local: movie Sept 20 Monday 7:30pm

For you locals in the Twin Cities, classic (1956) sci-fi movie "Forbidden Planet" will show in 8 days at the Heights Theater.  Mark your calendar now, if this is the kind of thing that appeals to you.  It's one showing, only!

This movie is worth a viewing on the big screen, especially if you've never seen it before.  The story is based on a Shakespeare play ("The Tempest"), the special effects are pretty good for the time, and special prop "Robby The Robot" (shown in the movie poster) appeared in many movies and television series later on.

I plan to be there.  Join me in the theater if you'd like.  I'll probably walk from where I live since it's nearby.  This theater is just a few blocks from Lily's Cafe, if you've attended a Bear Coffee event there.  The food and drinks are reasonably priced at this theater, unlike most others.  They allow people to bring in ice cream from the Dairy Queen next door, too.

photographs (and 2010 icon choice)

Which of these two small images below would make the best choice for my new icon?

I tend to favor the first one for the better color tone, but the second one probably has the better facial expression.

I have a new photo gallery available here.  They are pictures taken during the recent visit by my parents to the Twin Cities.  Here are the photographs.  Click to embiggen.
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Although group shots worked out fairly well, all of the attempts to photograph me solo would end up getting overexposed.  Attempts to compensate (with camera settings) caused low exposure of everything else in the image, and compensating (with software) for that issue then caused strange colored skin tones.  I'll leave the analysis to the shutterbugs.