etc.

Braveheart (1995)

I like Medieval things. I used to study Medieval things fairly intensely before I became a librarian, so I’m pretty sure that when I first saw this movie (in 1995, when I was embroilled in the study of Medieval things), I liked it somewhat. And while seeing it again, 9 years later, was a good thing because it sort of reminded me why I liked studying Medieval things, it also just sealed my disdain for big hollywood pictures. This disdain is the direct result of me being sick to death of the christ-the-saviour paradigm, it seems to me that movie-goers should have had enough of the underdog-saves-selflessly-then-perishes-at-hands-of-ruthless-leader formula. I know I am.

A few things, some personal, some not:

• I’ve started posting to bibliolatry.net again, finally. My mission with that blog has changed somewhat, read more about it here.
• Yep, yesterday’s post was sort of about me getting shouted at when I was in my car, hunkered over by the curb while another car passed, right in front of my house. But it was also about a lot more than that.
• I’ve never been a fan of Howard Stern’s brand of humour, but I do think what’s happening to him these days is ludicrous.
• Psalm 2003, my favourite.
• On writing & thinking.
• If I were a book, this is the book I’d be. And you?