Pride and Prejudice and Pride again

I'm using BlogThis! to publish this entry. I was just going to talk about the movie Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley. She's so pretty, and at first I was hesitant about watching that sort of movie, thinking that it's going to be another dry interpretation of a period novel. But I was wrong, and it was quite good actually. It makes me want to read Jane Austen's novels. In fact, I've always wanted to read the classics, just never had the time to.

Which leads me to say, ironically, that I've bought a book entitled "50 things you've wanted to know about global issues, but were too afraid to ask" by yet another political correspondent. What attracted me to this book was its frank, earnest views, put in layman's terms. It doesn't have all the answers, but it does put some perspective on common problems. Especially finishing late from work, I often miss out on the tv news, and have to rely on other sources such as papers and the net. This book, I'm hoping will remind me what the real issues are. And, it appears, Lui was most interested in it too, as I thought he might be, by wrenching it from my hands like taking candy from a baby. He probably thinks such writings would wash over me, in a wasteful manner. Well he's probably right, but it's my book, and I've got a right to read it, and know. So there.