just, you know, some thoughts . . .

[jcb]

it's so interesting how many conventions you just don't notice in television or film. i was watching a television show where the lead character is lost somewhere . . . he figures out where west is based on the trajectory of the sun and then points to where north is from that, only it's clearly more than ninety degrees from west. i think the only reason he did it was that to point north he'd have to point at the camera, and you're not allowed to do that in that situation. they would have had to cut to a close up and they wanted to hold off on that for a while longer . . .

apparently stephen colbert did a triumphant celebration of zarqawi's death. it's such an odd triumph. we took out a major terrorist who wouldn't have existed if we hadn't have started a war in the first place. does not pass benefit/cost analysis, in my book.

you should click that colbert link, btw - it's him doing this insane dance while following a congressman.

note that i just juxtaposed reuters' assesment of the public reaction to zarqawi's death with a video of an american comedian dancing.