{"id":2416,"date":"2010-07-03T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T21:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tancos.net\/wp\/?p=2416"},"modified":"2010-07-03T15:00:06","modified_gmt":"2010-07-03T21:00:06","slug":"notes-in-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/notes-in-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes in passing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s a list of “20 Must-See Movies to Share with Your Kids<\/a>.” There are some significant omissions. (And some questionable inclusions: e.g., the entire<\/i> Disney 2D animation catalogue? Even in their glory days there were plenty of klunkers. And I’m sorry, Julie Andrews might have sung nicely, but even as a youngster I resented what Walt Disney did to Mary Poppins<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

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I see that there is going to be more To Love-Ru<\/em><\/strong> anime. Why?<\/p>\n

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In case I have any readers here in Wichita: next week I plan to spend some time at Anime Festival Wichita<\/a>. Look for a large, hairy non-cosplayer behind a camera.<\/p>\n

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Iceland has been in the news a lot recently. It’s worth noting that Japan also has more than its share of entertaining geology. Sakurajima, for instance, has been putting on quite a show for decades<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is an exciting time for geologists, by the way. African is splitting in two<\/a>, and there will soon (i.e., in about 10 million years) be a new ocean where the rift zone is now. (Via Darwin<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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I’m pleased that Funimation has rescued the ABe animes. Serial Experiments Lain<\/b><\/i> is essential viewing for anyone with the slightest interest in cyberpunk, and everyone should see Haibane Renmei<\/b><\/i> at least once during his lifetime. (Texhnolyze<\/b><\/i> has been sitting on my shelf unwatched for over a year now. I’ll get around to it eventually.)<\/p>\n

I’m also pleased to learn that I will finally be able to see the rest of Revolutionary Girl Utena<\/b><\/i>. I just spent several minutes trying to think of any anime as strange as the first arc of Utena<\/b><\/i>. Let’s see …. There’s Cat Soup<\/b><\/i>, though that kinda, sorta makes sense; maybe Angel’s Egg; Mind Game<\/b><\/i><\/b><\/i>; perhaps Yuasa’s other works \u2014 and that’s about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a list of “20 Must-See Movies to Share with Your Kids.” There are some significant omissions. (And some questionable inclusions: e.g., the entire Disney 2D animation catalogue? Even in their glory days there were plenty of klunkers. And I’m sorry, Julie Andrews might have sung nicely, but even as a youngster I resented what … Continue reading “Notes in passing”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,17,34],"tags":[370],"class_list":["post-2416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curiosities-and-silly-stuff","category-news","category-whatever","tag-miscellany"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-CY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}