(Originally sent in November 2007)
I like the culture of sharing interesting things by email, but my obsessive nature makes me want to formalise the process. So here is the first edition of what may become a weekly thing. [My obsessive nature later drove me to create this blog in order to document historic ‘Things’ emails; these will now be republished here on Tuesdays – metatim, 25/03/10]
This week’s film – one line review:
American Gangster was an amazing story very well put together, that just fell a little short of being a true classic.
Next week’s film:
Sleuth (2007)
Imdb rating: 7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes rating (summary of critics’ reviews): 33%
Sleuth Trailer:
[I originally linked to wherever I had found a trailer – now I’m posting on a blog I’m embedding whichever seems like the most canonical YouTube video – metatim, 25,03/10]
Prognosis: Looks like a bad version of a good story.
A Puzzle:
The following words all share a certain property:
Almost, Biopsy, Chintz
Can you find a number with that property?
A Quote:
From when I was about 14:
Me: “Wow! I feel like I’m going faster than I really am!”
My sister: “You are!”
A Link:
Cat and Girl is a very intelligent comic about hipsters, literature, life and science. Here’s one of my favourite ones:
http://www.catandgirl.com/view.php?loc=131
[archive has been recombobulated, here’s the new link – metatim, 25/03/10]
http://catandgirl.com/?p=1255
A video:
From the great tradition of Ridiculous Japanese Game Shows:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=84_QL1kEmH4
[original video removed – here’s an alternative – metatim, 25/03/10]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll2kajMH2u0
[replacement video removed – here’s another alternative – metatim, 22/11/12]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hCzjku-Wfs
[replacement video removed – here’s another alternative – metatim, 06/12/13]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zxXXg46zi8
[Keeping up with takedowns clearly futile, so try searching like this – metatim, 02/08/15]
A picture:
