Christopher Hitchens

There's a fantastic interview with Christopher Hitchens here which seems to mainly be about the recent axe attack in Denmark. The victim was the chap who drew the cartoon depicting Mohammed with a bomb for a turban. Mildly funny, but apparently incredibly offensive to some very touchy Muslims.

The man in his 70's was enjoying New Year's Eve with his young grand daughter when an axe-wielding-maniac stormed into his house, injuring the man, and probably frightening the little girl for the rest of her years. I don't have the words to describe how horrified I am to hear about this. So, I'll let Christopher fill in the gaps:

These are some of the same people who say that if I don't believe in God I can't know what morality is. They've just dissolved morality completely into relativism by saying actually, occasionally, carving up grandfathers and granddaughters with an axe on New Year's Eve can be okay if it's done to protect the reputation of a seventh century Arabian man who heard voices.

Need I say more?

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Arráncame la vida

Last night we attended the first night of the Hola Mexico Film Festival in Wellington. The first movie of the season was Arráncame la vida (Tear This Heart Out) , the story of a woman who marries a Mexican General in the years following the Mexican Revolution of 1910 . I found it to be a real genre breaker as far as Mexican cinema goes. Over the years, we've seen several Mexican movies, and the general theme seems to be heart breaking tragedy, and rarely a happy ending. This one was different however. Although tragedy played a huge part in the story (I don't want to give anything away, but don't get too attached to the Carlos character. He doesn't last long..), the ending seems quite uplifting. Well, comparatively at least. The story starts when the protagonist is 15 years old, and being whirlwinded into a marriage with a famous (or infamous) general, twice her age. It tracks her sexual awakening as a teenager, through to her...

Older. Wiser? Wise up.

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Conchas - attempt 2

Turns out Conchas made properly are fan- bloody - tastic . The extra kneading takes it's toll on your fingers and hands, but the final result makes up for it. I guess this is true for all bread recipes, but it's cool to realise the fact through results. They turned out rounded, plump and were sweet and tasty. The sweet bread reminds me a little of a French Brioche, but the topping makes it less poncy. They contains lots of eggs and butter, so I guess this is why they taste so good. So we brought the second attempt to our Mexican friends for them to try, and the were very impressed, so I reckon that's pretty cool. I'm making some more tonight. I'll not bother posting any more about this mind you. I think you get the idea.

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