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What I did this weekend.....
Friday night, the wife and I had dinner at one of our favorite restaurants -- Sweeney's Seafood in Centerville. Then we went out pleasure driving. This time, we ended up in Camden, OH -- a small town about 10 miles from the Indiana border. On the way there, I missed a turn and ended up on a road I was not familiar with. We passed by a shooting range that I didn't know was there, and there were people shooting something at dusk. I first thought it was fireworks, but when my wife told me it was gunfire, I got a little scared and said I was hoping they weren't shooting at us. (When I pleasure drive, I make every effort to stay on public roads.) We reached the small town of Somerville before we got on a round that led us to Camden. We stopped for ice cream (and a bathroom break) before continuing north to Eaton, then east to West Alexandria, southeast to Farmersville, then to Germantown, and back home. Looks like I have a new corner of the world to explore.
Saturday was our typical "run errands and shop" day. We went up to Fairborn to pick up a picture frame and mat that we ordered several months ago. I also stopped at one of the comic book shops up there to pick up a few goodies. From there, it was off to Huber Heights to pick up a pair of shoes I had resoled. Then we went to the monthly social gathering of one of the science fiction club we're in, and hung out for a few hours. Part of the group went off to the next room to play Eurorails, while the rest of us chatted into the night.
Sunday, my wife and I finally saw Attack of the Clones (aka Star Wars Episode II). Not a bad movie, but it still isn't my all-time favorite SW movie. (That honor goes to episode V.) It was better than episodes I and VI, though, and is about even with IV.
I noticed several recycled story points and lines from other SW movies, especially episodes IV and V. Plus there was the recurring theme of father-son relationships (Jango and Boba Fett) and "like father, like son" moments (Anakin's impulsiveness, and what happens to him in the battle with Count Dooku). And Yoda finally gets to kick some serious butt near the end! Cool! The down side is that the movie -- like episode IV -- is a series of high-action scenes strung together with a rather loose plot. And I got lost in the melee scene. But movies like this hold my attention. If I had a watch on, I don't think I would have looked at it at all during the movie.
Now I -- and the rest of the world -- will have to wait another three years for episode III to make the saga complete.
Saturday was our typical "run errands and shop" day. We went up to Fairborn to pick up a picture frame and mat that we ordered several months ago. I also stopped at one of the comic book shops up there to pick up a few goodies. From there, it was off to Huber Heights to pick up a pair of shoes I had resoled. Then we went to the monthly social gathering of one of the science fiction club we're in, and hung out for a few hours. Part of the group went off to the next room to play Eurorails, while the rest of us chatted into the night.
Sunday, my wife and I finally saw Attack of the Clones (aka Star Wars Episode II). Not a bad movie, but it still isn't my all-time favorite SW movie. (That honor goes to episode V.) It was better than episodes I and VI, though, and is about even with IV.
I noticed several recycled story points and lines from other SW movies, especially episodes IV and V. Plus there was the recurring theme of father-son relationships (Jango and Boba Fett) and "like father, like son" moments (Anakin's impulsiveness, and what happens to him in the battle with Count Dooku). And Yoda finally gets to kick some serious butt near the end! Cool! The down side is that the movie -- like episode IV -- is a series of high-action scenes strung together with a rather loose plot. And I got lost in the melee scene. But movies like this hold my attention. If I had a watch on, I don't think I would have looked at it at all during the movie.
Now I -- and the rest of the world -- will have to wait another three years for episode III to make the saga complete.
Episode III
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