NY times story
(free reg req…blah heres a chi times article). I dont know though…this kind of random unprovoked searching, thinking that anyone and everyone is a possible terror suspect is a bit frieghting. Errosion of rights is slow, like the the changing of the path of the Mississippi, so that over time you dont even realize how far you have moved.
The Meter 07/22/2005
According to this article in the reader atleast. I have always kinda liked teenage fan club, in bits and pieces. The only album I can listen to front to back is Songs from Northern Britian, the harmonies are beautiful and the clean guitars and folky ryhtyms complement the laid back songs. I picked up Thirteen because it was supposed to be really good as well, but it never really did the same for be as songs.. did. I will have to check out this new one though, if not only becuase of the chicago conection.
We wanted to see this before the movie left the large screen at The Music Box and seeing that tommorrow is friday a new movie might just push it to the smaller room. After securing a very lucky metered spot infront of the theater and walking down to Australia Chocolates and Ice cream for a few scoops of the best ice cream in the city we were ready. The movie is dam cute, and very informative. Warmest temp -58ºF, there are more females then males (although I had no idea which was was, they all looked the same), they go with out eating for months at time. Crazy. It seemed that there should be no reason for them to survive. The trek to the mating grounds is 70 miles from shore, to a place where the ice is very thick and they are safe from most preditors. After the egg is layed the males hold onto it while the females trek back and get food. After a month the females trek back and take the hatched chick and protect it while the men go back. There are birds that come and try to eat the babies, the males and or females can get killed while they are back at sea stocking up on food. It really amazing there are any penguins at all. Finally, after the young have grown enough to live on their own, the parents return to the sea, letting the young ones mature a bit more until they are strong enough to all start fishing and swimming, which they do without any teaching. Absolutly amazing. What else was neat was how human like the penguins motions and behaviors where (or how penguin like we are), fighting, playing, mourning, it was like watching ppl in black and white suits.
On the technical side, I would not have wanted to be filming that movie. They show some “behind the scenes” stuff during the credits, it looks like they had a good time, but with lots of hard work to get it all done. Definetly wotht seeing.