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Matthew 3:7-10

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

And do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.


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There was only one civilian casualty during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg

17 May, 2006
"I thought it was almost as bad as the book."
It came as no surprise to anyone that the run-away hit of this year's Festival de Cannes was the long-anticipated, "The DaVinci Code."

Ever since the announcement of its production, everyone from film critics to politicians to normal people to the pope have predicted/feared its inevitable success.

However, I don't think anyone could have anticipated the reception it received at the famous French Film Fest.

Not only did it make movie history, being hailed by critics as actually better than its leather-bound origins, but it reduced the normally raucous Cannes crowd of critics to a hushed, mesmerized mass, breathlessly (and applause-lessly) watching the credits roll by in the most profound sense of enlightenment and awe.
posted by Rockel @ 2:50 AM  
2 Comments:
  • At 17/5/06 6:05 AM, Blogger InterestingPhysics said…

    thats some spin there! Are you looking to get a job as press secretary in the future?

     
  • At 19/5/06 7:16 AM, Blogger The Cobra said…

    You know, dude, when things like "The Da Vinci Code" come out, either in book or film, and the whole of civilized society freak out and rush out to buy, or watch I suddenly lose interest. I was considering this point just last night: why do I feel disdain towards many aspects of art that the general public seems to adore? The only thing I could come up with was that if someone has produced something that appeals to people of all kinds and creeds, then it must certainly be so bland, boring, unintelligent, and, likely, so wholly offensive to a variety of people's that it simply isn't worth my time nor interest. So, I won't be reading or watching this "Code" that has gripped the nation for years. Not because I'm boycotting it or because it's morally wrong to suppor this thing or any of that hubabaloo. Instead, I will not partake because I'm cooler than everyone else who paid eight bucks for more of the same.

     
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ON THE NICKEL
by Tom Waits

("I'd like to do a new song here. This is eh, it's about downtown Los Angeles on 5th Street. And eh all the winos affectionately refer to it as The Nickel. So this is kind of a hobo's lullaby.")

sticks and stones will break my bones,
but i always will be true, and when
your mama is dead and gone,
i'll sing this lullabye just for you,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never comb their hair,
well they're lined up all around the block,
on the nickel over there.

so you better bring a bucket,
there is a hole in the pail,
and if you don't get my letter,
then you'll know that i'm in jail,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never say their prayers,
well they're sleepin' like a baby,
on the nickel over there.

and if you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star,
well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
just like punchlines between the cars,
and i know a place where a royal flush,
can never beat a pair, and even thomas jefferson,
is on the nickel over there.

so ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain,
and you're always late for supper,
and man you let me down again,
i thought i heard a mockingbird, roosevelt knows where,
you can skip the light, with grady tuck,
on the nickel over there.

so what becomes of all the little boys,
who run away from home,
well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
once you get out on your own,
so here's to all the little boys,
the sandman takes you where,
you'll be sleepin' with a pillowman,
on the nickel over there.

so let's climb up through that button hole,
and we'll fall right up the stairs,
and i'll show you where the short dogs grow,
on the nickel over there.

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