1) So I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull last night and I'll say this about it: George Lucas had a certain point he wanted to get to, and everything be damned we are going to get there. Ramp up and ramp up and ramp up again the insanity (and sprinkle in a much older and wiser Indiana who seems from the beginning to regret some personal decisions he has made and it's a darn good thing he gets to chance to rectify those decisions) until we hit the climax where Indiana and Co. ultimately learn that nut-job conspiracy theorists and UFO enthusiasts are right about how civilization began, and everything works out, and, oh yea, a sappy wedding. Dana Stevens of Slate seems to be telling us to just sit down and shut up and watch the movie, though never going as far as putting it in the truly good movie category (which I suppose I can't argue with). And they have a review of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, which is interesting and fun also; I have seen several.
2) Speaking of antiquities: John McCain!!! But seriously folks, Rome ain't the only city finding caves these days, as workers in Galilee unearthed a cave with artifacts dating to 40,000 years ago, including flint tools and the remains of animals not seen in those parts for thousands of years. Also found, Lindsay Lohan's career. Also, a farmer kept a "priceless" porcelain dish under his bed for safe keeping for 40 years. The farmer and his brother seem to have these outmoded notions of family wishes and honor. Screws that, buddy. Cash in and move to Maui.
3) In sports, The Detroit Pistons beat the Celtics at the new Boston Garden, or whatever the hell they call it, to bring their series to 1-1. Larry Bird was quoted as saying, "Come visit Indianapolis. We're doing great stuff out here, too!!" The Florida Marlins (is there an emoticon for thumbs down?) swept the best team in the majors, the Arizona Diamondbacks, which I am sure doesn't make them the best team in baseball any longer. If you want to know who is, find someone willing to do the 4 mouse clicks it takes to find out.
4) The mother who kept her kids in cages...gets 20 years in a cage...eye for an eye, human rights atrocity for a human rights atrocity.
5) You can always learn more about your government, and this one is a doozy. Mistakes made in the printing process of a bill, if signed by the officers of congress and the president, stand as law. So that's nice.
6) And finally, if anyone knows of a procedure that will make my elbows go away, I would appreciate it. Otherwise, I'm just going to have to cut all my skin off so I will stop feeling so darn uncomfortable.
Well, that's about it. It's like Magic Johnson said: "A lot of black guys always ask me, "Could Larry Bird really play that good?" I would say, "Man, Larry Bird was so good... it was frightening."
Friday, May 23, 2008
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how can they have found artifacts from 40K years ago? if the bible has taught us anything (which it hasnt) it is that people have not been around that long and they also lived with dinosaurs. carbon dating is a fraud, and i know this bc i got an A in my jesus class last semester.
ReplyDeleteDinosaur fossils and other artifacts were placed here by the lord our god to test our faith as his children. Because the man in the sky who runs the ever expanding universe has the time to worry about how we feel about science based evidence versus a book written over 200 years by 70 authors which says slavery is ok and stoning women is fine, but don't wear cloth made from two different threads.
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