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Time Magazine: Best Actress: Kate Winslet's Moment

I didn't realize that Winslet is only 33. Reading media and watching her, I assumed she was at least 5 years older. Perhaps it's the unadorned, exposed roles she picks and her willingness to look and act like a fully formed woman.



GQ: Justin's cover interview

Few things in entertainment media make me happier than persistent credibility for Justin.

In a totally different vein, Smithsonian Magazine has some great features on Darwin. I rarely read biological sciences so I don't know all that much about Darwin but these articles motivate me to pick up some reading on natural selection.

The plumber was scheduled to arrive today between 9:30am and 11:30am. At 11:50, when he still hadn't arrived, I called the office but could only leave a message. I finally heard back at 5:50pm. He tried to make excuses but calling demonstrated he had my number and all I required was a call, by 11:30am, to say he was stuck at another job. I expect that my time is respected and calling me more than 6 hours after he was supposed to show doesn't cut it. He came by around 6:30pm and all is well but I'm damn glad I didn't have plans this evening.

In the meantime, I read some great fic. My favorite on the list is an SPN fic: The Consequences of Falling by pandarus; Dean/Castiel, NC-17. Castiel finds himself in an untenable position and consequentially loses his grace. Finding himself as a human, he roadtrips with a demon, discovers the delights of tequila, french fries and pie, plays a starring role in a virgin sacrifice, is deflowered by his favourite Winchester, and then gets some very unpleasant news indeed. 15 parts.

My Cloverfield screening didn't have the Star Trek preview but the internet is awesome:

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The only thing that will tide me over for this film is anticipation for The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger is going to blow my mind as The Joker. (If you haven't seen the preview yet, go here.) Empire magazine has a short feature on the movie. Click on the image for a larger version:



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And this may only be of interest to topaz119, but Scientific American has a special report on the future of physics focusing on the expectations placed on the Large Hadron Collider. Two of the articles are up on SciAm.com:

The Coming Revolutions in Particle Physics by Chis Quigg: The current Standard Model of particle physics begins to unravel when probed much beyond the range of current particle accelerators. So no matter what the Large Hadron Collider finds, it is going to take physics into new territory.

Large Hadron Collider: The Discovery Machine by Graham P. Collins: A global collaboration of scientists is preparing to start up the greatest particle physics experiment in history

I've been productive this morning \o/ and now I'm resting up before a playoff party at a friend's house. I'm on call for chips and dip and veggies. I had ambitions of making my own guacamole but it's clear, now, that my friends will have to settle for store bought. I also had ambitions of getting some work done this weekend but I made an executive decision and that, too, is not happening.

ETA: I'm so going to see this silly movie with Ryan Reynolds and Abigale Breslin. I hate romantic comedies but I love Ryan Reynolds and he's finally in a movie that won't find his character drunk with underwear on his head.