Miscellaneous Musings

“As the hobbits are going up Mount Doom, the Eye of Mordor is being drawn somewhere else. It’s being drawn to Iraq and it’s not being drawn to the U.S.”

— Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), quoted by Salon, likening the Iraq War to Lord of the Rings.

A friend of mine (and my future Karl Rove if I ever run for office) e-mailed me this quote. Now I love the Lord of The Rings. It is listed in my MySpace favorite movies – the authoritative site for all things superficial about me.

I do not feel like writing a long drawn out analogy to show what a closet geek I am, but I feel this should be grounds for not re-electing Rick Santorum. That and his values which are mainstream. If by mainstream you mean values cherished during the Spanish Inquisition. Other things I have reflected on during the last week:

1) I am glad the Mets did not reach the World Series. I have rooted for the Mets twice, in 1999 (Robin Ventura was nasty) and in 2001 (Piazza’s post 9/11 home run was the second best thing to happen after 9/11, besides the reelection of George W. Bush). That was enough.

2) Borat may be the best movie of the year. The more commercials I see the more I am convinced that Borat may be the greatest comedy of all time. High expectations.

3) I feel bad for people taller than me that do not play professional sports. I saw a guy get on the subway who was about 7’1″. He made me look normal, which I am not. I felt bad because as much as I get asked about my height, this guy was just getting stared at weirdly. People seemed afraid to talk to him. Like he had passed from tall human to exotic and slightly dangerous animal. Poor tall guy.

The Prestige tonight Flags of Our Fathers Saturday Preparing for a trial Saturday and Sunday. Sunday night – no episode of The Wire so I will contemplate the meaning of my life and whether it should continue for another week.