Monday I saw The Return of the King<\/i> with family. I was a bit surprised that Allegra the vegan was the biggest fan in the bunch, since all that photogenic carnage tended to crowd out the plot somewhat. — Most annoying change? Absence of the palantír of Minas Anor.<\/p>\n
Wednesday Dad and I went to the Tech Museum of Innovation<\/a> and found it dull. We’re spoiled by the Exploratorium<\/a>, where nearly every exhibit invites visitors to shape some effect with their own hands, not by pushing a button to start a simulation.<\/p>\n Saturday we saw The Triplets of Belleville<\/i>, a surreal cartoon. Someone has been kidnapping bicyclists who drop out of the Tour de France; the grandmother of one such traces him to Belleville, the big city, where she encounters the Triplets (who must be related to Morticia Addams) and joins their novelty musical act. — I was dismayed when the film’s first line of dialogue was in English; but there is only one more line. — In a prologue introducing the Triplets, we see a stage below which is inscribed the tensor equation of General Relativity (according to one of the physics professors in our party).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Monday I saw The Return of the King with family. I was a bit surprised that Allegra the vegan was the biggest fan in the bunch, since all that photogenic carnage tended to crowd out the plot somewhat. — Most … Continue reading