The Dark Knight Friday! July 18th

Well, it's finally here: The Dark Knight opens tonight. We're catching the 8:15 show at Rave with Travis. The party keeps getting bigger, Ryan's coming from Decatur and Buzz is going to make his second comic book movie. He joined us for Iron Man in May. TDK is getting boffo reviews and ours will be up next week on the main page. Dark, scary, foreboding...this will be an interesting flick! 94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and so far has a 9.7 rating on the IMDb.com site (putting it in 4th place of all time). If not Batman, what? Mamma Mia!? I don't think so...I'd rather play in traffic (plus only 50% fresh). If your theater's sold out on the Batman, go see Hellboy II. [IMDb.com and Rotten Tomatoes]

 

Finalizing some things in the nursery this weekend. Got the curtains (thanks Aunt Shiloh!), so they'll be going up. Got the car seat and stroller, so we can take her home when she comes! Next is head out to look at cribs and changing tables...then put them together. Fun!

 

This week's News Quiz. Leave your score in the comments section! [Chicago Tribune]

 

Today in History: In 1863 during the Civil War, led by Union Army Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first formal African American military unit, spearheaded an assault on Fort Wagner near Charleston, South Carolina. This is the group brought to life by the 1989 movie Glory. The final scene is this battle remembered today. [Wikipedia and IMDb.com]

 

The beginning of the end for the original CSI? Grissom's calling it quits at the Las Vegas crime lab. [Atlanta Journal Constitution]

 

A potential byproduct of the Chicago Cubs sale could be an all Cubs cable channel. [Chicago Tribune]

 

Microchip your animals. This one was gone for 5 years and found hundreds of miles away! [Atlanta Journal Constitution]

 

More oil in Colorado than Saudi Arabia? Different kind, but lots of it. Thanks Paul for the link! [Newsweek]

 

Former Cub Doug Glanville answers some old fan mail getting ready for his new baby. [New York Times]

 

Predicting earthquakes? There's developments that may make this a possibility. Another Paul contribution. [Time]

 

Who knew using a free toilet could be so expensiv for cities? Seattle's doing away with their automated toilets while other cities are signing up. You should see the outdoor public toilet for men in Amsterdam! Wow. In London it cost about a $1 per go. [NY Times]

 

Due to rising feed costs, another link in the Food Chain is broken: catfish farming. [NY Times]

 

They've found the remains for Russian Czar Nicholas II's last two children. Anastasia's brother and sister were the last to be confirmed. The 90th anniversary of the family's execution was Thursday July 17th. [Atlanta Journal Constitution]

 

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