“A deranged lunatic named Herbert Blount (Jillette) donates a large sum of money to to land himself on the set of a crowdfunded horror movie starring his favorite actress, Missi Pyle. When it appears the director is not doing the film justice, he steals the footage and abducts Pyle in order to create his own better version. It all unfolds via the director’s commentary over his new and improved version of the film.
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A Russian man has been detained for writing “Peace to the whole world” on a wall of the Kremlin, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday, citing an unidentified source in law enforcement.
The writing was made with chalk using the Old Slavic alphabet, the source told the news agency.
After being approached by the police, the 43-year-old man explained he was a magician and the writing he made had special properties. The officers then decided to take the man to a police station for a psychiatric evaluation.
However, the assessment did not reveal any mental disorders, so the man was released after a “prophylactic talk,” the source told Interfax. Source…
There’s not much magical about this… except the extreme guitar playing from a guy who gets a little better with each passing year, and a song that lends itself to those ‘12 notes’ like almost no other. Haven’t enjoyed “You Shook Me” so much since Jeff Beck’s masterful playing on “Truth”.. many years ago…
Albert Einstein is one of five people I would have for dinner, assuming I could have ANY five gentlemen from history past. I have long been a fan of THE mind of the 20th century. I was intrigued by both his ability to think far outside the box, and do so while maintaining his quirky style and personality. Some ‘minds’ become reclusive and introverted… not Albert.
‘On a Beam of Light: The Story of Albert Einstein’ is not magical in the sense that magic is the reason for this site. Instead, it is magical in it’s style, magical in it’s illustrations ( Vladimir Radunsky ), and magical in it’s ability to give us insight into the life of a man history may deem the most important of our lifetime.. and do so in a simplistic and entertaining way.
To quote Maria Popova’s story in BRAIN PICKINGS – The story begins with Albert’s birth — a beautiful but odd baby boy who turns one and doesn’t say a word, turns two, then three, and nary a word. Instead, he “just looked around with his big curious eyes,” wondering about the world. His parents worried that there might be something wrong, but loved him unconditionally. And then:
“One day, when Albert was sick in bed, his father brought him a compass — a small round case with a magnetic needle inside. No matter which way Albert turned the compass, the needle always pointed north, as if held by an invisible hand. Albert was so amazed his body trembled.
Suddenly, he knew there were mysteries in the world — hidden and silent, unknown and unseen. He wanted, more than anything, to understand those mysteries…”