I am very unfit. It is ridiculous how unfit I am. I am so weak that a small wind can blow me away.
I have decided to change that a bit and take up the one hundred pushups challenge. I will follow the plan as outlined at http://www.hundredpushups.com/
Hopefully after six weeks I will be a lean mean fitness machine. Actually all I'm hopping for is to start some sort of exercise routine. I need to get healthier both for myself and for my little girls.
I hope things will go well. I will let you know about my progress here.
Going to the movies has been quite difficult these days. I haven't seen a movie in a theatre since January. Two tiny babies and lots of work have kept me away from the world of entertainment. When The Dark Knight came out, however, I had to find a way to see it! I am a bit of a Batman freak and there was no way I was going to miss this movie.
I made a deal with my wife to see it on Saturday evening in exchange for some extra dishwashing duties. Overall I think the deal was fair. She had to stay with the little ones a few hours alone in the evening, right before their bed time, and I had to wash some dishes.
The line-up for the movie was huge. I got there over an hour before the show expecting a line-up but not that huge of a line-up! Finally the movie started.
I am not that good at giving reviews. My reviews are usually quite simple - I either love the movie or I hate it. Anything in between is a simply "eh". Well I loved "The Dark Knight"; in fact, every other movie up to now that I loved I have to move into "eh" category simply because The Dark Knight is simply so much better. It is by far the best super hero movie ever. Even more, it is by far the best movie I've seen this year (I'm talking about DVDs mostly since I didn't see much of what was in the theatres). Even more, it is the best movie I've seen in years! I sound like a dork but I really liked this movie.
This is not a simple super hero story. It goes so much beyond that. The struggle between the Agent of Chaos the Joker, who is played to perfection by Heath Ledger, and Batman who is constantly tempted to break his one rule, not to kill. The rise and fall of The White Knight, Harvey Dent (played by Aaron Eckhart) who is a symbol of hope to the people of Gotham. It is an experiment in morality. What happens when people are pushed to their limits. What happens when chaos rules.
There is more I could say but I won't. Go see this movie. Go see it now.
I wonder what chores do I have to do to see it again...
Henry Morgentaler has been awarded the Order of Canada. A man whose life was devoted to killing innocent babies is now given the highest award this country has to offer. This is one of the lowest days in Canadian history. How can he get this award after being responsible for the deaths of the most innocent citizens of this country.
He says he is proud of his work, he is proud of giving women safe abortions. Safe for who? He doesn't even acknowledge the kids he rips apart, burns with chemicals and kills in a most inhuman ways.
Archbishop Collins has issued a statement about the matter, full text can be found here (note: pdf file)
Canada's highest honour has been debased. Henry Morgentaler has been awarded the Order of Canada. We are all diminished.
A community's worth is measured by the way it treats the most vulnerable, and no one is more vulnerable than in the first nine months of life's journey. No person may presume to judge the soul of Henry Morgentaler, but it cannot be denied that the effect of his life's work has been a deadly assault upon the most helpless amongst us.
Canada glories in the names of Banting and Best, and the other medical heroes who selflessly brought healing where there was disease and suffering. Now it honours with the Order of Canada a medical man who has brought not healing, but the destruction of the defenseless and immeasurable grief. This award must not stand.
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