Random Thoughts

You know it has rained a lot when part of the route you take to work has become a lake. As well as the park a few miles away and the golf course next to that same park.

It's a lot harder to be a philosopher when your life experiences start getting in the way. And once you get over a certain age, life experiences are always going to get in the way.

The best way to keep one's illusions about any particular group of people is to have as little experience with them as possible.

If Donald Trump did not exist, some liberals would have found it necessary to invent him.

"Don't blame me; I didn't vote for Trump" is the new "me no Alamo."

The Big Bang Theory is the new Friends.

Pop Song of the Week: "Only Happy When It Rains"

Shirley Manson goes to where the wild things are.

I'm Only Happy When It Rains: Suspiria

If there's one thing director Dario Argento is good at, it's rain scenes so I guess it's no surprise that the two scenes I like best in his 70s horror flick Suspiria both involve rainstorms. One takes place at the beginning of the film when the protagonist (played by a young Jessica Harper) arrives. The other at the end when the Ms. Harper character flees to the accompaniment of the end credits.

Add to that a genuinely haunting score by Goblin and this film should have been a classic. Unfortunately, the stuff that happens between those two rain scenes isn't that great. In fact, between the so-so dubbing and the atrocious dialogue, the movie is often quite painful to watch.

But on the plus side, Jessica Harper does look cute with wet hair.

Whatever happened to her?