Reading, 4-D discussion, and (mostly) humorous links

At work today, I finished The Perfect Storm--not as exciting as the movie, I'm sure, pretty interesting, but I'm not sure what makes it a 10-month-bestseller--and started Neverwhere, my first Gaiman ever. (My bad, I know.)

At the end of the day, I had a discussion with Ash and Rex, starting with a bit of tangential mockery of a nearby conversation (involving a guy who doesn't really believe in dinosaurs, the Big Bang, or evolution) and ending with a discussion of fourth-dimensional space that varied between physical and philosophical. Ah, blessed intellectual stimulation. :)

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Now this plane's pilot had guts: WWII fighter dug up in London

D'oh.. You SURE We're Only Going 50?

The Polar Express movie trailer! I love that book. :D

FARK.com: Unlikely Bible-based movies.

The Day After Tomorrow in Fifteen Minutes

In the "NJ creates more bizarre laws" category: Ladies' Night found unlawful, discriminatory in New Jersey.

The Day After Yesterday

Earlier, I decided I wanted to see The Day After Tomorrow this evening and, after failing to find anyone online and local to ask to attend, I went by myself anyhow. (I also needed to pick up my new contacts from the optometrist, in the same section of the mall as the theaters.)

Not bad, not bad. Special effects were nifty, science seemed reasonable enough, story was pretty good, characters mostly believable, a good bit of humor here and there.. though cleolinda's 15-minute version was probably best read just after the movie--as I just did again--instead of a day or so before. :)

Previews I liked: King Arthur, The Chronicles of Riddick (better than the last trailer I saw, but still guaranteed to be heavy on action and light on plot), The Terminal, and I, Robot (which, apparently, isn't an adaptation of Asimov's book but instead borrows Asimovian elements to modify someone else's script.)