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Pratt killed it in Moneyball, is an anchor of Parks and Recreation, went serious (and got yoked) for Zero Dark Thirty, just wrapped Guardians of the Galaxy, has a baby, and might be starring in June 2015’s Jurassic World. As you logically guessed, that’s the next film in the Jurassic franchise;… Continue Reading
Via an NPR article on opium trading: “We understand that opium is bad,” he says. “All drugs are bad. But, it’s difficult for us seeing a neighbor with a new car when we are riding bicycles. So, we have to… Continue Reading
“Probably an accident” doesn’t seem like the right description when your body is found padlocked in a duffel bag and, oh, you were a spy. But that’s the latest word from investigators. There are numerous theories on what could have happened, most… Continue Reading
Last night’s episode, “Lice and Beary White,” which featured a high school production of Hair and lessons about King Solomon, even scored a B at the A.V. Club. One of the commenters even went so far as to say, “I think I’m the… Continue Reading
For a couple of weeks after the Newtown horror last December, I couldn’t get enough information online about what was going on, from the morbid — Were there surveillance cameras at the school? — to the brazen — ‘Tis a false flag operation! —… Continue Reading
Yep. You could also classify this thing as eight times the size of Manhattan, or half the size of London. It’s 70,000 hectares, which is roughly 700 million square meters, or 270 square miles. Six British scientists, led by Grant… Continue Reading
The Utah Jazz are 0-8. They weren’t expected to be very good — or any good, depending on how you look at it — but they’re just plain turrible through the first couple of weeks. They’re losing by an average of 14… Continue Reading
Given the current situation in the Philippines, aid workers are very much in the news. But what exactly do they do? And how does one become an aid worker? First off, it’s probably important to realize that humanitarian aid field workers… Continue Reading