On Keats, a movie, and a comment on the war in Ukraine
John Keats, the English Romantic, wrote a brief poem about regret over having laughed too hard the night before. The pop singer/songwriter Roger Waters wrote about “laughing too loud at the rest of the world with the boys in the crowd.”
i have started watching No Time to Die, the latest James Bond movie. So far, so good. Apparently, this is Daniel Craig’s last Bond film. I think he has been good as the character in a gritty, serious way. I read Henry Cavil, who played Superman in movies, will be the next movie Bond.
I clerked in an office one summer in college where one of the secretaries had a small sign on her desk saying something like, “I don’t have time to be depressed.” The title of this Bond film reminded me of that sign.
A brief comment on the current war in Ukraine. I have made a few short jokes about the conflict, don’t really know what started the war, and realize it is really serious.
My opinion is Putin is a bit off kilter. bearing a dangerous grudge from the disintegration of the U.S.S.R. Ideally, the United Nations or some other global organization should require that its member countries not allow their leaders to hold senior positions for more than ten years. I think the U.S. was right about that with the eight-year limit on presidential service.