Lest We Remember

http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/30/news/economy/legal_deferrals/index.htm?postversion=2009050109

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1NJyxONv5E

http://www.hulu.com/watch/64652/movie-trailers-where-the-wild-things-are

If you aren't already familiar with this blog, you should be.

 "If you carry the weather with you, then character is determined by the prevailing wind."

The trick is not to carry the weather with you.  Harder than it seems.

Walking to the train this morning I passed clusters of brightly-colored tulip buds, pushing up out of the soil.  Spring is coming and there's nothing anyone can do about it!

Beowulf was awesome.  Everyone should see it in digital 3D or Imax 3D if possible.  Neil Gaiman proves himself a genius yet again.

True, Beowulf is a story almost entirely about heroism; his arrogant promises don't piss you off, they make you side with him more.  He is right up there with Ulysses, without the whining.  But Gaiman wrote him into this movie also as an incredibly sympathetic, suffering character, who never ends up getting what he wants.  We can feel for him or condemn him; that's the beauty of the writing.  The script was excellent.


On another note, Neil Gaiman has just blogged about the movie and the reviews that it has been getting (Christians seem to like it, English teachers seem to like it, random people don't); bottom line?  Go see it.  It will bring you closer to God (along with f#&%ing me like an animal).

Yes, a cave will save you ... but wait.  Wouldn't suicide defeat your purpose? 

Sometimes I will look around and it will break my heart that no matter how long I look, I won't remember exactly everything just the way it is, and that the next moment, if I look again, it will all already be different.