Thoughts: Elf was a great movie -- it was touching, hilarious, absurd, and great fun. A perfect way to end the holiday season. A few thoughts on the latest presidential candidate debate. Good Wild Card weekend, except for a blowout in the Broncos/Colts game, starting with the Colts going up 13-3 after the Broncos failed to touch a Colt player, allowing him to get up and run for the score (well, the Colts finally won a playoff game). The Titans finally beat the Ravens, Green Bay won in OT, and Carolina beat Dallas fairly easily (Dallas fans can put this in the "bad" category).

Interesting: Human rights advocate Samantha Power had an interesting review of Noam Chomsky's latest work in today's paper. Also, a piece on interrogation techniques and torture, cited by an article on "Interrogation, Torture, the Constitution, and the Courts," is worth reading.


[To add to the debate thoughts, a few things about Sen. Edwards. It is unfortunate that he is stepping down from his seat after the end of his term; his voice is needed in our government. He visited all 99 counties of Iowa ... don't quite know why, but that's a lot of counties! His hair also is like mine. I noted already that Dean went to medical school in my old neighborhood. If a few try to make Kerry's hair an issue, perhaps I should choose my vote on account of Sen. Edwards' hair. Just kidding.]