Just some things that have occurred to me in the past couple of days:
- When you go shopping for pillows, they come in three categories, for those who sleep on the backs, those who sleep on their stomachs, and those who sleep on their sides. What are you supposed to buy if you tend to sleep somewhere in between two categories?
- Why is Pat Benatar’s most enduring song (based on how often I hear it on the radio compared with her other hits) “Love is a Battlefield”? If we’re talking kick-ass songs about feminine empowerment in the face of male ass-hattery, I much prefer “Treat Me Right.” If we’re talking just plain kick-ass songs, then “Shadows of the Night” is my vote. And if it’s that mushy, mid-80s, proto-new-agey vibe, then I’d rather hear — god help me — “We Belong.” But “Love is a Battlefield”? Really?
- Finally, why do Jedi dress like Tatooine moisture farmers? Or is it that Tatooine moisture farmers are a bunch of backwoods posers who dress like Jedi in hopes of seeming slightly more sophisticated? (The real-world answer, of course, is that Ben, Luke, and Owen all dress like the feudal Japanese characters in the Kurosawa movies that G. Lucas wanted to reference, and the look was retained in the prequels for the sake of continuity. But who’s interested in talking about the real world?)
That is all. Discuss amongst yourselves and get back to me…
