Here’s a review of an interesting-sounding book on pacifism and English literature (though, given the subject, the review spends a surprising amount of time talking about Tolstoy).
Month: May 2008
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Friday metal – Tony Stark edition
This afternoon I went to see Iron Man with my pal Andrew. Big fun – exactly what a superhero movie should be. Definitely a cut above some recent superhero mediocrities; the A-list cast certainly didn’t hurt. Robert Downy Jr. has become one of my favorite actors in recent years.
So, naturally:
Oh, and I don’t think I’m giving anything away by mentioning that this classic Suicidal Tendencies song is playing during one scene where Stark is working in his lab:
p.s. Dan McCarthy has a good take on the movie (with spoilers) from a suitably comic geeky p.o.v. I liked how it tipped its hat to the fanboys (SHIELD, Jarvis, etc.) without being inaccessible to normal people – er, I mean, non-comic fans.
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The death knell of factory farming?
Matt Halteman has a good round up of coverage on the Pew factory farming report. Could be that things are coming to a head as the confluence of a lot of factors (climate change, the price of oil, Pollan-inspired foodieism) seems to be convincing more and more people that our industrial food system is unsustainable.
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