There was an incredible Radiolab story about this last year (Long Distance), as part of the episode Escape. The story is told by the author of the excerpted book, Phil Lapsley, and focuses on Joe Engressia, the blind boy who discovered that he could whistle free phone calls in the '50's.

You can find tons of these in the northern Gulf of Mexico during the fall and winter months. There are quite a few fisherman who consider them to be extremely tasty. Taking this into consideration (and having not ever seen them in person, or ever having been warned about those damn teeth), a friend and I spent a…

This was absolutely the first thing I thought of when I read the headline, but I was just as sure that no one else gave a damn, or even remembered this movie at all.

Was The Shining about Space Jesus too? I guess I missed that somehow.

I agree with your frustration over the lack of originality. I would be more open to these kind of reworkings if they were trying to do something new with the material- like maybe trying to make a fresh allegorical interpretation... but that has not been the case in the vast majority of them.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting that. I love me some spongmonkeys.

For anyone curious to see Adam and Dog, it's up on Youtube as of yesterday.

Yes, I'm all too aware of what a showrunner does. I definitely overstated things a bit in that last post, but here's my issue with that title in general: It has become a position that is all too often filled by a producer to whom too much creative authority is ceded.

I actually saw Perrotta mention in an interview a few months ago (Charlie Rose maybe? Not sure) that HBO was working on this as a series. I was very intrigued at the time. Damon Lindelof's involvement makes it incredibly likely that I won't even bother to watch the pilot. Maybe if he were only responsible for the…

I wouldn't recommend this at all. Aside from the comfort factor, you're going to create a situation that actually produces more reflections and glare. With the exception of contacts, every time you add another lens element you are increasing both internal and surface reflections.

I'm an Optician with nearly 20 years of experience in dealing with highly specialized eyewear and would like to add a few suggestions.