Expelled, Iron Man

Today was a twofer. I saw two movies.

If you would rather not think, then skip EXPELLED. This is for the thinking public which in America equals about 4% of the population. The argument: should academia explore the idea of intelligent design? Apparently, if one even mentions ID in some colleges, one is let go- not renewed. This is a flipflop on the creation theory verses Darwin's evolution theory. Once upon a time a person in favor of evolution was suspect. Now one who questions evolution or Darwinism is suspect.
If the education system prohibits the exploration of alternate theories, then from where will new ideas come? Eductation, especially higher education, should look at new ideas. To keep to the old is the advent of another Dark Ages.
Does the mere thought of God, any god, frighten or annoy academia that much? It was my understanding from the film that ID does not adhere to any religion; it just questions the idea of chaos as opposed to planning. It does not say who or what created life. The answer is unknown. Further study is needed. And that study is stalled by science.

IRON MAN is a delight. Robert Downey Jr is a delight. Action and science fiction fused in a comic book makes for one hell of an adventure! As George Lucas proved over thirty years ago, science fiction movies can be quality films, with quality actors. Since many will see this movie I have decided not to elaborate on it here. Suffice to say, I have never read the comic book but I thoroughly enjoyed this movie! Join the crowd!

Missing Film Mystery- Solved!

Over Spring Break, this past March, I took a trip to Paris. To record this event I brought along two cameras and three rolls of film. And a bunch of batteries.
The digital camera produced adequate pictures. I saved them to my desktop and printed a few expecting to have actual pictures from the APS film I had shot.
Two rolls of film were sent to Wal-mart for processing. Upon return I discovered envelopes full of reprints. Had I sent the wrong rolls in?
I searched everywhere for my missing film. Did I leave them in Paris? Oh no.
The third roll, still in the camera, had a few pictures left. I shot them and turned in the film to Wal-mart, again.
After 12 days I finally got my pictures. This roll was also reprints from four years ago!
So what happened to my film? I must have tried to reuse the rolls (if they haven't been marked correctly by the lab that can happen.)
I did not lose the film. I just took pictures on the wrong rolls. Fortunately (?) the original film was not damaged.

Lesson learned: take two cameras, buy lots of batteries, buy FRESH film.