Just saw The Dark Knight again with Ipsissimus, this time in IMAX. Wow — it was even better the second time!
One more favorite quote.
The Joker to Batman:
Don’t talk like one of them, you’re not! Even if you’d like to be. To them, you’re just a freak–like me! They need you right now. [...]

We saw The Dark Knight this weekend. What a movie! Much food for thought. It was chock full of symbolism and archetypes, of the hero, the shadow, good versus evil. The core of the movie is found in a line uttered by Harvey Dent, the hot-shot district attorney:
You either die [...]

From Reuters UK:
While the U.S. oil industry wants access to more federal lands to help reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, American-based companies are shipping record amounts of gasoline and diesel fuel to other countries.
A record 1.6 million barrels a day in U.S. refined petroleum products were exported during the first four months of this year, [...]

(AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
Lughnasadh is a Celtic holiday marking the beginning of the harvest season. I can’t help but wonder about the meaning of having a solar eclipse on such a holiday.
The past few weeks have been crazy busy between home, family and the campaign. Everything converged to make me feel like I was close [...]