Serendipity is a major contributor to scientific advancement. It's also a good chance to expand yourself. Wish I got more of it more often.
Last night we hit the Lackluster to rent a movie. We picked up Real Genius, which I had never seen in its entirety, but I also wanted either The Full Monty or Four Weddings and a Funeral. We decided on Full Monty and grabbed the box, paid up, and left.
The night's events included some, ahem, cuddle time, a little fudge dessert, the screening of Real Genius, and some hair coloration exercises. But during the first dye-imposed waiting period, we popped in the other movie, to find that it was not Full Monty at all. It was Galaxies Are Colliding
, something we never heard of. The only face there that was familiar to me was that of Kelsey Grammer.
But oh this thing was funny! And it was funny in a way that totally complimented Real Genius, in a science-y way, a geeky way, and angst-ridden way, and yet a way that was grown up as opposed to Genius' juvenile way.
It was fairly enjoyable. There are some highly quotable lines in there. In one scene that sticks out in my mind, Adam is talking to his would-be father-in-law, a minister, about religion. He points out that nobody knows anything about the Truth until they die. He says we spend our entire lives searching for meaning, but that to truly find it, we have to step out in front of a bus. The only consolation that religion gives us is -- it's God who's driving the bus.
