I've been teaching English in Japan for several years and find that many students really enjoy learning cursive. It's something they don't see to often and makes the learning of the language a bit more fun. Writing the alphabet out in cursive helps the kids remember the letters and order in a new way.

Scorsese's parents also make a cameo in Taxi Driver. Towards the end of the film there is a shot of a newspaper clipping on the wall of Iris' parents. The couple featured is Scorsese's parents!

Begun the economic crisis has.

So darn cute! Trying to translate the original comment on the Youtube site, it seems the cat does this whenever someone comes home. I wish I had some stairs at my place!