Finally saw Van Helsing last night. Between the in-your-face overacting and the in-your-face gratuitous special effects, halfway through the movie I started thinking that I was watching some James Cameron fiasco. But then I realized that if Cameron had directed it, there would be at least one or two characters in it to sympathize with.

The friend that I saw it with rather liked the Jeckyl/Hyde character, but that one was gone faster than the opening credits were. I rather liked the creepy grave digger, but, well, I'm not going to let you all off that easily. You'll have to suffer through it yourselves.


So, you been following the elections? Something I read in the last week was questioning all the legal wrangling that is expected to start next week, wondering if it wasn't perhaps doing more unseen damage than either party really understood. (I'd put up a link, but can't find it. Anyone?) Their fear is that by casting so much scrutiny on the election process it will make the populous think that the electoral process--heck, democracy itself--is screwed up in the good ol' US of A.

Myself, I'm not convinced that that would really be such a bad thing. I mean, really. What is the worst thing that could come of encouraging Americans to take the time to think about the mechanism upon which all of the confidence in their government is based?