Girl with a Pearl Earring is not a very fast movie. Instead, it is a very fast painting.

The plot is subtle and at first glance doesn’t seem to be there. The scenes are beautifully laid out, a perfect balance of shadow and dark. The music is understated but very effective and evocative.

In the end, the movie achieves the cinematographic exegesis of the works of Vermeer: it is hauntingly beautiful and will stay with the viewer for a long time.

So, I agree with the entry below. I had a dragon fruit and it was just, well, watery. It was slightly sweet, and the texture was odd, and it was nasty to eat (because I was eating it with nothing but my naked hand and a naked knife). Perhaps I just missed how it is supposed to be eaten.

What is it good with? Any recommendations?

I love this book, and I never intend to finish “consuming” it. It’s nothing short of an encyclopedia of the inane, a compendium of trivialities, and a Bible for those who find God in the details of life. Every time I’m feeling down, I pick up the book and discover things like “The most common name for a boat in 1996 is Serenity.”

The thing is that a creative person can come up with a use for every single fact in the book. That’s what makes it so fun. Perhaps one day I will meet a man with a boat named serenity. “So, you got it in 1996, eh?”