No, not the bourbon. I saw one of these critters strolling across the road this morning after I dropped my wife off at the park and ride lot. At first I thought it was a turkey vulture (buzzard) because we have a lot of those around here, but they normally fly away when you drive near them and this guy just strutted across the road, bobbing his head back and forth. He was huge, too. I’ve never seen a wild turkey around here before.
We saw Invictus, the new Clint Eastwood/Morgan Freeman film about Nelson Mandela and the South African World Cup of rugby. Great movie — a feel-good kinda film. You don’t need to know much about rugby to enjoy it (though a passing knowledge of US football helps). Matt Damon is very good, especially in his delivery of the South African accent. Morgan Freeman is Nelson Mandela. You never question it for a moment. Some of the film’s most poignant elements are little nuanced side stories, many of them without dialog. The little boy playing near the police car in the parking lot outside the stadium, for example. There is an entire drama told in snapshots. The evolving relationship between the black security guards and the white guards who used to work for DeClerk. The game itself is filmed in all its grit and glory. The ball whistles through the air when passed. You can feel the bone-crunching tackles. The game is much like US football except no one wears any protective gear–not even helmets. It’s hard to imagine the damage done to their bodies on any given day.
I hear via the grapevine that there will be a fourth season of Torchwood, perhaps a full 13 episodes. That would be great!
Now we have to wait until September 2010–we being those who watch Dexter. I’m not going to offer up any spoilers here at the moment other than to say that the ending was a punch in the gut and a kick in the nethers. This season we saw Dexter reinvented as husband and father. Next season, he’ll be something entirely different. Perhaps a suspected killer? That would be a switch!
