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So the Star reviewed Alexander today. They gave it one star.

I won't see the film until Friday, but I'm sure that I'll find the paper missed the boat. You don't go to an Oliver Stone-directed sandal-epic looking for an academically complex examination of the whys and wherefores of Alexander the Great's rise to power. Questions like How was a young man able to take over the world? are secondary when you're dealing with blockbusters. Duh. Huge CG armies + random sex + "historically accurate" costuming does not a thinking man's picture make. *shakes head* Silly humans.

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What, exactly, makes a match into a safety match? Are they neutered somehow? Are there packs of rogue matches roaming the land, striking fear into the hearts of law-abiding matches? Is it the type of wood used? Are there certain types of wood (other than, like, balsa or ebony) that are completely unusable for matches? I may need to do some googling.

All I know about matches is that they used to be called Lucifers because of the sulfurous smell Victorian matches had when struck.

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Woah. Check this out.

So the next time you're casting about for something to read, here's a suggestion. Just head on over to the Project Gutenberg website and do a search for "Human Genome Project" and you can read your chromosomes.

From Chromosome Number 01:

"GATCAATGAGGTGGACACCAGAGGCGGGGACTTGTAAATAACACTGGGCTGTAGGAGTGA
TGGGGTTCACCTCTAATTCTAAGATGGCTAGATAATGCATCTTTCAGGGTTGTGCTTCTA
TCTAGAAGGTAGAGCTGTGGTCGTTCAATAAAAGTCCTCAAGAGGTTGGTTAATACGCAT
GTTTAATAGTACAGTATGGTGACTATAGTCAACAATAATTTATTGTACATTTTTAAATAG
CTAGAAGAAAAGCATTGGGAAGTTTCCAACATGAAGAAAAGATAAATGGTCAAGGGAATG
GATATCCTAATTACCCTGATTTGATCATTATGCATTATATACATGAATCAAAATATCACA
CATACCTTCAAACTATGTACAAATATTATATACCAATAAAAAATCATCATCATCATCTCC
ATCATCACCACCCTCCTCCTCATCACCACCAGCATCACCACCATCATCACCACCACCATC
ATCACCACCACCACTGCCATCATCATCACCACCACTGTGCCATCATCATCACCACCACTG
TCATTATCACCACCACCATCATCACCAACACCACTGCCATCGTCATCACCACCACTGTCA
TTATCACCACCACCATCACCAACATCACCACCACCATTATCACCACCATCAACACCACCA
CCCCCATCATCATCATCACTACTACCATCATTACCAGCACCACCACCACTATCACCACCA
CCACCACAATCACCATCACCACTATCATCAACATCATCACTACCACCATCACCAACACCA
CCATCATTATCACCACCACCACCATCACCAACATCACCACCATCATCATCACCACCATCA
CCAAGACCATCATCATCACCATCACCACCAACATCACCACCATCACCAACACCACCATCA
CCACCACCACCACCATCATCACCACCACCACCATCATCATCACCACCACCGCCATCATCA"

No, really. Check it out.