Sunday (coda)
Despite the devastation that I felt as a result of today’s games, it’s been a good day.

Stray Toasters

  • Okay, the Ravens AND the Dolphins lost. I guess that means that I have to find some other team for whom to cheer for the remainder of the playoffs. In fact, my uncle called this afternoon. He wanted to see if I was going to root for the Steelers; I told him that the wound (from the Baltimore-Pittsburgh game) was still a little too fresh for me to make that kind of commitment. We both got a good laugh about that. Then he said that he’d call back mid-week to see if I had changed my mind.
  • I went to Borders, had a Café Mocha and did some drawing.
  • Jess, Mary, John, Larry and I went to see Catch Me If You Can tonight. It was a fun (and funny – at the right times) movie. The score was by John Williams… but it didn’t sound like a typical Williams score. And, any movie that has a good version of The Girl from Ipanema in it can’t be (all) bad.
  • I like Plantation Mint tea from Bigelow. I am having a cup of it now.
  • I like “Boomeraction” on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. I got to see an episode of the 1967 Fantastic Four. In watching that (and a few other toons), I realized that some of the toons from “back in the day” didn’t hold back on the on-screen violence… or at least the implied violence; it was kind of funny to see Reed Richards crack some guy in the jaw. Twice. (You’d think that with a name like “Mr. Fantastic” that he’d manage to pack a little more wallop in a punch.)

    I also caught an episode of The Arabian Knights. Here‘s a minor recap of the cartoon from Yesterdayland:

    And let’s not forget the Arabian Knights. Led by Prince Turhan and Princess Nidor, this odd group of heroes did battle with the evil Bakaar to try to recapture Turhan’s throne. Bez, Farik, and Raseem were the three magicians who assisted the royal duo through an array of magical spells. Along for comic relief and a well-placed mule kick was Zazu the donkey.

    In light of our “war on terrorism” (and whatever else the Shrub can decide to wage war on), it was a bit odd to recognize that the protagonists banded together to protect/defend Baghdad.

And that, I think, is all for now. Once again.

Namaste.