Film Fest

Here we are in TV stadium -- my living room -- watching the TCM presentation about this year's additions to the National Film Registry.  I have Tivo'ed the late ones, and so far they have aired three:  "Annabelle's Serpentine Dance" (a silent film), "Pride of the Yankees" (which I have seen but not in a long time), and "Powwow Nation," a 1989 Native American film, which was not exactly bad... I mean, it was good enough, and had a cute ending, so it was fine enough.  Next time is "Uptown Saturday Night, which will get me to 845.  Rah.  Then to bed, despite my being not-over-this-cold, and I drink enough coffee as it is.

I was listening to a history podcast about the bakers of Washington's army, and -- this is why I am not married -- I was fascinated.  An army does march on its stomach, and the description of the process of baking bread -- 5-pound loves -- was fascinating.  Building the ovens, obtaining fuel, cleaning out the ash, baking, running crews 24/7... it was quite impressive.  Hard to believe it was just done with but 24 men...

The Next Big Fed Debate: Has the Era of Very Low Rates Ended? - WSJ
I am glad they are cutting rates again, but slowing down on the rate cuts...well, I think that is terribly unwise, given that high interest rates have a negative effect on many things -- HELOC rates, credit cards, consumer confidence.  Our new Cleveland Fed Chair was the vote against it, which...does not exactly bode confidence.  

American Men and the Emerging Culture Shift - Chronicles
Interesting... and I hope it sticks!

Mom tackles, punches 6-year-old daughter inside Target - cleveland.com
I read this and was like 1) Why isn't this woman getting the chair for her activities?  and 2)  Why wasn't her husband charged? Really, we can do better as a society than letting people like them have kids.