Thursday News Roundup
- The Red Cross is coming to my office today for a blood drive, in which I would normally participate, but I gave the heart study 180cc 10 days ago. Do any of my nursing friends know if I have enough juice left in the tank to contribute?
- The Tarheels looked pretty good last night.
- Over the weekend I saw the "final cut" of Blade Runner, which is now playing at the Carolina Theater. I had never seen it before, but I had heard that it was greatly influential, but generally slow and not really entertaining in a hollywood way. I think I would agree with that. The future world that's portrayed in the film is one that has been reproduced over and over in other movies, and seems to be a departure from the futures depicted in previous movies (maybe because it envisions a near-future, rather than a far-future?). But I thought the characters were mostly flat, and the unicorn revelation adds a depth that would have been nice if it had been included earlier in the movie.
On the other hand, I work in a cubicle, not a film studio. I'm looking forward to reading Greg's review. - We enjoyed playing Super Phase 10 with our friends, the Darrows, on Tuesday. Brooklynne won... again. Super Phase 10 is much more competive than the regular variety. Also, there have been rumblings for a game night sometime soon. How many readers would be up for such an adventure?
- I applied for a part-time job blogging for American Heritage Magazine. I don't know anything about the magazine, but the combination of blogging, history, and date money sounds good to me.
- I was talking about taxes yesterday and I realized that I don't begrudge paying taxes because I certainly get my money's worth. And when I pay my taxes, I feel even more motivated to participate in other areas of government (i.e. campaigns, voting, volunteering, petitions, attending meetings, etc.), because that is the only hope for shaping the way those dollars get spent. I think alot of people lose sight of the investment-return relationship and the corporate (as in communal, not big business) aspect of paying taxes. I wonder if people in the colonial and new republic eras had a better sense of that idea?
- Halleigh is now consistantly saying "baby" and "dog." Whatever happened to Mamma and Dadda!!!?
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Could you donate blood and still live? Probably, if you're healthy (and I'm guessing you are). Would I recommend it? Nope.
Yeah, so he did give blood and has felt TERRIBLE all day. WE are hoping after a lot of liquid, a dinner of red meat, and a good night's sleep will help him feel better in the morning.
Game night? Anytime. We had a blast. We rarely get to play games, so anytime you guys want to...we're ready.