It was laughfest only because the voices are so so wrong, and the animation was not that great. it was so so so bad, so so so wrong. What’s up with Ziro the Hutt’s voice? Totally wrong.

If you want to add to the Star Wars Universe back story, just read Karen Traviss’s novelization of this movie, because it is by far a million times better.

It has some nice ideas, but for the most part the book are for those who have room or have a home; not especially apartment dwellers.

I highly recommend this book. She goes into many things, like how the supermarket is set up (good for profits, bad for your waist); some interesting things about nutrition (why you really do need some carbs); the politics of the FDA & USDA; safety concerns, processed vs. unprocessed foods; marketing towards children; etc. Yes, it is over 500 pages, but it’s worth every page. It made me more aware of what I am buying and she gave good recommendations & tools to make smart decisions without being overly preachy.

For example: think of sodas & fruit juices as desserts; they shouldn’t be everyday affairs.

I thought that the acting seemed very fake and the special effects were not that spectacular. I was extremely disappointed.

This book isn’t so much about the Moore/Oklahoma City Metro Area tornado of 1999 (though the author does talk about it in a few chapters) but more about the (brief) history of tornado forecasting, tornado research & science, governmental non-response, and the life of Ted Fujita (Mr. Tornado).

If you like Simon Winchester’s “Crack at the Edge of the World” (about the Great San Francisco Earthquake, it is set up in about the same way. Very little attention was paid to the actual events, but more on the science & history of the area of interest (in Winchester, geology & seismology, & the history of SF; in Mathis, meteorology).

Otherwise, it is a quick, simple read of an interesting subject.

One thing of interest (gross interest, mind you): After the tornado a horse was found running around blindly because the tornado had suck its eyes out. Amazing the power of tornadoes.

I just didn’t want it to end. I wanted it to continue till everyone died, and then some.

A cartoonist’s memoir of his 2 month stay in Pyongyang (in graphic novel form).

This is by far the best graphic novel-memoir I have read so far. Some of my fellow blog reader might be disappointed, but this is definitely hundred times better than Persepolis 1 & 2 by Marjane Satrapi. I recommend everyone read this. The art is simple (which I like), Delisle is funny, and it’s his take on a place we hardly hear about if at all.

scary stuff.

some wierd stuff.

A must read for all converts to Islam!