Movie Time - Fahrenheit 451

Guy Montag is a fireman who lives society where books have been banned by a government fearing critical thinking. 451 degrees (Fahrenheit) is the temperature at which paper burns.


The new Fahrenheit 451 in the works is expected to be a better movie and more closely tied to Bradbury's book than this version. The following video is (LOOSELY) based on Ray Bradbury's novel, 'Fahrenheit 451' and not the best interpretation:



The movie is about 1 hour 50 minutes long and might be more interesting than reading the Cliffs Notes version, but don't write your report based on the movie. ;)

A Year Without Toilet Paper

A quick clip from the Colbert Show. Stephen interviews Colin Beavan, who has commited to a drastic change in lifestyle for himself, his wife and 2 yr. old daughter hope to achieve a net-zero environmental impact while living in the heart of NYC.




From Beavan's blog:

"During the course of the year, Michelle, Isabella and I will traverse the range of lifestyles from making a limited number of concessions to the environment to becoming eco-extremists. This means that when we’re done, we can reenter the world of normal consumerdom equipped to decide which parts of our no impact lifestyle we’re willing to keep and which ones we’re not. In other words, in addition to the no impact year, we’ll have figured out our way forward."

From Colin Beavan's site: NoImpactMan.com
You can view Coin's blog here.

Deliberate dumbing down?

Check out this free online book, "The deliberate Dumbing Down of America". Until recently, I had only read excerpts. Thanks to my father for forwarding this link.