David's Tangled Thoughts

I was able to see The Dark Knight Rises yesterday and I must say that I liked the final installment of the Nolan Batman series.  I had to suffer some boring stretches in the middle of the film but it all picks up nicely at the end.  I liked how previous characters from the previous films were able to make an appearance in some way.  Dr. Crane/Scarecrow was especially memorable.  The film’s slight twist on the fates of the characters was even better.  It wasn’t what I was expecting and yet I wasn’t terribly surprised so I left the theater satisfied with a movie series which I haven’t done so since Jackson’s Lord of the Rings. News of the penalties that the NCAA is going to exact on Penn State came in while I was having lunch.  The most notable of these are the post-season bans for four years, $60 million fine, and vacated victories back to 1998.  I am fine with most of it but not the vacated victories.  It seems like a smack in the face for all those past players who actually had

My friend Kevin and I went to Silver Beach in St. Joe yesterday to celebrate Independence Day.  We went a little earlier than I wanted to as Kevin wanted to work on his tan.  I only go to the beach for a little while—just enough to get into the water.  I don’t like spending time out of the water.  I’m always afraid PETA people will come by and try to roll me back into the water.  There was another point in Kevin’s favor though.  Going early would allow us to get an acceptable (free) parking space. The temperature was about 100 degrees but it didn’t seem too bad.   Actually, after wading around in the lake, I was getting a little chilly.   I got out of the water when some assholes brought their boat in about 20 feet away from me and dropped anchor.   The smell of pot was also in the air from one of the other boats.   I saw one woman just toss aside her beer can into the lake like it was her trash bin.   I told Kevin that I wish I had some ATRs and cause some booms of my own. T