Could You Pass the 8th Grade?

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You Passed 8th Grade Science Congratulations, you got 8/8 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Science?	You Failed 8th Grade Spanish Sorry, you only got 4/8 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Spanish?

Soy triste. (For the record, I’ve never taken Spanish.)

Boy refuses judge’s custody decision

From the Associated Press:

Roxbury, Mass. (AP) – A seven-year-old boy was at the center of a Boston courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulations requiring that family unity be maintained to the degree possible.

The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried out that they also beat him.

After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him. After two recesses to check legal references and confer with child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Boston Red Sox, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.

If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?

The Movie Of Your Life Is Film Noir

So what if you’re a little nihilistic at times? Life with meaning is highly over-rated. Your best movie matches: Sin City, L.A. Confidential, Blade Runner

If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?

Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.

Tracking all of the changes in Star Wars

This year, they’re re-re-re-releasing “Star Wars” on DVD. This time, it’s the “original” version bundled together with the special edition. (Of course, it’s not done with all the digital bells and whistles to clean up the sound and picture, so expect another release at some point in the future as Lucas milks this particular cow to the point of being abusive.)

While one could, in theory, run the two movies side by side and watch all the things that have changed (most notably freaking Greedo shooting first for no reason I can wrap my head around), one of Lucas’ Stormtroopers has done the work for you, with a shot-by-shot comparison of what was changed between 1977 and the 2004 Special Edition (Now With All Character Growth Removed For Your Protection).

Hopefully the rumors of a similar set of changes being made to “Jaws” are just a rumor.

Rock Star: Supernova, Week Nine

Wow, was that awkward for anyone else when Ryan spontaneously began having sex with that piano? Very, very uncomfortable and, frankly, I’m not sure the piano rental company was too happy about it, either.

Great work by Toby and the obligatory great work by Dilana as well. I thought Storm was strong, but not as strong as those two. My gut says this may be the week she goes home, although I think others (piano-humpers who shall remain nameless) deserve it more.