flying monkeys, natch.

That's a fantastic answer, Mike. Not the one I was looking for, but fantastic nonetheless.

They all are, or make references to, a city on a hill.

That, Matthew, by contrast, is just weak. You might as well say that they're all concerned in one way or another with natural disasters.

It wasn't that bad; I suspect you don't get the significance of the term.

I know. They all came in over budget.

I know the answer. I know the answer. But I'm not telling.

I've got another quiz-type question. Does anyone know why Felix's recent posts are done in bullet point format?

Ooo, ooo, it's aaaaaaart and I bet it has something to do with large, randomly spaced blocks of concrete, steel and other leftover bits of airport scattered around a desert somewhere.

OK, I'll give you a hint. You know those large pieces of concrete in Marfa? They're, like, the opposite of the answer I'm looking for here. In a weird way, Matthew, you really couldn't be more wrong.

They were designed by committee?

So the opposite of big blocks of concrete would be... little blocks of... brick. Yellow bricks, about the shape of the King James bible, used to build the side walls of the UN Secretariat building, making them vertical yellow brick roads, sort of.

Not being a friend of Dorothy, as it were, I'm a bit stumped by what could be so different about the movie and book versions of Oz to cause you to draw the distinction.

It seems to me that most of Matthew's online life of late has consisted, in some form or another, of his demonstrating or asserting his heterosexuality. But I can assure you all that such an orientation is no obstacle in this particular case.

invisible, omnipotent power

superficial omniscience

This page says the UN, the Wizard of Oz and King James were all "Crown Templars". Which just goes to show you can find anything on google, but that doesn't mean it's right.

http://www.worldnewsstand.net/history/The_Crown_Temple.htm

Unicorns.

Felix, you presume too much. I only meant it to mean that I'm not so familiar with the movie to know why you'd cite it specifically, instead of the book.

It's unicorns, isn't it? I knew it.

actually- i think the big difference between the book and the movie is that in the book, the slippers are silver, not ruby? (the all-knowing Wikipedia of Oz seems to agree) so i'd say the answer is "fabulous footwear", but i doubt the UN's wingtips would make

...the cut.

Well? Well? What is it?