Saturday, December 19, 2015

Today's news round-up

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Micro movie review

Spectre: The latest James Bond movie. It's well-made, a little lighter in tone than Skyfall. Daniel Craig is as good a 007 for the 21st Century as Sean Connery was for the 1960s.

Recent news round-up, Part 3

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Recent news round-up, Part 2

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Thursday, December 17, 2015

In honor of today


Star Wars medley a cappella, by Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, and guests.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Happy birthday, Beethoven! (maybe)

It's Ludwig van Beethoven's 245th birthday. Maybe. All we know for sure was that he was baptized on the 17th.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Today's news round-up, part 2

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Today's news round-up, Part 1

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Animal headline of the day

Japanese company bottles the scent of a cat's forehead

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Today's news round-up

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Micro movie review

Spotlight: The true story of how the Boston Globe researched and reported the story of how the Catholic Archdiocese there tolerated and covered up the dozens of priests who had sexually abused children for years. Excellent. A must-see.

Recent news round-up

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Animal headline of the day

Wild boar in Germany adopted by herd of cattle