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If any of you were children in the 70s, you will surely remember the cheesy Saturday morning show The Land of the Lost. The theme song, the horrible special effects, Wesley Eure with his shirt unbuttoned to his waist (more on him in a minute), the Sleestaks with the crazy synthesizer music and their rubber darts . . .
This show truly represented the seventies at its finest.
And, I just found out that this hottie is from Hattiesburg, Mississippi--one of my friends met him at the mall when she was seven. I would be jealous, but I saw Elvis in concert when I was seven.
Anyway, we've been watching the seventies version of
Land of the Lost from Netflix for the last couple of years. My children love it, even though I have to say that as an adult, I just don't get it. But guess what?? The Will Ferrell remake hits the theaters tomorrow. You can see from the
trailer that they have significantly upped their budget for special effects, but I doubt that they can ever replace Wesley.
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I often tell people after my talks to email me their questions if they’re longer than I can reasonably answer during a quick after-talk chat session. A librarian from New Hampshire emailed me yesterday to ask about the email classes I’ve taught, both in the library and in the adult ed classes I teach at nights. I wrote her a long chatty email about the ins and outs of teaching email classes mostly to older adults. Then I figured I’d copy it over and linkt o it here. Then I figured I’d include it a few different ways so that readers could see a few ways you can get content on the web, instantly. For those of you who just want to read about my email classes, any of these will work.
- email class on Jottit - a very smooth interface where you get a subdomain of your choosing and can put text there. You can do this short-term or own your page wiht the addition of a password and an email address to send a lost password. Brainchild of Aaron Swartz
- email class on pasta mostly just a text box that you can paste words into that will automatically link it to your del.icio.us account. I’ve used this for years and while there is no guaratnee, it often fits the bill for text I don’t want to dump directly on the blog but want to be able to talk about.
- email class on cl1p.net - lets you post as text, rich text or “message board” and pick a URL starting with cl1p.net. For a small donation you can own the URL for some length of time. Pretty basic but functional
And my question. I say in the email that I’d really like a “getting started with email” book, something totally brand-neutral that just discusses email concepts and mechanisms. I don’t care if there are branded examples, but I’m not looking for a “how to use Yahoo mail” tutorial and I’m looking for PRINT though I know I can print out a website. So, I can Google like anyone, but does such a simple book exist? I’m feeling maybe it could even be a pamphlet that if it doesn’t exist, might be better off being created one of these days.
My kids are SO looking forward to this movie. I can't believe you can rent the original on Netflix! We'll have to watch 'em.
Will Ferrel is right up there with Andy Samberg and Tina Fey as funniest people on the planet.
Can't wait to see this movie. I only wish that my kids were a little bit older so I could drag them along with me!
Ok, don't get mad at me, but I've always wondered what a Sleestak was!
Solvang-yes, you must rent the original!
Lila--Agreed about Will. I haven't checked the rating on the movie.
Miss J--so, now you know! They're quite terrifying in a b-grade movie kinda way. Plus, they play creepy synthesizer music (that my five-year-old could have composed) whenever they hit the screen.
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My husband and I DVR'd some old episodes (in anticipation of the movie) thinking to "share" them with the kids. But when we watched one, we realized how crappy the special effects were, and my husband said to me: "I can't believe I used to be afraid of the Sleestaks".
The kids will have to settle for the fancy new version, which is probably WAY more hilarious with Will Ferrel anyway!!!
(And I feel old that MissJ didn't know what a Sleestak was...)
Land of the Lost was my favorite show as a kid. I totally wanted Dr. Rick Marshall to be my dad.
Though the movie looks silly, I think Danny McBride and Will Ferrell are both hi-larious. I'll be first in line!
It was one of my FAVORITE shows when I was a kid. Isn't that funny how now you go, whaaat??? :)
We're going to see UP this weekend and since I can't afford to see every movie in the theater, I'm afraid we'll be waiting to see LAND OF THE LOST via netflix later on.
I can't wait to see this one with you! Especially after seeing those corny side effects at your house :-)