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The Blue Haired Kid wrote to say the blog had to be written like a story, show not tell. It’s a blog. It’s all tell.

I am making an attempt to stay away from politics, and in doing this looking for a subject to write something short and sweet about.

This week, I could write about my neighbors dogs. Just about everytime I tell someone that my neighbor has two pit mixes, there is a quick response about dangerous dogs and irresponsible people. With the recent history of the pitbull, I understand a persons fear. I don’t understand the quickness to judge another human being. 

I’ll get back to the dog story at some point, for now though, thinking about judging reminds me of going to see ‘Get Smart’ Friday night. This wasn’t a movie I planned on seeing because of a couple of bad reviews recently printed. My friend and I chose to go because we both see a lot of movies, and so the pickings were slim.

I am happy to report that I laughed from start to finish. There were so many great lines in the film, and the characters were wonderful and, with the exception of ‘86′, they all seemed pretty fresh. Nothing wrong with Smart not having the same shine as the others. It comes with the territory when you’re playing a dunce.

So, tonight watching Ebert and Roper, Michael Phillips panned the film like he does so often. He is as Roper was when Ebert was still on the show. Michael Phillips is truly a bore, just like Roper-only he’s lightened up lately since someone on the program has to seem like they enjoy movies. If Michael Phillips went away and they had someone else in his place, I would be very happy. There’s something too old school about panning good movies, good entertainment. Just because the guy doesn’t enjoy it doesn’t make it bad. It’s when critics get into self righteous slash that they lose me. If they’re trying to be entertaining, they’ve really lost me. It’s kind of a different world now. Something about being in a senseless war maybe; it can be a reminder that the numerous people we all affect are real people, not a bit less valuable than each of us. Devaluation by self righteous snobbery is just a bore. I’ll continue watching the movie review program to be a step ahead of what is coming out, and cross my fingers that MP will be replaced.