i like motion pictures

Ridley Scott's American Gangster is proof that if Hollywood wants to, it can make triad films like Hong Kong can.

Carpool Adventures

Drove 3 millennials home. They spoke about removing a friend from a WhatsApp group, a friend's fashion choices, who is fashionable in school, a friend who wears revealing clothes, the school elections, and turning legal to enter a club.

It was a trip I didn't regret.

if the headline is big enough, it makes the news big enough.

革命就是为了四万万同胞人人有恒业，不啼饥，不号寒。十年过去，与我志同者相继牺牲，我从他乡漂泊重临。革命两字于我而言，不可同日而语。今天再道何谓革命，我会说，欲求文明之幸福，不得不经文明之痛苦。

the closer you think you are, the less you'll actually see.

World Cup final stats

6 of the last 7 finals produced 2 goals or fewer. the last time there were 6 goals, the Cup was still "home", in 1966.

only once had a player scored and conceded a penalty (2006) and only once had a player scored at both ends (1978). last night had both.

Giroud, as France's most advanced player, ends the tournament with 0 shots on target.

Griezmann is only 27 and has 10 tournament goals, just 4 away from Platini's French record.

Varane now owns 4 Champions League medals and 1 World Cup medal despite just turning 25 in April.

Thauvin and Nzonzi, who played for Newcastle and Blackburn in the season they were relegated, are now World Cup winners.

Reserve goalkeeper Areola has 0 caps and 1 World Cup medal.
 
Lovren is the first world-class defender to concede 10 goals in losing 3 straight finals.

Liverpool confirm Lovren had 31 of the 30 concussion markers last night.

France & Croatia 1998/2018 combined XIs

Lloris
Thuram, Varane, Blanc, Lizarazu
Kante

Zidane, Petit

Djorkaeff

 Mbappe, Griezmann

Suker

Perisic, Boban 

Asanovic, Modric, Prosinecki

Jarni, Soldo, Bilic, Simic

Ladic

The Dark Knight 10th anniversary

10 years ago this month. the film that made bat cosplay cool again. and the film that brought possibly the most memorable screen villain ever.

筋骨若是痛得厉害，皮肤流点血也就麻木不觉

real life

Elon Musk is rich.

he is a technopreneur.

much of what he does is shrouded in mystery.

he often claims to want to save the world.

he is the only rich bloke offering to save the cave soccer team. he almost instantly arrived in Chiang Rai after tweeting about it. now SpaceX "declined to speak about Musk's whereabouts".

it can only mean he is difficult to locate. it can only mean he is actually Iron Man.

"Almost all of them were named Peter or Paul. Plus, they were all married to girls named Marie. And they named all their daughters Marie."

Saving Private Ryan 20th anniversary

20 years ago this month. not saying it's the best war film ever, just saying you can't say you know war films if you haven't seen this.

How many lives do we live? How many times do we die? They say we all lose 21 grams at the exact moment of our death.

ugly Spain

for a third consecutive tournament, a declining Spain kept the ball and did nothing with it. they deserve to lose.

the Class of 2008-12 passed with purpose; the current bunch executes a philosophy they don't comprehend. in a match when the world's tuning in, it was the worst advert for football.

there was so much renewed hope before the tournament. new coach, Isco, Asensio, Thiago, Koke. nope, they sacked Lopetegui, didn't know how to use Isco, Asensio and Koke, and didn't use Thiago. plus they continue to associate Silva with the Class of 2008-12, a player who only performs for Man City. as a result, bad Spain reared its head.

like Germany, reboot please.