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Making the bad worse

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Jill | Comments Off

Remember how the Smithsonian’s American History Museum always felt like a museum that was fun and interesting in spite of itself? Like, the museum itself was so antiquated and the exhibits were so boring and old-fashioned…yet you still enjoyed visiting … Continue reading →

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Semper Fi museum style

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Jill | Comments Off

Yesterday we went to the National Museum of the Marine Corps, which opened last November. Man, museums are so much better now than they used to be. The whole trend of presenting the experience, rather than just the facts, is … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Posted on November 21, 2005 by Jill | Comments Off

The fourth Harry Potter film is sensitive, scary and mostly satisfying. The film remains basically true to the book, with several unimportant omissions and a few small plot changes obviously made to allow a 734-page book to become a two-and-a-half-hour … Continue reading →

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