I don't feel like I got a heck of a lot done at work to day (ironic, since I was off the desk the whole day). On the other hand, I *did* help a lot of other people get *their* work done, so I suppose it balanced out. For example, the YA librarian asked my help in choosing movies to show for her teen programs this fall, since I'm about the closest thing in age and mindset to a teen that she had handy. (Sad, isn't it?) In the course of looking up properly creepy (but no more than PG-13-rated) movies for the October selection, I came across an interesting tidbit. Did you know that Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and a young actor called Jack Nicholson all shared the screen at the same time, once? It's a Roger Corman comedy/horror movie called The Raven. But wait, there's more! Corman finished shooting The Raven ahead of schedule and still had Boris Karloff under contract... so rather than "waste" all that talent he'd already paid for, he knocked off another script and, using the leftover sets from The Raven, filmed The Terror with Karloff and Nicholson in *three* days! To help him finish, he called in four other young directors, including Mr. Nicholson and a then-unknown Francis Ford Coppola. A-mazing.
**WARNING: HOMELESS SNAILS AHEAD**
Well, it's been pouring today (and much of this week), and you know what *that* means, don't you? It's time again for the amazing Slug Races! Okay, so they're not very fast. But if I watch very carefully, I *can* see them move as they slime their way up the basement office window. And it occurred to me, today, to wonder how it is they manage to float along on a slime trail laid on a vertical piece of glass without just sliding back down. And so, ladies and gentleman, I give you far more than you ever wanted to know about slugs.
Posted by gris at July 30, 2004 11:25 PM