Val Recommends: Medicine for Melancholy

This film was released in 2008 but I didn't start hearing about it until a few months ago. Unfortunately I don't think it was ever in wide release. I went ahead and bought it online because Tracey Heggins is in the film. She's one of my new favorite actresses. She is so beautiful!

Anyway, the film is about bicycles and love. Yep, that's what I said bikes and love. Actually it's about more than that but I don't want to ruin the plot for you. And that's all I'm going to say. Except that the guy in the film is apparently some sort of regular on the Daily Show, which I don't watch.

So if you want to check out a nice film then this is a very good choice.

Rant: Local TV weather

When I want to know what the weather is going to be I really don't want to hear about what kind of pressure system is coming through or any of that technical nonsense. I just want to know if it's going to rain and how hot or cold it's going to be.

Now I understand that in most parts of the country the weather is more varied than it is here. We basically have about six months of sun and six months of rain here with some fog thrown in. It doesn't get much warmer than 75 degrees not much colder than 50 degrees. So why do I have to sit for five minutes including 3 or 4 commercials before I get the actual weather report!? And now I've answered my own question; it's the commercials.

Obama nominates an African American women to the Supreme Court (just wishful thinking)

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens notified The President yesterday that he is stepping down from the Court this summer. So that means Obama will be nominating his second person to the high court. The Obama administration has already thrown a few names to the media and among the top three two are White women and one is a White man. So it looks like Obama won't be considering a Black women.

Honestly that is not a surprise to me. I really don't think African Americans can expect anything from Obama. He's shown us already that all he has for us are speeches about us being responsible. He apparently has made the political calculation that he can dismiss us during his first term as President and we will still show up in 2012 to help re-elect him.

Of course he thinks this because unfortunately it's probably true. Most African Americans don't expect much for their votes. The Democrats know this and use that knowledge to their advantage. They have a voting block that will support them year in and year out without asking for anything in return. So that's what they give us, nothing.

(Thanks for the help with the election, Kamala, just don't expect anything in return)

So when Obama announces his nominee for the Supreme Court I won't be expecting him to nominate San Francisco District Attorney and California Attorney General candidate Kamala Harris even though she was a strong supporter of candidate Obama during the election and is qualified. Also Obama has stated in the past that he would like to nominate someone with more real world experience other than being a judge, which Kamala has. Anyway, I won't be expecting Kamala Harris to be nominated because, you know, she's African American, but wouldn't it be wonderful if she was the nominee.