Solonor's Inkwell

Yesterday was filled with superhero-ish goodness.

In the morning, Pepperkat showed me a toy she downloaded for The Sims. It’s probably been out for a while, but it’s called The Bat Phone, and it lets your sims call the Hall of Justice to summon one of 16 superhero NPC’s. At one point, she had Robin, Thor, Superman and the Thing standing in the bathroom arguing over who was going to get to brush their teeth first.

More of these goodies (including an “Itchy and Scratchy” projection TV) are at Simslice – Original and Creative Hacked Objects for the Sims. End commercial.

Then, last night we finally went to see Daredevil.

I’m sorry, but the only thing that was wrong with this movie was its timing. If it had come out before X-Men and Spider-Man, it would have been hailed as the best Marvel movie ever. It stuck very close to the storyline. Ben Affleck was fine as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, and Jennifer Garner was not a bad Electra. Colin Farrell made an excellent Bullseye, and the rest of the cast – especially Jon Favreau as Foggy Nelson – were great. I did have a bit of a problem with Michael Clarke Duncan as Kingpin, because he didn’t seem quite overwhelming enough to me, but not enough to ruin the movie.

Almost as good as the movie, were the previews for The Hulk, X-Men 2 and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

The Hulk I’m not too sure about. Pepperkat said he reminded her too much of Shrek. It’s got Ang Lee directing, so I’m holding out some hope that it will be good.

X-Men looks to be bringing on a full-scale mutant war, God bless ’em. I can hardly wait for May.

Meanwhile, the LXG is even more exciting. I love it when a little-known (outside comic fan circles) title gets made into a movie. And with Sean Connery as Allan Quartermain… This one I have to see.

Now, where’d I put my copy of Freedom Force…

We went up to Mount Dora, yesterday, to have a quiet afternoon tea at the same place we discovered when Ejen and Snowgirl were here at Christmas (see A Spot of Manly Tea).

It’s sooooo relaxing just to sit and have a quiet lunch in a quiet village with the one person who cares about you more than anyone else in the whole world. My outlook on life has improved dramatically.

Of course, it might have been the Guinness…

Yes, even though there was a 40-hour gap between the last two posts, I still have to make a post every calendar day. It’s a disease.

I got an e-mail this morning from one of the wisest people I know. It went something (but not exactly) like this:

Why don’t you get off your lazy, self-righteous ass and make us laugh already? That’s what you’re there for, ya know. You’re funny.

But, I’m funny how? Funny like a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh? I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you? (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

Anyway, yeah, I’m back. I’m your blogging alternative to mind-numbing war coverage on TV:

Nick: It looks like the battle plan is to put our forces actually inside Iraq. Is that correct? Let’s check with our network’s military analyst, Dick Johnson. Dick?
Dick: Thank you, Nick. Yes, that would be a fair assessment of the battle plan unfolding. You see, by placing troops in close proximity of enemy forces, our military hopes to engage them in something we in the strategy biz call “war”.
Nick: But isn’t that a little dangerous?
Dick: Yes, Nick, it is. That’s why at least some of our troops will be carrying guns. At least that’s my best guess…
Nick: Let’s check in with Nora, who’s in bed with the troops… I’m sorry… embedded with the troops. Nora?
Nora: Yes, Nick, I’m here with the 4077th M*A*S*H unit at an undisclosed location.
Nick: Nora, I see that you’re very close to danger. If at any time you feel the need to leave the area, please, so so.
Nora: Thank you, Nick. It is a bit frightening being so close to Jamie Farr…
Nick: What our viewers want to know, Nora, is have you seen Saddam Hussein?
Nora: As a matter of fact, Nick, I’ve just been debriefed by several senior staff here, and no one knows anything about the condition or whereabouts of Saddam Hussein… at least, they are not sharing that information with me. I have, however, seen Alan Alda pass out on numerous occassions.
Nick: Thank you, Nora, for that gripping report from the front. Stay tuned for more round-the-clock coverage of Iraq Attack II: The Brawl for Baghdad…

So, I’ll just be over here in my little corner of the blogosphere, juggling llamas for your amusement. If you don’t like it, change the channel.

All the warblogging and anti-warblogging and political posturing and preparations and unease and tension and anticipation should be over now. There’s nothing left to argue about. We are at war.

For the right or wrong reasons – avoidable or not – war has begun. There is nothing left to do about it but watch and wait and hope and pray that those who chose to serve their country in this way will make it home alive.

I’m going to spend some time doing that, instead of making lame attempts at being funny or sarcastic or geeky or even angry.

I’ll be back eventually. Take care of yourselves.

I love you.