"I can't parse that."

Nothing says "green professor" like the fact that the TA's (and prof) spend the whole exam period running from raised hand to raised hand. The exam was, shall we say, lacking clarity.

He's a nice guy... but he needs to learn that textbook questions are written as they are for a reason. Getting inventive, or not putting in the exhaustingly nitpicky level of detail that you find in such problems, results in a lot of confusion. Confusion in a subject like biochemistry is bad.

I did pretty well, assuming I understood what was being asked for. I'm rarely in as much doubt as I am this time.

The last American Hee-ro

We watched "Vanishing Point" tonight. 1971, described as THE car chase movie.

We agreed that it amounted to a lot of rolls off a random encounters table... in combination with an "early 70's stereotypes" checklist. The cinematography was good, if somewhat odd.

Oh, and there were zombies. Despite the fact that it was not a zombie film. They were completely ignored, had nothing to do with plot despite being present for most of the film, and became the most surreal element of the entire thing.

It wasn't bad, overall. See it with a friend, and get ready for lots of wide open spaces and driving scenes. And some nice nudity.