When I watch a movie the second time, it always seems shorter -- which lends credence to facetedjewel's theory. Having said that, I personally always find the return trip to feel longer, specifically because it's boring and somewhat depressing, on account of the infamous "back to work" feeling.

Actually, we have that in Europe as well.

Besides the interesting topic, it's one of the best written pieces I've read in a while. It really cracked me up.

When it looks like a scene from a western, everybody agrees it's coincidence. When it looks like Jesus or Mary, everybody doesn't agree all that well. The only logical conclusion is that God is a western fan.

I've been one of the naysayers in the past, claiming that various industrial or plain silly installations shouldn't qualify as art. But I have to say I have nothing against any of these pieces here -- I might not be titillated by some of them, but that's another topic altogether.

People should not be able to do that. Too many joints to control at once. This is just wrong.