Random YouTube Suggestions

Okay, in celebration of superheros and as a filler until my Spider-man 3 review, I wanted to direct your attention to a couple notable homemade videos:

Batman: Defenders of the Night
a so-bad-it's-hilarious film only topped by it's sequel, Batman and Robin: Dark Betrayals

Hi, I'm a Marvel...and I'm a DC
This is a flat-out awesome parody and so, so true. And I couldn't care less about some of those Marvel movies...I mean...Thor? The sequels are great, too.

Enjoy.

The Horrors of Chance

I really can't even begin to be able to tell you about my current state of mind. I just got some grotesquely bizarre news. You may have heard about a shooting at a mall in Kansas City, MO. The sister of the shooter is a person I knew and worked with at times in KC. And, although the victims of the shooting were total strangers to the perpetrator, I knew one of those that was killed. Leslie Noble was a senior when I was a freshman at Blue Valley High School. Upon hearing her name, though I had not seen her in 15 years, I immediately recalled her face to mind. I remember how she dressed for debate tournaments. I remember how bright she was. I find myself regretting that I remember little else about her. I am moved by the role of chance in this tragedy and find myself awhirl in thoughts about my own life. I hate to be so selfish, but, perhaps, even a distant brush with death can change one's thinking. I need to process all of this...