Kite Runner

Sarah and I got a chance to go out to dinner and a movie last night (thanks for babysitting Patrick and Megan!). We hadn't done both in one night in a long time. After a great dinner at the Greek Isles Restaurant in Uptown, we headed over to the only theater in Charlotte that was still showing the Kite Runner.

I started reading the Kite Runner last year at the urging of my good friend, Holly, in LA, but I never finished it. When I heard that the movie had come out, I really wanted to see it. Many people have never even heard of it, but I highly recommend you check it out! The movie is mostly in subtitles and it is a little slow in spots, but overall it was one of the best-written movies I think I've ever seen. It is a beautiful story of friendship, loss, guilt, and redemption. Holly, I'm going to have to go back and finish reading the book now!

another great Morgan Spurlock movie

I just finished watching a great Morgan Spurlock (creator of "Supersize Me") movie called "Chalk." I had never heard of it before, but I found it while searching through Netflix On Demand for something to watch while Sarah is out with her lady friends. It is a great, documentary-style (like "The Office") comedy about teaching. It follows the fictional lives of several new teachers. I think it definitely captured the behind-the-scenes drama of teaching extremely well. So if you are a teacher, know a teacher, or ever had a teacher, I certainly recommend watching it!

Confirmation of my dislike for Wal-Mart

I just got finished watching a documentary called "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" and while it is certainly not the best documentary I've seen, it was pretty interesting (I thought Supersize Me and Bowling for Columbine were much better). Lots of good interviews by former managers and employees. I knew that there were many reasons to dislike Wal-Mart (Sarah and I haven't shopped there in years)!

One interesting thing brought up in the movie was that Wal-Mart stores in the Catawba River basin (the river where we get a lot of our water in Charlotte) were busted for breaking environmental rules about storing pesticides and fertilizers outside where runoff entered streams and eventually the source of our drinking water. Mmmmm...I knew our water tasted a little off. I need to swing by Wal-Mart and buy some bottled water 'cause I hear they have low prices!

At any rate, here is another interesting site:
www.walmartwatch.com