CHILDREN OF MEN opened on this day in 2006 and quietly became one of the century's most influential films. Cuarón and Lubezki built a vision of the near future that keeps getting closer. The story of how it was made is a great read on the ATRM site: https://t.co/1Z65AKukrf
Barack Obama at his last press briefing with reporters, 2017:
"I have enjoyed working with all of you. That does not, of course, mean that I've enjoyed every story that you have filed, but that's the point of this relationship. You're not supposed to be sycophants. You're supposed to be skeptics. You're supposed to ask me tough questions. You're not supposed to be complimentary, but you're supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power."
Well, Donald. England is a country, Great Britain is an island that doesn't include Northern Ireland, and the United Kingdom is the sovereign nation that includes all four.
You get a Dumb with a "B." in 4th grade geography.
Where did the "adult contemporary" genre go? Where are the middle aged men singing songs that neither fire me up nor calm me down, but rather make me nod along in quiet appreciation that a song is currently occurring.
Stanley Park in Vancouver is one of the most beautiful urban areas in Canada.
With 500,000 trees, it is larger than Central Park in New York.
Inhabited by humans for thousands of years, it has a deep history.
This is the story of that park.
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The Windows 95 video tutorial guide (1995). Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry star in the world's first 'cyber sitcom' that also teaches you where the C drive is and how to empty the recycle bin.
After multiple attempts, a shovel-wielding officer in Reno, Nevada, successfully freed a skunk that somehow managed to get its head stuck in a jar. https://t.co/j8K7FigW5J