Apocalypto

- "Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" hits theaters today... Need I say more?

- On a more serious note, as the conflict in Lebanon rages onward, check out journalist and author Jon Lee Anderson's newest piece in this weeks New Yorker about the war. He interviews many interesting people on both sides and really gives a decent firsthand account of the scene over there.

- Speaking of Israel, Mel Gibson has found himself in quite a bit of trouble lately. A lot of people are claiming this is the end of his career, since he claimed that Jews start all wars in the world (See: World War II) but neglected to remember that they run Hollywood, his former place of employment...

- Speaking of cars, three major automakers (GM, Ford, and Mazda) announced a deal with Apple to bring iPods into new cars. Sick! No more tape-player converter in my car!

- BC announced yesterday, via email to students, that the anyone under 21 who is caught in the Mods during a "special event" (i.e. football game, Marathon Monday) will lose their chance of living there during their senior year. Does this mean underage drinking is permited at all times besides when the alumni donors are around? Like half of them arent as drunk as the students goin to the games! Ever been to the Mod parking lot and seen your precious alumni, Fr. Leahy?

- I am going to now do a plug for a movie. 2006 has been, to this point, a pretty bad year for movies. Nevertheless, I have been seeing some pretty promising previews lately. One of these, "Children of Men," looks really interesting and I mention it here because the premise of the movie is that society has become so bad that women are no longer fertile and Clive Owen, just a normal guy, is forced to protect the one girl on Earth who is pregnant. Far fetched? Sure. Awesome? Probably. There a bunch of others but maybe I will dedicate a whole post to "Fall Movie Preview" in an effort to amp up the nonexistant Patriot Arts section.