Saturday thoughts and ponderings...
Pissed off at the news for last night's top story being this whole John Edwards sex "scandal" (which was actually over a year ago). The local CBS news dedicated over six minutes to that piece of useless crap.
The next story got barely a minute and a half, kind of an "Oh, and by the way, Russia and Georgia are at war with one another, and next, the Olympics!"
Do people understand what a big deal this could be? The US has been actively supporting Georgia. Russia has bee slowly sliding back toward it's Cold War worst. There are likely well over 1000 civilians dead and an entire town nearly wiped off the map. And did I mention there's oil involved? Yeah. This could get very ugly very quickly.
Nice that it happened right when everyone in the world--especially the media outlets--were all focused on the Olympics in China. Nice coincidence. One would almost think that was planned... and with Bush and Putin sitting right next to one another during those glorious opening ceremonies. Nope, no tension there at all, I'm sure.
Needless to say, this has me (and anyone with half a brain for international politics that I've seen write on is) a wee bit concerned.
It also has some very odd parallels to something else I'm doing this weekend.
Friday, when the metro broke at Silver Spring, I decided to hop over to Borders and use a gift card I've been lugging around in my wallet for a while. The purchase? Something that I probably should have read about twenty years ago. Something that just about everyone I know has raved over any time it's come up in conversation.
Yeah, I'm finally getting around to reading Watchmen. Figure it would be good to have it well in my mind before move comes out and all.
And... holy crap, all y'all were right. I'm just over halfway through and it amazes me how much of an influence this book has had on the genre as a whole. Just... wow. Maybe more when I finish it.
Took a break from reading and went out for a while this afternoon. Figured after many hours of only moving to turn pages, walking a bit would be good. Was reminded that it's hard to do shopping when you have no vehicle... even more difficult when you know you shouldn't be spending any money at all. But I browsed through DVD players and decorating ideas in a few places. Didn't buy anything. Yet. But the DVD player needs to be replaced. And a corner or two in the apartment really could use some sprucing up.
The 80 degree weather is nice compared to the near and above 90 crap that seems a little too standard this season for my tastes.
Tonight I may go to Spellbound. I haven't been in a while. But, again, I shouldn't be spending the money. And it's not like I have any shortage of things to do.
Like finish reading. :)
The next story got barely a minute and a half, kind of an "Oh, and by the way, Russia and Georgia are at war with one another, and next, the Olympics!"
Do people understand what a big deal this could be? The US has been actively supporting Georgia. Russia has bee slowly sliding back toward it's Cold War worst. There are likely well over 1000 civilians dead and an entire town nearly wiped off the map. And did I mention there's oil involved? Yeah. This could get very ugly very quickly.
Nice that it happened right when everyone in the world--especially the media outlets--were all focused on the Olympics in China. Nice coincidence. One would almost think that was planned... and with Bush and Putin sitting right next to one another during those glorious opening ceremonies. Nope, no tension there at all, I'm sure.
Needless to say, this has me (and anyone with half a brain for international politics that I've seen write on is) a wee bit concerned.
It also has some very odd parallels to something else I'm doing this weekend.
Friday, when the metro broke at Silver Spring, I decided to hop over to Borders and use a gift card I've been lugging around in my wallet for a while. The purchase? Something that I probably should have read about twenty years ago. Something that just about everyone I know has raved over any time it's come up in conversation.
Yeah, I'm finally getting around to reading Watchmen. Figure it would be good to have it well in my mind before move comes out and all.
And... holy crap, all y'all were right. I'm just over halfway through and it amazes me how much of an influence this book has had on the genre as a whole. Just... wow. Maybe more when I finish it.
Took a break from reading and went out for a while this afternoon. Figured after many hours of only moving to turn pages, walking a bit would be good. Was reminded that it's hard to do shopping when you have no vehicle... even more difficult when you know you shouldn't be spending any money at all. But I browsed through DVD players and decorating ideas in a few places. Didn't buy anything. Yet. But the DVD player needs to be replaced. And a corner or two in the apartment really could use some sprucing up.
The 80 degree weather is nice compared to the near and above 90 crap that seems a little too standard this season for my tastes.
Tonight I may go to Spellbound. I haven't been in a while. But, again, I shouldn't be spending the money. And it's not like I have any shortage of things to do.
Like finish reading. :)