If only George Lucas and Michael Bay would read this . . .

If you're often annoyed, as I am, by the "runaway" use of CGI in the movies today, I'd highly recommend that you read this post on Roger Ebert's blog. As he has so many times in so many ways, Roger hits the nail right on the head.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/08/the_effect_of_effects.html

A sadly underappreciated song from the master . . .

I'll Remember You

I'll remember you
When I've forgotten all the rest,
You to me were true,
You to me were the best.
When there is no more,
You cut to the core
Quicker than anyone I knew.
When I'm all alone
In the great unknown,
I'll remember you.

I'll remember you
At the end of the trail,
I had so much left to do,
I had so little time to fail.
There's some people that
You don't forget,
Even though you've only seen'm
One time or two.
When the roses fade
And I'm in the shade,
I'll remember you.

Didn't I, didn't I try to love you?
Didn't I, didn't I try to care?
Didn't I sleep, didn't I weep beside you
With the rain blowing in your hair?

I'll remember you
When the wind blows through the piney wood.
It was you who came right through,
It was you who understood.
Though I'd never say
That I done it the way
That you'd have liked me to.
In the end,
My dear sweet friend,
I'll remember you.

-Bob Dylan

Copyright ©1985 Special Rider Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k-q6siH2ZU&feature=related (the 1985 original studio recording)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVXdksxvIpg (the 2003 acoustic version from Masked and Anonymous)

Proverb

No matter how much money one spends on a car, the same birds fly over all of them.