| | RothgagAnd the small town saga continues! Couples counseled, sick visited, homebound Communed, meetings met, &c. Today I trundled out about half an hour to the Lake Country (tm). This is where our congregations fled every Summer back in Fargo, and no wonder. It's like Paradise, sans the snake. What I expected to be an hour "getting to know you" visit turned into two hours of rather rollicking conversation regarding God, movies, politics, and international relations. Add some coffee and it's a marvel I'm paid for this.  Eucharist with several ladies at one of the local elder homes capped off an enjoyable afternoon, and I even had time to get through my "incrementals." (I read 10 pages a day of National Geographic, Smithsonian, Mental Floss, and Foreign Affairs. That way I get through each in two to three weeks, ready for the next issue.)
NPR informs me that Germany is going ga-ga for Obama. According to one rootin' Teuton, "If he were running for president of Germany, he'd have the election wrapped up." That's the nice thing about Germany: always knowing how those elections will turn out. Apparently the German president is currently Horst Koehler. Anybody ever heard of this guy? Everything that matters seems to get done by the Chancellor. Of course, your average American would probably nod in agreement if I asserted that the US has a parliament, prime minister, and grand vizier. 76% of Germans want Obama as president; 10% want McCain. (Guys, you're off by a generation. He didn't bomb your country. He bombed Southeast Asia.)
So, apparently, Hollywood is taking yet another stab at making a big screen Beowulf. This one is about a space alien crashing his flying saucer amongst Eighth Century Vikings and accidentally unleashing another dragon-like alien upon the hapless populace. At first, when I heard "Aliens vs. Vikings," I was on board. But when I heard "remake of Beowulf," any enthusiasm quickly soured. Nevermind Neil Gaiman's bizarre postmodern deconstructionist CGI take. (Is the demon in high heels? What?) Christopher Lambert also had an absolutely atrocious version set in a distopian future, and also a recent Grendel and Beowulf about some clan of ogres/giants recently tanked. Can we just stop the madness already?
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| | Posted 7/23/2008 3:05 PM - 15 views - 1 comments
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