Haven't we had enough?

Not my photo (duh?); just great art.

My suspicions about our foreign-policy waltz-on-the-razor's-edge with Russia: confirmed.

On this day in 55 bce, Roman forces, under Julius Caesar, invaded Britain.

Nihilism

Nihilism is a sickness, not a philosophy. Of course it's boring; there's nothing to look at but yourself, and you're not that interesting. Get over it.

Seriously: nihilism is the very essence of monomania. It is the notion that nothing matters, that there is no more to life than what you can grasp with your grubby little fingers. Think about that: are you really surprised that it's a depressing dead end? That it leaves you feeling empty and lonely? Get this now: life goes on without you. Life goes on, and it's more fun when it matters.

Take that, F.N.

Then she appeared...

Big boy.


On this day in 1530, Tsar Ivan IV (Ivan Grozny, "the Terrible," though "the Fearsome" seems like a better translation) was born. Russia would never be the same. And in 1918, Leonard Bernstein was born. After West Side Story, American music would never be the same. If you're unfortunate enough to have not seen this movie yet, what the hell are you waiting for? I don't have much room to talk- I just saw it for the first time a couple of years ago, but holy bujeezus, it's THAT GOOD. Seriously. Looks -and sounds-- like it could have been made yesterday. I am still amazed.

It's probably not my favorite musical, though, all things considered. But it's a really good film, a great story, utterly iconic, and still fresh and original. (My favorite musical? I'll get into that later).

I'm watching a very tense situation unfold. We just sent a warship into the region. We won't win a war with Russia. I'm not sure anyone will.