So I braved the crowds at the movie theatre tonight—and went to see Crash.  Honestly, I’m still digesting this one, and I’m not quite sure what to make of it.  Then again, I seem to have had the same reaction to Sideways and ended up realizing that I didn’t really like the movie, even though after both movies, people in the theatre started clapping.

I took a long walk after I got home to try and clear my head and sort some things out, and I came across one of those giant things the police put on the side of the road to tell you how fast you’re going—the ones with the giant LCD numbers on them.  This thing was going nuts—flashing random numbers from 25 on up to 42, just like you would normally see when traffic is going by… except there were absolutely no cars on the road, and the thing never hit 0.  I know for a fact that my walking speed doesn’t approach 25mph, so I’m starting to believe that maybe those giant devices are just expensive random number generators, and some company suckered police departments around the country into buying them at an incredible markup when the technology used to construct these things probably costs about $15.99.