Ah, yes. I went out with Benjamin Saturday, and took a trip into the Wayback Machine, reliving a very well done update of a classic cartoon from my childhood, Mr. Peabody and Sherman. They were part of the additional cartoons that ran with The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, and also included Fractured Fairy Tales and Dudley Do-Right. They were very clever, satirical cartoons, with enough adult references that they became fascinating to watch even as I grew older.
There have been a good number of movies made meant to connect with moviegoers nostalgic for old programs of their youth. Very few of them succeed. Mr. Peabody and Sherman is on e of the rare ones that do. flashing through history in a fun and playful fashion, they emphasized the charm and strength in the relationship between the two, gave Sherman and interesting foil and developing friend in Penney. The voice talents are very good, including a cameo voicing by Mel Brooks
This might be a B+ where The Lego Movie is an A, but it is still a worthwhile trip to the movie theater.
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I suppose I should say something about this being St. Patrick's Day.
It's St. Patrick's Day.
Don't get me wrong. I respect and admire the Irish, and their cultural roots. Heck, I'm part Irish. But I have to be honest with you. The holiday has never been that engaging to me.
I drink very little. I'm not quite a teetotaler, but it is fairly rare and inconsequential when I do. The wearing of the green was earlier in my life mostly a shield from not getting pinched. I've never been around that many people who were very intense about the holiday.
And that's particularly true now. All holidays in the first three and a half months are greatly diminished. Martin Luther King's Day and President's Day are virtually ignored. The only recognition at my work that those two are holidays would be this conversation -
"Hey, I can't get The Bank of the Rock to come to the phone!"
"Oh, I think it's some kind of bank holiday."
Aaaaaand that's it! For Valentine's Day, one or two people might leave early (6 instead of 7 or later), and that's about it.
I don't think anyone I work with would notice whether you're wearing green or not. I don't think anyone will mention the holiday, even in passing. Even clients who come in - mentioning that is St. Patrick's day is the furthest thing from their mind.
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The Wizard of Oz wrapped up at WACT. They sold out virtually every show, and had a spectacular run. The cast and crew have posted hundreds of photos and dozens of posts about the show and their fondness for it and the people in it. It's been fun to see, but sometimes I feel like a starving orphan with his face pressed up against the window of the candy store.
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Fiction writing is becoming harder, but I did manage a chapter part of History of the Trap. I wish I had time and the brain wattage to do a chapter of both that and Crowley Stores each week, but that is just not happening.
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Brief political interlude: update of the speculatron - looks to me like a Clinton/Bush confrontation in 2016, like it or not. I can't believe someone as off the deep end as Rand Paul will be a contender, but he is the front runner of the far right challengers. The 2014 elections I have a great deal of fear for. At this point, I am scared that rationality will not prevail, and that the Republicans will hold the House and take back the Senate. This will be a terrible, terrible thing if it happens, and I'm not sure it's what the majority of Americans want, but what with the lower, more conservative voter turnout in midterms, it's probably what they're going to get.
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72.4% of tax season is complete. Whoopity-doopity-doo.
Until next time,
T. M. Strait
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