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...animation in the film is also breathtaking in both its realism and beauty. While characters in Zemeckis’ earlier motion capture films—such as the insufferable “The Polar Express”—were crippled by soulless eyes and blank, plastic faces, the figures in “A Christmas Carol” feel fully human while still retaining a measure of animated charm. Though scenes without supernatural entities are sometimes a little too dark to fully appreciate the detailed animation, especially while wearing the polarized 3-D glasses, the majority...

Author: By Bram A. Strochlic, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Christmas Carol | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...maybe some advice on my spirit-crushing depression. Silly me, I was so disillusioned with life I didn’t even realize I had contracted H1N1 until they told me. I couldn’t express my gratitude at that point though, as they were sealing me into plastic for transport...

Author: By Zachariah P. Hughes | Title: A Quarantine Story | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...Dewolfe building, since I’d always wanted a room with a kitchen or a carpet. Sadly I got to enjoy neither, as I was quickly rushed into a small, lightless room sprinkled with the trash and human residue of former occupants. The kindly proctor who unsealed the plastic encasing me offered to get some of my stuff, to make the cell a little more quaint and comfortable. I asked him for my laptop, some books to read with all my free, imprisoned time, and a second pair of underwear. “No problem...

Author: By Zachariah P. Hughes | Title: A Quarantine Story | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

When the check arrives at the Patpong Thai restaurant in Chingford, England, Reg Burrows usually pays with plastic. But Burrows, the owner of an industrial-storage-supply firm, doesn't pull out Visa or American Express. He pulls out Bartercard. As a member of the Bartercard trading network, Burrows receives "trade pounds" instead of cash whenever his firm, Global Equipment Trading, works for fellow Bartercard clients. He can then spend that credit at any of the 75,000 member businesses around the world, including Patpong Thai, where he frequently entertains clients. So far this year, Burrows has exchanged around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bartering: Have Hotel, Need Haircut | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...triangles from yellow construction paper and tape them to your shirt. Carry a plastic cup labeled ”guacamole...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Dress Up as a Burrito, Get a Free Burrito | 10/31/2009 | See Source »

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