The height of boredom is...

watching a movie you've seen too many times already, just because there is:

Nothing at all on television worth watching.
None of the shows you want to watch instantly are available on Netflix streaming.
Your muse has deserted you and you are having no luck trying to write.

So when that situation came up last night I gave in and watch an old Chuck Norris film because it was available on streaming and I decided it would be amusing to watch him kick the crap out of Bill "Superfoot" Wallace.  Not that I have anything against Wallace himself, but his character in this film has major attitude problems.  Mostly from his abuse of cocaine.

Wallace's story is pretty amazing in and of itself.  He's probably the only world-champion in full-contact karate ever who did 99% of his kicking with his left leg.  His right knee was injured in a training accident and he developed his ability with that leg as a base.  That's overcoming and making the best of an injury.  That he also lost one testicle is fact.   There is a dubious legend that he kept the lost "item" and showed it off from time to time.  I find that one doubtful.

Ponderings today include:

Why don't restaurants who don't want their patrons make it a hard and fast rule?  No cell phone in the dining room.  If you need to take or make a call, get up and go outside.  Patrons who ignore this policy will be refused service immediately.  Then enforce the rule.  If someone decides to go elsewhere, they will be replaced by patrons who like the idea of eating a meal without having to eavesdrop on someone else's phone conversation; whether or not they want to listen in.

What is up with the media's obsession with the new mansion the ex-wife of Tiger Woods is building?

How embarrassed is Dennis Quaid by his brother Randy's actions?  Now Randy has been denied permanent residency by Canada.

Is it a compliment to say that Cindy Crawford's teen son looks just like her, and show him in a photo that makes him look a bit "effeminate"?  There are other photos where they can show off his good looks and still make it clear he's a boy.  Oh wait, that was the British media.  Never mind.

An alleged death threat by one legislator against another in Nevada may result in the guy making threats being expelled.  I want to know how they can do that unless and until they convict him of a crime.