Springing Along

Way to Go Big Guy!!!!

I received some very welcome but unsurprising news yesterday from my Favorite Son. He received a big promotion at work that he had been hoping for. I say unsurprising because anybody who reads this blog regularly knows how singularly proud I am of that young man. He was concerned a few years ago when he changed firms that he would have to wait longer than he wanted to for this promotion. Talent will always establish it's own worth and it certainly did here. He's worked his butt off and is being rewarded for it. I could not possibly be more proud of him, now let's start a conversation about adding to the stock of grandchildren. Today's crop of pictures should only assist in the motivation since his goddaughter is so undeniably perfect.

The winter of our extreme content added yet another chapter yesterday where every New England town seemed to break all-time records for high temperatures. Last year, when we still had a healthy blanket of snow on the ground on this date suffers in comparison to this year’s temperatures in the high 70’s. I always love the first very warm day on the year. It’s not just because of the reappearance of tank tops with the fairer sex either (although that’s part of it). New Englanders seem to burst out of their houses. There were kids out playing in their yards abandoning their electronic winter pastimes at least for a while. They were joined by adults of all description. I’m sure there’ll be a few more days of cold but the calendar is running out of time for any more of that nonsense.

Speaking of nonsense, I returned to the movies to see what King Leonidas was going do to London. London is Burning is not as bad as most critics would have you believe. Gerard Butler returns to an action role as a secret service agent incapable of missing with any weapon that falls into his hand. This is in stark contrast to the veritable army of terrorists he’s up against who would probably shoot and miss the water from the beach. With this type cast, which is loaded with talent, you would expect something loftier but this is a simple shoot ‘em up action flick with the greater London area blowing up spectacularly in CGI.

If you like this type action then you’re going to like this, I did, but I am one of those peasants serious movie critics hold in such disdain. It wasn’t a cake walk though as some of the editing, especially early, before things started blowing up, was a little jarring. There was also a criminal underuse of the Washington based characters, which included Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo, and Jackie Earl Haley. Criminal. As long as you leave the logical part of your imagination at the door, which you always have to with this type movie, you’ll be fine. For those of us who miss Jack Bauer, this was a great addition to our nonsensical movie repertoire. Critics be damned, let’s go blow something up.