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Friday, January 04, 2002 Noted today: many prices seem to be shooting up as a result of the currency switch. Some restaurants seem to be using the change as a reason to boost prices -- likewise some movie theaters. All things considered, however, the changeover looks to be going amazingly smoothly, and while local television news stories about this air out negative aspects, they also make an effort to point out the massive, complex, unprecedented nature of the process, and that in light of that it's so far been easy, comfortable, benign. Pretty interesting. Went to see a Danish film today, "Italian for Beginners". Liked it a lot. Other films recently seen and enjoyed: The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Royal Tenenbaums Amélie Waking Life Bread and Tulips Mulholland Drive (if for nothing else, this one should be seen for the spectacular vocal performance of Rebekah del Rio) rws 5:14 PM [+] |