That’s what it’s been so far. Rain, rain, and rain, with a creamy drizzle filling. But the sun has finally come out, the temperature has risen, and it looks like I’ll have no excuse this weekend not to put on all those yard chores I’ve been putting off. Starting with mowing the lawn, which is about knee high and going to seed.
I’ve decided not to go see the new Robin Hood movie in a theater. Michael Medved hated it, and nobody else seems to like it much. Plodding, dull and grim are about the most positive comments I see. But I might have gone to see it, just for the swords, if I hadn’t found out it’s two hours and twenty minutes long.
For St. George’s sake, Hollywood–there’s no excuse for a movie to last two hours, twenty minutes! Length does not substance make. All it means is that you haven’t got the self-control to use the DELETE button on your editing machine.
A couple links. This one from Touchstone’s Mere Comments blog may interest Phil–in Scotland, a Roman Catholic historian has joined with a former newspaper editor to protest the “scandalous” lack of attention to the 450th anniversary of the Scottish Reformation.
In an interview with ENInews, Devine, a professor at Edinburgh University, said, “Two of the greatest legislative events in Scottish history are the Reformation of 1560 and the Act of Union [when the Scottish and English parliaments merged to form the Parliament of Great Britain] in 1707.
“The [300th anniversary of the] latter was almost ignored in Scotland. Now, there appears to be reluctance on the part of both the Scottish government and the Church of Scotland to mark the 450th anniversary of the Reformation, which was an event which changed the face of this country and paved the way for a Scottish enlightenment and a new relationship with England. I think this is scandalous.”
And continuing with the theme of European declension, here’s a piece by the great Mark Steyn for Maclean’s, about the increasing loss of liberty in Great Britain.
You can always rely on me to keep things bright and cheerful.
Great Scot! I’m scandalized!!
I guess a lot of Scots don’t want to be reminded that they were once a Christian nation. On the plus side, there is still hope for Britain. It’s just hope that wouldn’t come through official channels.