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At work recently, I was given the green light to create a CD-ROM/print presentation for my organization's annual Open House. Naturally I chose XHTML as my format. Yesterday morning, I spent four hours in virtual bliss and left muttering under my breath: I can't believe they're paying me for this... I'm having so much fun at work; it reminds me of those enthusiastic employees in the Microsoft TV/print ads...

What a difference five days can make. Up until last night, I'd been completely cynical about the state of the movie industry in 2005. Some friends of mine wanted to go out to the movies, to see nothing in particular. I suggested Kung Fu Hustle and it turned out to be astoundingly good. It started out as almost noir-ish, but quickly progressed into a surreal, heavily styled comedy. It wasn't a particularly "smart" movie, and it never got pretentious. It's in Mandarin (most likely) with English subtitles, but I found that for some scenes, I didn't really need the subtitles to know what the actors were saying (as strange as that may seem).

I'm still in the middle of watching War and Peace. I think one has a greater chance of completing a doctorate degree than of sitting through this entire movie on one's own time.

Dude... I'm no. 1 on Google Images for the keywords small kurd.

Ok, I know I haven't updated my favorite movies for 2005 yet, but can someone give me one major-release movie from this year that is worth seeing? I used my veto power last month to prevent myself from sitting through Guess Who. The only two movies I wouldn't mind seeing now are Millions and Downfall.

I'm getting about 16% Firefox penetration at City-Gate.org. Hooray for the Moz!