When You're All Argumentative and You've Got the Face On

Congratulations to Ms. Nina Patterson for correctly naming "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead as the Friday Song of the Day.

I realize that I'm becoming a bit repetitive with these "drug cartels are taking over Mexico" stories, but it bears mentioning when one of the cartels in Juarez basically steals one of the Joker's tactics in The Dark Knight.

It was drug traffickers who decided that Chief Roberto Orduña Cruz, a retired army major who had been on the job since May, should go. To make clear their insistence, they vowed to kill a police officer every 48 hours until he resigned.


They first killed Mr. Orduña’s deputy, Operations Director Sacramento Pérez Serrano, together with three of his men. Then another police officer and a prison guard turned up dead. As the body count grew, Mr. Orduña eventually did as the traffickers had demanded, resigning his post on Feb. 20 and fleeing the city.

Men With Insight, Men In Granite

Congratulations to Mr. Joseph R. Halbert for correctly naming "Wishlist" by Pearl Jam as the Wednesday Song of the Day. Those of you who are paying close attention will note that Joey merely named the Pearl Jam album, Yield, which contains "Wishlist", but in my book, that's good enough.

Even though I was a week late, I went to see the following film this afternoon and thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed it.

For those who have not yet seen The Dark Knight, I can only add my endorsement to the chorus of other voices praising the movie. For those who don't want to see the film, well, you might just find yourself participating in "the pencil trick", if you know what I mean.

Thoughts on the film? Love it? Hate it? Disappointed? Surprised?

I would love to hear.