A friend brought over a copy of “Scratch” this weekend and I watched it (IMDB) (Vikipaedia). It’s pretty terrific. . . the interviews are well-done, and the music is so-so fresh.
New goal: go to scratching contest sometime.
Also, one of my favorite columnists – Slate’s Explainer – opened up his mail bag and published some of the best unanswered questions of 2006 . . . of which there are something like 7,000. Some are funny, some are thought-provoking. I guess you get to choose how seriously to take them. My favorites from the article include:
- Is it possible to collect all the cookie dough in Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream and actually bake cookies from it?
- Why did Zidane head-butt his opponent in the World Cup final? Do the French not fight with their fists?
- Why is grilled chicken tasting increasingly rubbery and odd?
- PYGMIES: How/when/where/still in existence/do we mate with them?
Eye update: Still messed up, but improving.
