Inconvenient Wordplay

Sunday, July 30 (Angels are currently beating the Red Sox 10-4 after 5-1/2 innings)

Back is feeling better. Not well by any means, but healing is finally happening. Felt well enough to go see two matinees this weekend. Saw An Inconvenient Truth on Saturday, and Wordplay today.

Wordplay was pretty fun; if you're a fan of crossword puzzles, I would think that you'd like it. Pretty damn amazing how fast they can solve some really tough crossword puzzles. It sort of reminded me of "Best in Show" in the sense that there's a very serious subculture around just about everything (though this was not a fake documentary making fun of something, and I don't actually mean to belittle or demean it by the comparison... really!).

An Inconvenient Truth was not pretty fun. And I would think that if you're a fan of the planet, you should see it. If you'd rather have gold bars than the earth, then don't bother (see the movie; it'll make more sense). You know, I knew that it would be a bit depressing to see it, but I'm glad I did, anyway. It gave some interesting facts, and showed some interesting comparisons. Don't want to say too much. See the movie. And if you know anyone that doesn't think pollution is a problem, make sure that they see the movie, too. Kids should see it, though not young kids... kids about, oh 15-18 ish (if you know any). They should have to write a report on it, to show that they were paying attention. And then non-kids should grade those reports to make sure that THEY were paying attention. (or the other way around... it doesn't matter. Just make sure that everyone's paying attention) Well, okay, maybe you should just see the movie, and try to get others to see it. Particularly those that aren't necessarily on the "environmentalist" side of the fence. 'Nuff said. Here's their website:

http://www.climatecrisis.net/


Had lunch with Marc, Suzanne, and Lynne yesterday. I actually walked across the street to the cafe over by the Farmer's Exchange. Course my back hurt when I got there, so I had to sit down right away, but that's more than I've been able to do. A veritable action-packed weekend, I tell ya.

Here's Marc:


I think I caught him a little unawares, so had a kinda easy-going smile happening. Unfortunately slightly out of focus, so I may not make millions from it.









And here's the inchworm that joined us at the table:


Though I think that centimeterworm might be more appropriate. It was about a centimeter long when stretched out all the way. Unfortunately, though his feet(?) are in focus, his head isn't, so I'm not sure I'll quit my day job with this one, either.