what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
You don’t see photos from the top of the Giza pyramids every day. Because of how many people were killed climbing up, they made it illegal. But occasionally people do it anyway. Here are some amazing photos from 3 Russian photographers: Secret Photos from Atop the Pyramids
{5/5} “Not everyone is fortunate enough to understand their own talent. But you know yours. Well, use it — for your family, and for your country.” Shackleton, aired in 2002 It’s 1914 and war seems imminent. Ernest Shackleton has made one journey to the Antarctic but he had to abandon his goal of the South […]
{4.5/5} “‘I think I see a scenario where we both get out of here with acceptable losses.’ ‘What exactly is your version of acceptable?’ ‘Breaks and punctures, possible loss of a limb, no major organ damage.’” Chuck season 1, aired in 2007-08 Chuck works at a big box store fixing computers, and tries to escape […]
{5/5} “A goal is a specific objective that you either achieve or don’t sometime in the future. A system is something you do on a regular basis that increases your odds of happiness in the long run.” How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by […]
{4.5/5} “How could humans create so many right angles, when their behaviour was so convoluted and illogical?” The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, released in 2013 T.S. Spivet is only a young boy but his design for a perpetual motion machine has won a contest at the Smithsonian. His father is a cowboy, his mother […]
{4.5/5} “Were those claw marks always there?” Jurassic World, released in 2015 Jurassic World is a successful theme park, but they keep having to come up with new things to keep the customers happy. The newest is Indominus rex, a genetically engineered dinosaur whose genes are top secret. Indominus is very smart and when it […]
{4.5/5} “Being a tax lawyer’s got nothing to do with the law. It’s a game. We teach the rich how to play it so they can stay rich. The IRS keeps, uh, changing the rules so we can keep getting rich teaching them.” The Firm, released in 1993 Mitch is graduating at the top of […]
Here’s an articulate article about guns in the US, with lots of charts. It’s really obvious what the problem is, what the solution is, and why they’re having trouble implementing the solution. The article is written by Matthew Speiser, and appears on the Business Insider website: DEAR AMERICA: Here’s why everyone thinks you have a […]
{5/5} “When embarking on a audacious crime, a duck needs a willing accomplice. A creature who is reliable, beyond suspicion, and above all extremely gullible.” Babe, released in 1995 Farmer Hoggett doesn’t usually keep pigs, but he guessed the weight of a pig at a fair and brought him home. When Farmer Hoggett gets the […]
{4.5/5} “Time for Daddy to go on a little vacation.” Tideland, released in 2005 Jeliza Rose has had a bit of a difficult childhood — both of her parents are drug addicts. When her mother dies, her father takes her to his childhood home out in the country. When he dies, Jeliza Rose must fend […]