Episode 3

Saw the new Star Wars flick tonight, the Revenge of the Sith. Not a bad movie by any means, except by that core bit of cinema we call acting. Special effects galore, a do-able transition between the prequel universe and the "original" universe, and the makings of Darth Vader. I must say that the Dark Side of the force looks cool, if it existed I'd no doubt be a master of it, screw those pussy Jedis, they all die anyway. Sorry if that spoiled it for any of you, but if you've seen the first three (oops, I mean the last three) episodes, you already know what's going to happen in this one. There's been a lot of talk on how violent this movie is. That may be true compared to the rest of the saga, but hacking up robots just doesn't seem violent to me; must be all the TV. I recommend this movie to anyone who has ever seen a Star Wars movie. It's definitely not as good as The Empire Strikes Back (my favorite), A New Hope, but might edge out Return of the Jedi.

When Magazines Kill

It seems that Newsweek is in a bit of trouble. The news magazine had a snippet in its May 9th issue describing the desecration of the Quran at GITMO. While I see nothing wrong with flushing the Quran, or any other religious text down the toilet (I actually support the practice as part of a greater "War on Stupidity") it seems that some Muslims disagreed and decided to riot and kill each other in Afghanistan.

Now Newsweek says it fucked up and that it can't confirm that what it printed was the truth.

I think that Newsweek's credibility is about to go in the same direction as Dan Rather's, although at least he never got anyone killed. I can't remember another instance of a news source publishing a false story directly contributing to deaths, but I'm sure that's happened before. Until we hear more about this, I'll stick with Time.

An Alum At Last

Yesterday, May 15 was CMU's graduation and I was one of the many receiving my Bachelor's Degree. There were two different ceremonies, a graduation for the entire university and the diploma ceremony for my school (Tepper School of Business). They were both filled with speeches. Some were good, some went on too long, and others were odd. As with any graduation it was pretty boring. It hasn't really hit me that's it all over, but I've said some good-byes to friends and that's not easy. I've met a lot of good people here who I hope to keep as friends for the rest of my life, though I'm sure I'll lose touch with some. I don't really have anything planned for this week until the latter part, but more on that later...

A few of my friends remain here for a while, so I will have some people to hang out with. Of course, Kenzie will also be here which is the best part.