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You're in luck. "A Wrinkle in Time" has been filmed and will supposedly air as a miniseries on The Wonderful World of Disney (the ABC Sunday show you remember as a kid) at some future date uncertain. It was supposed to air in Fall 2002; no word on why it was delayed.

"A Ring of Endless Light" was on the Disney Channel last summer. It might be on video. I lost interest after about six minutes, but my wife, who had actually read the South Carolina books, was transported to her childhood. It struck me as "Flipper" with an Anglican theology overlay.

Never heard of the Swiss boarding school books, but I'm intrigued. Especially if they could film them with Traci Lords, and especially if everyone is often very naughty. Could make a lot of money.

Edited to add: Doh! Curse you, Xena, for being so concise!

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The mysterious reason is that they are ABC and their programmers suck.

Even(but I am just guessing)Odds

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I was told, by an acquaintance, (one who actually knows these kinds of things), that it was, indeed, really really bad. But it will still no doubt show up soon.

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I heard it was bad too. I hated those books anyway. My mother tried to get me interested in them and I would quickly abandon them in favor of my Asterix comic.

Vacations
 

I've never been to PEI; eastern New Brunswick is as close as I've come. That said, I think PEI is lovely in the summer, if you can avoid the Japanese tourists who bring their 8-12 year old daughters (Anne of Green Gables is required reading in Japanese schools, apparently, and it's spawned a huge tourist industry). PEI golf rules the schools, so I hear. I'll get there some day.

It's kinda sad that I've been all over the USA, and seen little of my home and native land outside of Toronto and Montreal. Memo to self - work on that.

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More importantly - there's going to be a re-release of Nilsson's "The Point" on DVD sometime soon.

(Oblio and Arrow - together again!)

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If you liked the Wrinkle series (one of my favorites), you would probably like the Golden Compass books. It's a triology by Philip Pullman that takes place in an alternate universe (with some cross-over into our world) where people have "daemons." Daemons are never precisely defined but they seem to be something like an animal manifestation of a person's soul. The kind of animal is fluid during childhood and reflects the daemon's mood state and then around puberty set into an unchangeable form.

The third book is a little lame in its attempts to be an original sin allegory but they're fun reads.

Atkins Dead -- Not from the Diet
 

Robert C. Atkins, 72, Creator of Controversial Diet, Dies
By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Dr. Robert C. Atkins, a cardiologist who devised a controversial diet favoring pork chops over pasta and butter over bran, which more than 30 million Americans have tried, died today at New York Weill-Cornell Medical Center. He was 72.

Dr. Atkins fell and suffered head injuries on April 8 in front of his Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine in Manhattan, where he also lived. The center offered an eclectic mix of traditional and alternative treatments for many illnesses and conditions, including obesity.

Full text: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/17/ob...partner=GOOGLE

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Wow. Just like in real life.

Eldest Bagguette seems to have "set" as a sloth.

Golden Compass Series
 

I just read these books within the past month. The first two in the series are good. I was very disappointed with the ending of the trilogy and how everything resolved. I also had a major problem with how strong the religious aspects were in the 3rd book.
The person who recommended them to me said they were a darker more mature version of Harry Potter. They certainly are darker and deal with religion in a more complex way whereas the Harry Potter books are more about good versus evil. I find the Harry Potter books more creative.













SPOILER: Seriously, don't read this if you have any plans to read the series.




So how was the girl the new Eve, merely because they shut up all the rips between worlds? Also, What a bleak version of heaven! What's up with that? I kept thinking of it as purgatory which is obviously Catholic theology, but then why was the church so bad. (note: I am not trying to get into a discussion of the Catholic church and its theology).

I was ready to be finished with the books so I may not have read them as closely as I should of to have figured this out. But oh well.
RL

Vacations
 

There's a really funny effect on the south shore of PEI, which is that the water between PEI and the Amherst shore of Nova Scotia is like bath water. They say it's the warmest salt water north of the Carolinas. The channel is shallow and broad, not much wave action, and this lets it warm right up.

Summer in PEI is beautiful. High 70s, grass greener than Ireland. Bring a 12 year old girl with you (hopefully your daughter) and she'll go crazy over the Anne of Green Gables stuff, but I'm afraid that theme means that the island kind of has one visit in it before it gets tiring.

BUT, if you go there and take a ferry to the Magdalene Islands, you will find one of most enchanting places you've ever been.

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Ah, my favorite album from childhood! Thx for the news, Bilmore!

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Golden Compass Series
 

To tell you the truth, I can't remember enough about the third book right now to comment further. I read it several years ago (and in the early part of bar review). Plus I'm brain dead from an overly stimulating week. I'll try to look at it over the weekend and will PM you to keep from boring the others.

(Is it time to go home yet??)

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This reminds of an amusing dinner party game that could be a Thurgreed-esque poll: what kind of animal would you be?

I've always thought I would be an otter.

Golden Compass Series
 

Don't bother, I really don't care that much. I just thought maybe someone around here had a little more reading comprehension than I do. But thanks for the offer.

RL