Politics, Green Lantern, Fight Club

There’s only one thing I like less than other Brians who think they think about airplanes more than I think about them, and that’s politics.

For example, read this headline from an MSNBC article of this morning:

President: Financial markets dealing with steps taken to foster stability

That just so sound difficult in terms of reading. I don’t want to read that – is foster stability different than orphan stability? Regular stability? People with parents?

(QUESTION – Are adults (age 18+) whose parents have passed away orphans, or is there like an equivalent for “widow” wrt this?)

I’d much rather read this article:

Marc Guggenheim Offers An Update On ‘Green Lantern’ Film

I mean, in the former article, you get all kinds of stuff you have to look up in a dictionary, while in the second, you get to read about a guy who makes giant hammers with his imagination.

In the first, you get the story of a bunch of guys getting a free $85,000,000,000 for doing a bad job. In the second, a guy saves the entire galaxy from aliens and the color yellow.

Just the fact that you only have to learn about one dude as opposed to a bunch of them makes it better.

And think aboot this – if Green Lantern never actually gets made, then I’ll never know what would’ve happened in a movie that never existed. Is that how you want to go through life? I don’t.

One last thing, because I’ve gotten two emails on it – this is what you’re going for in the cold shower experience.

If you shiver and cower from it, you’re missing the entire point. Cheesy? Yes. True? Also yes. Or “yes, also” if you’re like that.

SERIOUS POLITICAL/SOCIAL NOTE: As someone who has had their email hacked and abused before, this whole thing with Palin’s email sucks.

I’m don’t care what her politics are or how many meece she’s shot or how many babies her kids adopt – this shouldn’t happen.