So in the
fourth Fight Club commentary they joke about how not-violent the movie
is and compare it with Antz, which has a major battle scene and
thousands of ants and termites die wholesale. And Antz is a kids movie.
My first response was "duh, isn't it obvious to you why the violence in
Antz is ok?" Then I thought about it more. I think in Antz it is
acceptable because when you get down to it, they're just bugs. Kids
kill ants all the time -- so no problem if they die in a movie. Fight
Club has graphic violence against people, and that is definitely not
kid safe.
I have to remember not to buy from Amazon.com. I placed an order early
last month and it still hasn't shipped because one item is
back-ordered. Now, they did warn me and gave me the option of
cancelling the one item. Contrast this with Barnes and Noble which
ships whatever they have and then ships the rest later. At least with
them I'd be reading some of the books I bought.
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Tomorrow Dave
has his 4th of July party. As usual I'm bringing as much steak as I
can. And I should have enough since I spent two week's of grocery
purchases on meat, plus whatever I have in the fridge, leaving me a bit
low. Gotta make sure to make some rice for myself. I've been slowly
running out of food since I'm also using my grocery allowance to buy
food for Friday gaming. Eventually I'm going to have to order out more
but I'd rather try to save some money.
Man, sometimes I think crazy thoughts. Citing lack of time as the
reason for cutting down to one game a week, I was thinking of starting
a BattleTech campaign to fill the alternate Fridays. The last
BattleTech campaign I ran every week, heavily relying on
combat-of-the-week scenarios that everybody seemed to enjoy. I could do
that again, and yet I also wanted to run a more roleplay-y MechWarrior
campaign. And in any case I would have to spend a lot of time
relearning the rules. Still, it is in the back of my mind. I'm insane.
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