I think I need a new heart

1. While trying to look up a particular Chick Tract, I came across this new one. At first glance, it looked to be pretty dull, but then I noticed this gem of a line: "Jesus? Isn't that a swear word?" This dude with the mop on his head also thinks that "blasphemy" is a medical term, and there's some pill advertised on TV that can cure any STD immediately. And I'm surprised that the doctor doesn't consider homosexuality to be another one of his sins, considering that he's lusting after a drag queen in the ninth panel (in a thought balloon within another thought balloon, no less), and we all know how much Chick hates the gays.

By the way, the tract I was looking for in the first place was this one, telling how Islam was secretly created by the Vatican. Chick claims that much of his anti-Catholic propaganda was based on secret information told to him by a former Jesuit priest (the Dr. Alberto Rivera mentioned at the top of the comic). I can't help but imagine this Rivera guy laughing his head off upon learning that old Jack actually bought these bizarre conspiracy theories.

2. I had been badly in need of a haircut, so I got one at Supercuts, by a woman who, for some reason, kind of reminded me of Kellie Pickler. I never have any idea how to tell people to cut my hair, so most of my haircuts end up looking kind of lousy. I probably should start bringing in pictures or something, although I've always been adverse to that idea for some reason. One significant aspect of this new haircut is that I no longer have sideburns. We'll see how that works out for me.

3. bethje and I watched two new movies last night. One was Capote, which, while well-made and well-acted, struck me as an outside look at Truman Capote, in that I didn't really think we got inside his head very often. Maybe that was intentional, but I found myself wanting to know why Capote identified so much with the murderers (or one of them, anyway). Perhaps the filmmakers set it up that way to make viewers want to read In Cold Blood, but I doubt I'll be doing that anytime soon. The other movie was On the Edge, another one starring Cillian Murphy, who seems to get a lot of leading roles. The film was one of several set in a mental institution, but the only one I know of in which the institution is in Ireland. It was pretty good, but I don't really have anything specific to say about it.

4. Finally, is Kimberly Guilfoyle Fox's answer to Erica Hill, or what? (This question is dedicated to 3x1minus1, without whom I would probably have no idea who Erica Hill is.)