But I'm pretty sure that if I do see a replica of Noah's ark with dinosaurs on board, I might start screaming. Or laughing. But probably screaming. Argh, I can't even think about it anymore right now or I'll break something in frustration. Along the same lines, someone recommended the HBO documentary "Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi" to me, and I would like to see it, but I think I missed it on HBO so I'll have to wait for the DVD release. I really hate this country sometimes.
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Yeah, Friends of God was something else. My favorite part was the bit where Ted Haggard and a few of his parishioners discuss how awesome they are in bed, and how lucky their wives are.
Also at the end, where they show a montage of some of those gigantic road-side crosses with a little subtitle about their location. Among others: Abingdon, VA, and Louisville, KY. Yay red states!
(As I type this, it occurs to me that it might have been me that recommended the film to you, in which case we've probably already discussed this. Whoops.)
OK, no, I changed my mind. My favorite part is where the kindergarteners learn how to refute evolution by singing songs about dinosaurs existing alongside humans, according to the book of Job.
Yeah, it was you :) I definitely want to see it now, so I hope it comes out on DVD soon. I think the idea of dinosaurs on Noah's ark is about the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard -- just like that Unicorn song by Shel Silverstein / The Irish Rovers.
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