-Last night's Netflix movie was a goodie, a 1981 Richard Dreyfuss one called Whose Life is it Anyway. Dreyfuss does a great job of portraying a sculptor whose life is suddenly and drastically changed with a car accident that paralyzes him. He desperately wants control of his own life so that he can end it if he so chooses. Grim situation made palatable and even funny by the multitude of great lines that Dreyfuss delivers so well. Believe it or not, this is a laugh out loud movie many time over.
-Back to reading McCarthy's The Crossing - traveling with a couple of teenage boys as they wander around Mexico at a pace that is half walk and half stop. They have just regained possession of several horses that were stolen by indians and sold to Mexicans. Trouble lies ahead for sure since they are a long way from home and still down in Mexico where people are supposedly less law abiding, at least in this telling. The teenage girl has road off to visit her mom and is expected to rejoin them somewhere down the road.
-Top story in WAPO is the Barry Bonds indictment - do I remember that Babe Ruth had legal problems at some point? maybe it was marriage problems I'm thinking of.... Then last night's Democratic debate where contenders are supposedly stepping up the attack with only 50 more days till some sort of voting/caucusing takes place. Third story: SUV fuel standards - me bad since I have an SUV, an older one at that. And fourth from the top is the Pakistan tussle for control between Musharraf and Bhutto.
-Bush throwing money at a problem, says E.J. Dionne Jr.:
Bush's approach to Iraq is the classic case of a politician arguing that a problem will be solved if only we keep throwing large sums of money at it.
Hmmmm, isn't that what a 'liberal' does? Of course, Bush is not the first Republican president to spend, spend, and then spend some more. Remember the '80's?
-Weather: sunny with temperatures in the 50's today and tomorrow. Sounds like a good day to get outside and watch the leaves turn and tumble.
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