I was gonna kvetch about something or other, but today I actually had a really good Customer Service experience (an ISP that was billing for me no particular reason is actually giving me a full refund); the SF Mayoral election will be over tomorrow so I can once again look forward to opening my mailbox without having to worry about being hit by all the mailer's exploding out of it; and the whole BCS mess is one more step towards the implosion of "college" sports.

And then there's this review of Return of the King, which, as we all know, will be The Single Greatest Movie Ever Made. Ever.

"… The second half of the film elevates all the story elements to Beethovenian crescendo. Here is an epic with literature's depth and opera's splendor — and one that could be achieved only in movies. What could be more terrific?

Only nine days left till I see it (21 hours, 30 minutes, and fifteen seconds, actually) but whose counting?