Monday

[nightdog_barks]

Beautiful weather. Bright sun, not a cloud in the sky, 89 degrees (31.7 degrees Celsius).

Watched a Canadian movie last night -- Passchendaele. It wasn't bad. The romantic sidestory was pretty predictable, but I thought the film did a great job depicting the filth and utter horror of trench warfare. Paul Gross was okay, but I really liked Joe Dinicol as the kid who wants to prove himself a man (cliched, but still good) and Jim Mezon as the Major. The scene where he shames the young, draft-age men at the recruiting event ("Eyes wide open," he says, and smiles a cold, cold smile) was just awesomely done. He was absolutely terrific, and I will look for him again.

Working on the Riververse story and hope to have it up for real in a couple of weeks. :-)

Must run a couple of errands today. Also donated to Planned Parenthood this morning because of this jackass. Pathetic state of affairs is pathetic.

Comments

[silverjackal]

It astonishes me outright how incredibly socially and scientifically backward the Republican movement is in the U.S. (Before anyone jumps in with "moderate Republicans"blah, blah, I will circumvent with "Where are they? They're not the ones in power. Reactionary extremists are. And the moderates are doing nothing to dethrone them, so one must conclude that they *approve*.") It's frankly frightening to me that these people could gain control over the United States. Every time you think the citizens of a modern, educated, liberated, democratic nation could not be so xenophobic, so ignorant, so medieval, so misogynistic they spit up some new evil. And you know the ones that come to light are just the tip of the iceberg. "Legitimate" rape indeed! Apart from a biological understanding dating back to the 1700s, he's a *creep*. Who gives such an obvious monster power? Brrr.

[nightdog_barks]

Preachin' to the choir, bb. And you are absolutely right about the tip of the iceberg. I do think Akin is just saying out loud what a lot of his cohorts keep under their proverbial hats. :-)

[silverjackal]

Heh. I like your icon. If humanity was descended from bears, however, I think our priorities might be a little different. The colony collapse disaster, for example, would not have proceeded so long unchecked...

[nightdog_barks]

*beams*

Isn't that a great icon? It's by cunning_croft if you'd like to grab ...

[silverjackal]

Heh. Thank you for offering, but I don't tend to remember to use anything apart from my default icon. I try from time to time, because there are some beautiful, remarkable, or funny ones out there, but I tend to focus on the writing, not on the images. :D

And now the Fiend and I must run off to dog class. 26C -- not bad for the latter half of August here!