Step up to the counter: take our ‘Clerks’ quiz - MOVIE QUIZZES - MSNBC.com
If that link above still works, you’ll see I got a 96%! Like I was supposed to know what the cat’s name was!
Anyways, the movie was f’n awesome. Kevin Smith scores again. Dick and fart jokes, topped off with “interspecies erotica”. Plenty of heart and a great love story, too.
I have a whole new appreciation for “ABC” by the Jackson Five!
P.S. I never knew my cousin-in-law could whistle! You rock, Bruce!
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As if I wasn’t already f’n psyched to see “Clerks II” when it comes out July 21, my cousin just informed me that her husband has a part in the movie! Sure enough he’s listed in the Full Cast and Crew listed on IMDB.com. If I’m allowed to blab about who he is, I’ll come back and spill it.
Dust devils quickly come, then disappear
This is a small article from the Arizona Republic, my local newspaper. Clay Thompson, the author of the article, is answering a question about dust devils. This is a phenomenon that I know exists outside of AZ, but they can grow to be quite big and powerful in our hot desert air.
Anyways, I’ve always been fascinated by them since I was a kid, and when I encounter them, I like to stand inside them, or let them pass around me. There’s just something amazing about the feeling.
But this article makes a very important point which connects two dots I never realized before.
Do you know who Lilith is? In some Jewish traditions she was Adam’s first wife. It’s a long story, but she became a demon. Anyway, she also turns up in ancient Sumerian stories as a demon who lived in a tree, and in Sumerian her name meant “devil wind” or “demon wind.” It’s not known if that referred to just a dust devil or a really destructive wind.
This only amplifies my fascination with dust devils.