We're off on an adventure this week, an epic journey across time, the Midwest, and Middle Earth.

The News: [the first 3-d reconstructed dinosaur cloaca](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/science/dinosaur-cloaca-fossil.html)

The Homework: The 1999 Disney/David Lynch movie *The Straight Story* about a long trip on a little mower.

The Argument: What's the best epic journey movie: *Lord of the Rings* or *Mad Max: Fury Road*