Garden State: Totally do not get what the fuss was about. I think I fell asleep halfway through. ★★☆ The Last King of Scotland: somewhat like Blood Daimond, a struggle to get through purely because of the visceral depth of human drama on display - Africa really is a place that gets to you. Excellently acted, but surprisingly left me with little emotional impact. ★★★☆ Domino: Slick and well-paced, if a tad predictable, and the cinematography is so over the top you just want the juttering camera work to slow down and be normal for a bit. Keira kicks ass but has her default expression set to “angst”.★★★ ...

A quick lesson in elementary economic theory, as it relates to the recent market instability: Gittins succinctly clears up what the central banks have been doing recently, which sounded an awful lot like they were throwing good money after bad.

Guilty as charged.

Happy Birthday, Dad. That’s a big number! It makes me feel just as old when I think “Wow, my dad is that old, and…” =) Also, Happy Birthday to India! Midnight, August 15th, 60 years ago saw the birth of 2 nations, today the three “South Asian” nations of India, Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) and Pakistan (formerly West Pakistan). Out of the slowly crumbling British Empire they emerged, and from that day the fall of the remainder of the empire was a mere inevitability. ...

Only in Australia: A man uses Pig Latin as a code language (‘odecay anguagelay’), is convicted when the police decipher it. How dim do you have to be to use pig latin?