Whose Faulty Vision

August in NYC

I saw 15.5 plays/musicals this month.

I paid to see 0 of them.

I love August in NYC.

Wall-E

I finally got around to seeing Wall-E, and I’m really impressed at how much Pixar has matured lately. I mean, Toy Story and A Bug’s Life and Pixar’s other early movies were very well-done, don’t get me wrong. But Wall-E isn’t just a great animated movie. It isn’t just a great children’s movie. It’s a great movie, period. I think I may have to get it on Blu-Ray when it comes out.

Quote of the Whenever

Quote of the Whenever:

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a
concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and
immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could
be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would
no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be
crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane
he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn’t have to;
but if he didn’t want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved
very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and
let out a respectful whistle.

“That’s some catch, that Catch-22,” he observed.

“It’s the best there is,” Doc Daneeka agreed.

-Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Link: Video Game Myths

An excellent PBS story debunking popular myths about video games.

Courtroom Drama Idea

You know what I’d like to see sometime? A courtroom show where some of the main characters are prosecutors, and some of the main characters are defense attorneys, and sometimes the prosecution is right, and sometimes the defense is right. You never see that, do you? You either see a show where the heroes are all on the prosecution side, and the prosecutors are pretty much always right (like Law and Order), or shows where the heroes are all on the defense side, and the defenders are pretty much always right (like the many Perry Mason clones). Let’s have a little variety.

Funny NYT Headline

My favorite headline of the day: New Fears of a Downtown in Germany. I can just imagine the suburbanites running, screaming, “Help! The downtown is coming!” (Or rather, “Helfe! Das downtown kommt!” Sorry, I don’t know the German word for “downtown.”)

Of course, they mean “downturn”, and will probably fix the headline pretty quickly, but as of when I’m posting this, it says “downtown”.

Christmas Dating

Christmas told me yesterday that she’s started seeing someone.

You’d think I’d be a little unhappy about that. After all, I was a little unhappy (or at least, rather mixed emotions) when Ex started dating again after our breakup. But no, I’m completely OK with it. That surprises me a little.

I could explain why that doesn’t bother me at all, but that would require a grey-boxed post and I don’t want to go into it right now. But it makes sense, trust me.