I read the following paragraph from this CNN article:

An executive at a heart disease charitable foundation who embezzled close to a quarter of a million dollars over two years to pay a dominatrix to beat him was sentenced Tuesday to two to six years in prison.

The first thoughts through my head were “You people are giving him exactly what he wants!”

*sigh*

When the masochist says “hurt me,” the sadist is supposed to say “mmmm…. NO.”

Good things from yesterday… things that brought me joy:

1) The massage I got at the Therapeutic Massage Center in downtown Provo. It’s on the same block as Dragon’s Keep, and my massage therapist is a regular there. She totally fixed my neck.

2) Addams Family Values. Sandra and I own this one on VHS, and watched it while she filled out customs forms. I laughed out loud. I can’t think of a performance in that film that isn’t spot-on brilliant. The only part I don’t like is the stupid rap music they played in the closing credits.

3) Getting some work done. Not tons — I scripted a week and pencilled 6 days, which is good, but I could have done better. Still, 15 rows of work is better than my average.

4) Laughing until I cried while at the Keep. Shaggy and I were filmed last Tuesday for “Spotlight Provo,” which is one of those municipal cable-access shows. Most of it was beyond lame, but the segment on Dragon’s Keep was pretty good. Mostly I was laughing at Shaggy, though. Oh, BOY did they pick a winner of a soundbite.

(I’m trying to get permission to rip and post that particular segment… we’ll see what happens.)

How did “No Immigrants” day work out for all of you?

Not the news reports. You PERSONALLY.

My experience was as follows:

Thursday evening my legal immigrant former neighbor Illyana joked about getting to stay home from work. Then she clarified, saying in essence that she would be working, and she was angry at illegal immigrants who wanted a free ride into this country. Apparently Illyana worked hard for legitimate citizen status.

This morning I drove to the Keep, and saw people who were apparently immigrants (could be 5th-generation Americans, could be last week’s fence-jumpers, I didn’t ask) doing landscaping. I saw more landscapers, again apparently immigrants, in downtown Provo.

I saw no banners, no signs, no marching… nothing. Business at Dragon’s Keep was hopping, especially for a Monday, and there were apparent immigrants (oh how politically correct I am — yeesh!) among the shoppers. Shaggy’s comment (tongue-in-cheek) was along the lines of “If this is what happens, they should do this EVERY Monday.”

In summary, if it hadn’t been for the news, I wouldn’t have noticed a thing. Howard’s Personal Politics are Behind The Cut