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Mon, 09 Jun 2008
We took the kids to see Kung Fu Panda today. It is a fun little film... nothing too serious... very formulaic... and a feel good ending. Perfect for the kids. Berkeley and Eliana were quoting it all the way home and into the evening ("Skadoosh!"). The story is pretty straightforward. Jack Black voices a panda that works in a family noodle shop run by his Dad.. The panda's Dad is a stork (an explanation of this is never given). But the panda is a big-time kung-fu fan and really isn't interested in taking over the noodle shop from his Dad. Instead he dreams of becoming a kung-fu master. And as luck would have it, he is selected somewhat accidentally (but wait, "there are no accidents") to be the "dragon warrior" that will save the village from a villain that has recently escaped from prison. The panda, woefully out-of-shape, must train and master kung-fu in order to save the nearby villages.
To Wit... Helping Out at the Vikari's Home
For example, their yard had been neglected for the past 7 months. In order to showcase the home for future sale and with a potential buyer expressing interest for a whirlwind site visit tomorrow, the yard must be cleaned up and cleaned up today. But with resources low and with time running out, how will such a task get accomplished? Well, how about via 75-100 members of the local LDS ward? Seriously. I counted. I, like just about everyone else in the ward, got the e-mail requesting help this morning. It was a last second kind of thing... but still a tremendous response followed. As I noted yesterday (see The 30-Year House), the Vikaris are considered family by virtue of the fact that they live within a village of other LDS folks defined by some arbitrary geographical boundary. Is such an organizational structure crazy? Or is it genius?
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