For anyone who lives near or can travel to Chicago, here is a very, very rare chance to see outside of Mexico the famous mummies which inspired the brilliant Bradbury story "The Next in Line."
'Watched' the film Hotel Rwanda for the first time last night. In Rwanda, buildings now house hundreds of bodies of the nearly 1 million that were killed in genocide in Rwanda. Having lime poured on many of the bodies, they turned white. Unlike the Mexican dead, who are clothed and sometimes decorated with linens and hats, for tourists to fix their attention on, these are not. These are a disturbing reminder when the world turns its back on a country that only offers tea and coffee as exports? That's the question the movie posed. Such contrasting emotions ... when viewing the dead!
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Originally posted by dandelion: For anyone who lives near or can travel to Chicago, here is a very, very rare chance to see outside of Mexico the famous mummies which inspired the brilliant Bradbury story "The Next in Line."
Unfortunately, John, it is unlikely I will be able to make it out to Glendale this weekend to see FROST AND FIRE. I hope that you (and others in the Los Angeles area) enjoy the play, and that you give all of us who are unable to attend a full report!
Originally posted by Richard: Unfortunately, John, it is unlikely I will be able to make it out to Glendale this weekend to see FROST AND FIRE. I hope that you (and others in the Los Angeles area) enjoy the play, and that you give all of us who are unable to attend a full report!
I will volunteer Doug Spaulding to do the YouTube/picture honors for the forum. Gosh, if you could have made it you'd have been able to walk 100 yards to pick up the rest of your books, too. There you go, you have to attend so you can kill two birds with one stone.
John King Tarpinian You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
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Doug Spaulding, I think that's some sort of obscure froggy term; other than that, it's most likely a Braling II made-up word to explain away the difficult things needing explaining. No? Oh,thanks for the imageshack link. Maybe I'll use that.
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The Batrachians include frogs and toads. Combining that with idolatry, I coined a 'portmanteau' word inspired by Doug's phrase "...praise the yellow frog...". Just how the old BrII brain works sometimes.
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