Spent the day in Bellingham running errands.
The stores were busy -- people were stocking up for some event that seems to be scheduled for tomorrow. Whatever...
The good news here is that we closed on a metal building for our Cider and Mead business -- this should be up in two or three months and we can get started.
I am taking a couple days off to do some much-delayed, highly-procrastinated, bull-headedly avoided, I don't wanna do it!!! bookkeeping.
On the plus side, I am trying out a copy of Peachtree 2007 and if you are as sick of QuickBooks as I am, check them out. There is a 30-day free trial available. It imports Quicken and QuickBooks data and it sports a nice, dry, clean user interface without all the cheap glittery tinsel that Quicken et. al. seems to be decorating itself with. Just the books and no "friendly" advisers for your actions. The people at Intuit probably wish that Microsoft BOB would come back and they must have Clippy as their Corporate Mascot.
And yes, wishing everyone (with two exceptions) a wonderful Independence Day. We need to take this day and remember what makes this Nation great and what our Constitution stands for.
The exceptions are the pencil-necked pin-dick writers (Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris) for Superman Returns
From Cinematical:
Truth, Justice and the Worldwide Box OfficeEmphases mine. This is not the Superman I grew up with and since when is Pride in one's Nation a bad thing that needs to be avoided...
This Fourth of July, why not celebrate the birth of the United States by taking in a movie about that good ol' American icon, Superman? Well, in case you haven't heard, according to Superman Returns, the superhero isn't specifically representative of the U.S. anymore. In fact, one line in the film, spoken by Frank Langella, is stirring a lot of discussion. The line revises the familiar phrase associated with Superman, "truth, justice and the American way," changing it to "truth, justice and all that stuff," upsetting many who see it as a disruption of the comic book character's tradition.
I saw Superman Returns tonight. Its a pretty terrific movie, even if Supperman seemed rather wooden. And in spite of the jab in the ribs I got from the spouse, when Langella spoke the line about "truth, justice and all that stuff," I said "The American way" portion of the line out loud so everybody nearby heard it...