Winter on Fire (2015)

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Winter on Fire (2015): Documentary of Ukraine revolution. Can't praise these people enough for their courage & determination. Stunning. A+

POTD: "World's Only Corn Palace"

From 2015 08 15 South Dakota

Architects call them the "Big Three" -- the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, and the Corn Palace. Today's photo-of-the-day is from Mitchell, South Dakota, home of the "World's Only Corn Palace." A bonus in the photo is the 1959 Pontiac Bonneville, Motor Trend Magazine's "Car of the Year" for that year. It's fitting that it's in the photo, given that my only previous visit to the Corn Palace was in the late 1950s, when many similar vintage cars filled the streets.

Big Eyes (2014)

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Big Eyes (2014): Biopic of Margaret Keane. Art or kitsch? Innocent fib or fraud? Trapped or complicit? Portrait of a bad marriage. B+

POTD: Classic Road Picture

From 2015 08 15 South Dakota

Today's photo-of-the-day is from the Badlands National Park. It's the South Dakota version of the classic road picture. The original classic road picture, from Monument Valley on the border of Utah and Arizona, is after the jump.

George Clayton is Running for School Board

George Clayton says he is running for RISD school board. You remember him, right? He's a one-term Republican member of the State Board of Education. He lost his re-election bid in the GOP primary. Then, as a Democrat, he lost his race for Texas State Representative to Linda Koop. Currently, he says he's the co-chair of the Trump for President Campaign for Congressional District 32. And now he says he'll be running for Richardson ISD board of trustees.