Thursday, March 7, 2019
Worked in the San Rafael office today in order to train a new hire who's working on documents that are complicated and sometimes a bit glitchy (lots of legacy documents with amble instances of direct copying and pasting). Thankfully, it wasn't raining while I was on the road. We've had more rain this winter than any year I can remember.
After work, I was hoping to make it to Pleasant Hill to see the 3D version of "They Shall Not Grow Old," the Peter Jackson WWI documentary that has been on my to-see list since new year's. I wasn't able to make Pleasant Hill, but the Grand Lake Theater was showing the non-3D version at 6, so I saw it. Amazing. After the film, Peter Jackson explained the restoration process, which involved getting the right speed of the film, brightening or darkening the print, and going over 100 hours of WWI footage, hiring lip readers to decipher what the the soldiers are saying, and colorizing the prints. The result is magnificent. The takeaway, like most war takeaways, is that war is futile, pointless, brutal, and an endless exercise in the worst of humanity. How those soldiers survived trench warfare is something I'll never fathom. Bravo Peter Jackson for bringing WWI to life.
Meanwhile in the neverending saga of Compromised Asset in Chief, ex-campaign chair Paul Manafort got 49 months in the fun house when everyone was expecting 15-20 years. The judge thought such a sentence was excessive. Manafort will face another sentencing next week, where he may get an additional 10 years. Or nothing.
Worked in the San Rafael office today in order to train a new hire who's working on documents that are complicated and sometimes a bit glitchy (lots of legacy documents with amble instances of direct copying and pasting). Thankfully, it wasn't raining while I was on the road. We've had more rain this winter than any year I can remember.
After work, I was hoping to make it to Pleasant Hill to see the 3D version of "They Shall Not Grow Old," the Peter Jackson WWI documentary that has been on my to-see list since new year's. I wasn't able to make Pleasant Hill, but the Grand Lake Theater was showing the non-3D version at 6, so I saw it. Amazing. After the film, Peter Jackson explained the restoration process, which involved getting the right speed of the film, brightening or darkening the print, and going over 100 hours of WWI footage, hiring lip readers to decipher what the the soldiers are saying, and colorizing the prints. The result is magnificent. The takeaway, like most war takeaways, is that war is futile, pointless, brutal, and an endless exercise in the worst of humanity. How those soldiers survived trench warfare is something I'll never fathom. Bravo Peter Jackson for bringing WWI to life.
Meanwhile in the neverending saga of Compromised Asset in Chief, ex-campaign chair Paul Manafort got 49 months in the fun house when everyone was expecting 15-20 years. The judge thought such a sentence was excessive. Manafort will face another sentencing next week, where he may get an additional 10 years. Or nothing.
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