Gathering Darkness

I'm curious to know what our blog family here thinks the message to new graduates is. One of the school board read this at the Dixie High School graduation.

The other day I was reading Newsweek magazine and came across some poll data I found rather hard to believe. It must be true given the source, right?

The Newsweek poll alleges that 67 percent of Americans are unhappy with the direction the country is headed and 69 percent of the country is unhappy with the performance of the president. In essence 2/3s of the citizenry just ain't happy and want a change.

So being the knuckle dragger I am, I started thinking, ''What we are so unhappy about?''
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In the spirit of BBSpot's movie trailer reviews, I present to you a review of a movie I have never seen and know almost nothing about: Sex & the City: the Movie.

First off, I think we have to judge this movie by its title. Obviously, any time you are promoting a Hollywood movie, if you can get the word "sex" involved, you will receive many accolades from your peers. People as a general rule like sex. One author on this blog seems to have a hang-up about it, but we'll leave Wren out of this review. . .for now. I would say that including the word "sex" in the title of this movie would have been more bold if they hadn't already made a TV series about it. But since this blog is famous for its sexy algorithms, I think I should include the word "sex" one more time in this paragraph: sex.

The second part of the title is "& the City." Now, I think this blog's audience has a generally split view on cities. Some of us love them as long as they stay out of our basements where the computers are, and some of us hate them and wish Nature would wreak vengeance upon them. Having seen what that would look like in I Am Legend, it doesn't seem like such a bad thing, particularly since I think "the City" is referring to New York. However, putting the first and second parts of the movie title together doesn't seem like a return to nature. Instead it seems far more likely to be invading your basement computer lair, so I definitely give that part of the title as a negative.

Finally, the last part of the movie title is ": the Movie." You'd think this would be fairly obvious, but I hesitate to overestimate the intelligence of anyone actually entering a theater to see this film. It's entirely possible that someone willing to purchase a ticket for this event thinks they are going to a peep show or an art display. Really, I can't say for sure what they're thinking even with the final part of the movie title tacked on. Given all these points, I'm still a little confused about whether or not to give this part of the movie a positive score. I flipped a coin and it came up with Lincoln smiling, so he must be a fan.

Overall, I give this movie that I have never seen and know almost nothing about one star out of five because the producers were bold enough to cast Sarah Jessica Parker. The only thing she has going for her is that she married Ferris Bueller, so putting her in a feature film shows a lot of cojones on the part of the film makers, earning them that lonesome star. Who knows? Maybe it'll be a hit in Texas.

Anybody recognize something they've seen on Youtube before?