Two Recommendations and a Gripe
There is simply no excuse not to see the movie "An Inconvenient Truth." Here, go look up where it's playing in your town. The fact that Bush refuses to see it only confirms what the rest of us know: he is in denial about how much trouble the environment is in. The movie is, indeed, very frightening, but it's also not such a bitter pill to swallow. Al Gore makes a great impression. It's too bad he wasn't elected president. Oh wait, he was.Anyway, you'll exit the theater angry and numb, especially if you live in one of the places that's going to be under water when Greenland melts. And a lot of us do. But that's no reason not to see the movie, and if you happen to know a Republican, bring 'em along, too.
This is the book I'm reading right now -- Zadie Smith's On Beauty -- and I highly recommend it. I wasn't as wild about White Teeth as the critics were, but this book lives up to the hype.
Cody's Books is a Berkeley institution, one of the finest independent bookstores in the country, I'd venture to say. Sadly, yesterday Cody's closed their flagship store on Telegraph Avenue (where, incidently, they allowed dogs, which is always a selling point for me). They're still open at their (anticeptic) 4th Street location, as well as the new Cody's in San Francisco, but I'm mourning the loss of my favorite place for new books, where there was room for both a shelf on Anarchist Spanish History and stacks of the latest Harry Potter. I know some of you are wedded to your Border's and your Barnes and Noble, but I say shop independent! -- so that bookstores like Cody's may live...Labels: Bullet points rock, Movies
posted by SJB at 9:21 PM
4 Comments:
Sara -- the use of the word anticeptic in relation to the 4th street location is brilliant. i loved cody´s on telegraph. when i got sick of being on campus or thinking about spanish i used to always go in there and look at some new paperbacks or an art book, and it was a great cure for the academic blues...bummer.
During the 2000 campaign, Gore's advisers made sure he barely mentioned the environment. They didn't want to risk offending anyone, but the result was a candidate who seemed stiff, dull and boring. Having him talk about a subject he feels passionate about would have made him a better candidate.
(Then again, maybe not. Those old Jewish ladies in Florida still would have voted for Buchanan either way.)
Oh man, don't get me started on this topic...
Let's just say that having him talk about a subject he feels passionate about could have made the difference with so many things. So, so many things.
Hey Sara,
Found my way here via Tara's new blogroll - agree that Gore's movie is a must see even if it is a bit Gore-heavy...
Luckily, the Governator seems to be getting California out in front of the administration, wrote about it today here:
http://perpetualmotion.wordpress.com/2006/08/01/mercury-rising/
Look forward to keeping up with you now that I'm out in the city of brotherly love...
Greg
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