Poof Day
We went out to dinner with my father-in-law tonight and then saw CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR.
Pretty interesting shit, a true story about politics in the early 1980s. It was cool
seeing Tom Hanks hang out in coke dens with strippers, drink Scotch constantly and
say "Fuck" a lot. And Phillip Seymour Hoffman is, as ever, a genius.
The real Charlie Wilson is pretty fascinating, and the connections between the politics of then and now are startling. In the film, the goal is to train and arm Afghani citizens to fight back against the Russian invaders. It was a great effort, but we left Afghanistan immediately afterwards, leaving them to pick up the pieces of their shattered country, crushed by the Russians.
And who was one of the heroic Afghani soldiers we trained in military action and armed with
Soviet weaponry? Osama Bin Laden.
Tomorrow is our first annual Poof Day, our private pre-Christmas gift giving night.
I got Shosh two nice presents and one small things. We ran into Mark and Jocelyn twice
while shopping at seperate stores.
Pretty interesting shit, a true story about politics in the early 1980s. It was cool
seeing Tom Hanks hang out in coke dens with strippers, drink Scotch constantly and
say "Fuck" a lot. And Phillip Seymour Hoffman is, as ever, a genius.
The real Charlie Wilson is pretty fascinating, and the connections between the politics of then and now are startling. In the film, the goal is to train and arm Afghani citizens to fight back against the Russian invaders. It was a great effort, but we left Afghanistan immediately afterwards, leaving them to pick up the pieces of their shattered country, crushed by the Russians.
And who was one of the heroic Afghani soldiers we trained in military action and armed with
Soviet weaponry? Osama Bin Laden.
Tomorrow is our first annual Poof Day, our private pre-Christmas gift giving night.
I got Shosh two nice presents and one small things. We ran into Mark and Jocelyn twice
while shopping at seperate stores.