The rains started yesterday. I

The rains started yesterday. I knew it would still be raining when I awoke this morning. The rain's going to last all week.

Work is taking us to see the Daredevil movie on Friday. I was never a big fan of Daredevil when I was a kid. I always preferred the X-Men or Spider-Man rather than Daredevil. The interesting thing about the classic Marvel Superheroes is that in the wake of the nuclear dangers, most of their origins were due to radioactivity in some form or another. Until the idea of mutants came along (which saved the writers from always coming up with gamma rays or radioactive spiders). Anyways, it ought to be interesting, as it'll be the first movie in a while where I won't be comparing it to the original work. The classic Marvel Superheroes were all based around New York and the East Coast. The Fantastic Four have a building on Baxter Street, Spider-Man and Daredevil patrol NYC. I think the X-Men are in Massachusetts.

I went up to fill up at the pump yesterday, and it's $2.17 a gallon now for premium unleaded. We're all just waiting for the bombs to drop now. When I was in High School, I read some of the prophecies of Nostradamus. This was back during the Gulf War (yes, another sign of my age -- where were you when the Gulf War started?) and the media had labeled Saddam as the Anti-christ. Now the interesting thing about the prophesies is that you can interpret them anyway you like, but the quatrain that always fascinated me was century 10, quatrain 72:

The year 1999, seventh month,

From the sky will come a great King of Terror.

To bring back to life the great King of Mongols,

Before and after Mars to reign by good luck.

This of course, refers to Bush's announcement of canidacy for President (which happened in June of 1999) but by July, in his campaign speeches, he was already calling himself president. It also refers to his past as part of the Texas air national guard. As well as a conflict in Asia (North Korea, anyone?). I'm not sure what the 4th line in the quatrain means... you'll need someone more versed in astrology to give you that answer, I think. Mars could refer to the the God of War, but it could also refer to a astrological position. Maybe it's Bush who is the Anti-christ, not Saddam...