Armastice Day (aka Vetran's Day)

Young men, soldiers, Nineteen Fourteen
Marching through countries they'd never seen
Virgins with rifles, a game of charades
All for a Children's Crusade

Pawns in the game are not victims of chance
Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed

The children of England would never be slaves
They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
The flower of England face down in the mud
And stained in the blood of a whole generation

Corpulent generals safe behind lines
History's lessons drowned in red wine
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a Children's Crusade

Sting.*



*Yes, Sting. Look, I know he's not Rupert Brooke, but it's a good song.

Armastice Day (aka Vetran's Day)

Young men, soldiers, Nineteen Fourteen
Marching through countries they'd never seen
Virgins with rifles, a game of charades
All for a Children's Crusade

Pawns in the game are not victims of chance
Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed

The children of England would never be slaves
They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
The flower of England face down in the mud
And stained in the blood of a whole generation

Corpulent generals safe behind lines
History's lessons drowned in red wine
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a Children's Crusade

Sting.*



*Yes, Sting. Look, I know he's not Rupert Brooke, but it's a good song.

Dear Pat Robertson:

Dude. You say God may send a natural disaster to this Pennsylvania town because they voted out 'intellegent design'? Well, working by that argument allow me to point something out.

Florida was hit by Hurricane Wilma

Louisana and Mississippi were hit by Katrina

A tornado tore across western Kentucky and Indiana on November 6.

Each of these states were largely 'red' states. Meaning they voted for Bush.

If we're going by national disasters as an indication of God's mood*, then maybe he isn't too happy with Republicans. So maybe you should rethink that comment. Before a house falls on you.


*which, for the record, I totally don't believe. Start thinking that, the next thing you know we're tossing virgins into volcanos

Dear Pat Robertson:

Dude. You say God may send a natural disaster to this Pennsylvania town because they voted out 'intellegent design'? Well, working by that argument allow me to point something out.

Florida was hit by Hurricane Wilma

Louisana and Mississippi were hit by Katrina

A tornado tore across western Kentucky and Indiana on November 6.

Each of these states were largely 'red' states. Meaning they voted for Bush.

If we're going by national disasters as an indication of God's mood*, then maybe he isn't too happy with Republicans. So maybe you should rethink that comment. Before a house falls on you.


*which, for the record, I totally don't believe. Start thinking that, the next thing you know we're tossing virgins into volcanos

Oompa Loompa Ompade do

Just finished watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. My Charlie is currently down stairs doing the 'oompa loompa' dance thingy that is on the features. It is extremely cute. Just saying.

I must say I liked this a lot better than I thought I would. Although I still love Gene Wilder's gentle eccentricity, I enjoyed Johnny Depp's interpretation. I was a bit concerned when they said he was doing a sort of Michael Jackson imitation, but it wasn't quite as bad as I thought it might be. And it was really quite amusing. That man is a flawless actor.

The only thing I really missed was the psychedelic boat ride from the original movie with the eerie song Gene Wilder sang. I mean WTF? A chicken getting its head cut off? That was just weird.

The most disturbing part of this movie was the squirrels; Charlie climbed onto my lap at that point, even though he'd already seen the movie when it was in the theatre, because it scared him. The idea of a child, even one as horrible as Verruca, getting sent down a garbage shoot in an incinerator by evil squirrels is kind of creepy. But they all come out sadder and wiser, I suppose.

I really want chocolate now.

Oompa Loompa Ompade do

Just finished watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. My Charlie is currently down stairs doing the 'oompa loompa' dance thingy that is on the features. It is extremely cute. Just saying.

I must say I liked this a lot better than I thought I would. Although I still love Gene Wilder's gentle eccentricity, I enjoyed Johnny Depp's interpretation. I was a bit concerned when they said he was doing a sort of Michael Jackson imitation, but it wasn't quite as bad as I thought it might be. And it was really quite amusing. That man is a flawless actor.

The only thing I really missed was the psychedelic boat ride from the original movie with the eerie song Gene Wilder sang. I mean WTF? A chicken getting its head cut off? That was just weird.

The most disturbing part of this movie was the squirrels; Charlie climbed onto my lap at that point, even though he'd already seen the movie when it was in the theatre, because it scared him. The idea of a child, even one as horrible as Verruca, getting sent down a garbage shoot in an incinerator by evil squirrels is kind of creepy. But they all come out sadder and wiser, I suppose.

I really want chocolate now.