One of the strange lessons of the movies is that the eye is tolerant, almost infinitely adaptable: there's not much it can't accustom itself to, and pretty quickly.
What came next was what can only be described as the strangest history lesson I have ever heard.
Strange's first lesson, however, comes from the Ancient One's meta-martial artistry.
Strange to say, that lesson is taught primarily through the fight scenes.
They had assured us on some primal level that everything was all right in this shaggy oddball world: the Muppet craziness, the gritty city streets, the lessons and strange characters we encounter in life.
The National League West, better known to its detractors as the N.L. Worst, should be teaching the monarchs of Major League Baseball a lesson, if the strange situation there doesn't embarrass baseball first.
Perhaps this is the most important lesson from the strange case of Libya.
If your teacher won't let you take notes during the lesson (for some strange, twisted reason), ask or find a handout that you can rewrite for yourself.
And so it may seem a strange place to look for lessons for the rest of America.
This country was a strange place to learn these lessons, considering I was in the Middle East, a hotbed of conflict.
