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Yesterday’s post about the DaVinci Code was a barn burner. 11 comments at last count, which may be a new world, er, dump record. Especially because none of them were spam. Another dump record.

It’s St. Patrick’s Day today and crisis was averted when Junior realized he wasn’t wearing any green about 2 seconds before we left for the bus stop. You see, if I forget to wear green, well, nobody cares. But when you are in first grade, this is the kind of thing that can ruin your day. That’s the cool thing about elementary school, if you ask me. That love of celebrating anything and everything (as long as it isn’t Halloween, Easter or Christmas, because, well, we won’t go there, right?). I’m sure there’s going to be something green to eat and drink today. And stories about pots of gold and lucky clover.

Here at work? Not so much.

[Warning: Rant ahead]

Nothing gets the old heart pumping faster than reading about Cardinal Bertone with his knickers in a twist over a work of fiction. Apparently, Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code is dangerous to idiot Catholics all over the globe who are confusing fiction with truth. Instead of ranting and raving about Brown and his book, why don’t you worry about things that are actually important, sir? I can think of many MANY things going on in the world today that you should be focusing your energy on. It’s FICTION. To call it “rotten fruit” is subjective at best, but to actually take the stance that it is a “sackful of lies” is well, um, er, *cough* sort of how one might choose to actually define fiction. So way to pick something to take a stand on. It’s right up there with Dan Quayle attacking the sit-com Murphy Brown for glamorizing single motherhood.

But you go, sir. You fight the good fight, and all the people dying of starvation, and the ones dying of AIDs (cause heaven forbid they be allowed to use condoms) will just take care of themselves.

I just posted the new Still Life With Interview. Actually, there are two new ones because apparently I never pressed the publish button for the french fry one. D’oh! So go have fun!

Mr. Dump sent me a link to an article that said five of the Red Sox just taped an episode of Queer Eye. I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to seeing this. And no, before some of you start to hyperventilate, they didn’t make Damon cut his hair.

So I sent him back a link to a humorous article about how any piece of classic literature can be made better by adding Kevin Millar.

And so, I share with all of you, too.

We saw Robots Sunday night and I enjoyed all the previews. Everyone in our group turned to look at Mr. Dump when they showed the preview for the Jimmy Fallon/Drew Barrymore movie Fever Pitch about the obsessed Red Sox fan. Actually, because a lot of it was filmed during actual games last season, the cameramen would always show us when they were filming in the stands, so I feel more connected to that movie. Plus it includes the road to the World Series. Hey, it’s about the Red Sox, so it has to be good, right?

We are also now looking forward to seeing the new Herbie movie. It actually looks really perfect for seven year old boys. And of course, the new Star Wars Trailer. So far, so good.

Oh, my thoughts on Robots: Amazing to look at. You forget it’s animation half the time. But I just can’t give it more than a B, and I can’t even put my finger on why. Maybe the story was a little too thin, and the script a little too light on jokes and heavy on Robin Williams. Wayyyy too heavy on Robin Williams. I love the guy, but I didn’t know he’d have every other line in the movie. So yes, see it. There are two scenes that will make you say “wow” and I actually preferred the one that they aren’t hawking as The Greatest Animated Scene Ever Filmed (or whatever they are saying. Sheesh.). If you’ve seen it, I’m talking about the scene at Bigwell’s house. I thought THAT was the coolest scene in the movie.

One last thought: my son doesn’t want to wear the gloves that make his hands “smell like boots.” I totally agree with him.