Hard to believe but tomorrow is Easter. Even harder to believe that next week marks the beginning of April. Almost a quarter of the way through the year.

We had our monthly artsy fartsy movie today. Once a month some people from the church get together to see a movie (usually an independent or small budget film). Today we saw Schultze Gets The Blues, a movie about a mine worker who retires and has to figure out what to do with his life. He decides to take up the accordion and ends up going to Texas. The adventure that follows is touching and funny. By the way, the film is in German (w/subtitles of course) and the language barrier is just one of the things that makes the journey interesting.

Ridiculous item of the day: Have clothes, won't wrestle. The amateur sumo association in Tokyo thought it would be a good idea if teenagers wore "sumo pants" while wrestling. The thinking was that kids want to look cool (and what teen doesn't want to look cool?) and the "mawashi" that wrestlers typically wear just wouldn't be stylish enough. The wrapped cloth covers the bare minimum but the professional sumo wrestling body decided it won't let kids wrestle at the national stadium if they are wearing pants. So much for modesty.

That's all for now. More later.

paul