Well I have to admit it.  I was a skeptic.  I know you don't all expect that I'd write a movie review in my blog, but I just came back from the premiere of the new Star Trek movie. 

And it rocks.

Logically, I should be ticked.  It some major ways it rewrites the entire 40 + years of Star Trek history and continuity.  But the reality is that it's all worth it.  This is a gamble that paid off big time.  I hope that when the weekend comes, people flock in to see this.  

Go see it.  It's really a fun movie.

.....Is on its way out!

I love how the Republicans like to argue that regulating smoking in business establishments such as bars or taverns is somehow such a terrible sin against the private rights of business owners.  These business owners' rights to exist, to contract with others, or to express their first amendment rights are diminished by state interference with the free flow of second hand smoke.

Well, enough is enough.  And it's long overdue.  People recognize that the rights of the many outweigh the rights of the few, and for once, Republicans are on the opposite side of that argument.  The Tavern League has lobbied long and hard to block the rights of the majority to be free of cancer.

Apparently those opposing the ban think that eliminating smoking in bars will be bad for business. Truthfully, I think it won't be bad for business.  It will be bad for drunks.  More people will be able to go to bars and spend money without having to endure a hazy tar cloud.  

Hell, what could be better for business?