Today was the coldest day I can remember us having since we moved to Arizona more than six years ago. Not temperature wise, but between the temp and the wind early this morning we had a wind chill of 10 degrees for a brief time – almost unheard of for these parts. Tonight the freeze warnings are up once again, but it will be the last night for that sort of thing: in the next couple of days we’ll be back in the ’70s and living like desert Southwest human beings again.

Maybe it’s just me, but this whole “Wikileaks” release of classified info doesn’t bother me one bit. It’s good for people to find out who the good guys and the bad guys really are, even if it’s within your own government. Still, I have to admit at being surprised that Julian Assange, the Australian fellow who heads the Wikileaks website, is still alive or free. After all, there are ways in the intelligence community to take care of that sort of thing. That is, if you really care about national security and preventing this kind of thing from happening. Which I don’t think either President Obama or Attorney General Holder do.

If you’re into that sort of thing check out this book, The Fun Of Dying. I find it both intriguing and perplexing.

And speaking of which…

R.I.P. Leslie Nielson. A dramatic actor whose career and persona were turned around 180 degrees with his appearance in the movie Airplane! For me, his Frank Drebin character in the TV series Police Squad! (and later the Naked Gun trilogy) was the best. Police Squad! was actually a summer replacement show, there were only six shows made, but the funniest thing I ever watched. It’s most controversial bit (it was shown only once, I think, then ended because of complaints) was the opening with a Abraham Lincoln character getting his top hat shot off and then him coming up firing – Funny as hell. Police Squad! was definitely ahead of it’s time and one of a kind. Lots of Leslie Nielson clips out there today. he was a classic and will be missed.