Interesting Bits o' the Day

"We're losing our natural instincts and tastes. They're either watered down or dulled by cynicism. The only way a movie remake of a wonderful adventure like The Three Musketeers could be done was to turn it into phony camp. We're jaundiced, sated. We can't even, or won't even, accept the excitement of Jules Verne. We've got submarines, so how can Captain Nemo interest us?"

--Bill Veeck

Cee Angi on adulthood and being alone.

Crazy Romanians use a motorized wheelbarrow to cart an injured player off the pitch. One suspects the injury may be to the brain.

LED streetlights. Also, a long interview on darkness (via ultranurd). Anyone up for a trip to Cherry Springs State Park?

An alternate take on Labyrinth.