We just got back from Atlas Shrugged.  I should point out here I have never read the book.  The limited exposure I have had to Ayn Rand and her philosophy, if one can even call it that, always led me to assume it was not my thing, and also, probably very stupid.  This was reinforced by the fact that the people who are majorly into Ayn Rand and Want To Share It With You at Length also have glaring personality defects.

So, I’m going to assume here that the movie is an accurate portrayal of the book, because if it isn’t, I would expect all those people with the personality defects would have been bemoaning in on the internet someplace I would have noticed.  Based on the movie, the following is a list of things (surely not comprehensive) that Ayn Rand had no understanding of whatsoever:

Law

Economics

Political Science

Governmental Structure

Corporate Structure

The Natural Rhythm of Dialogue

Human Relationships

Human Nature

and finally, subtlety, balance, and moderation.

I cannot regret watching it, however, as now I can completely ignore that lingering sense that I should have read the book at some point, and the movie took way less time.

In better uses of my time today, I started backing up my music collection to Amazon Cloud, and it is very easy to do.  Taking awhile, of course.  I need to pare down my itunes collection to stuff I actually like.

Also, I got a fully cooked brisket at HEB, mostly because it was their meal deal thing where it came with tons of free stuff, and it was actually pretty good.  The BBQ sauce that came with it was also pretty good.  While I can’t call heating a pre-cooked hunk of meat “cooking”, I will say that I feel I am getting the hang of “meal planning”, and also, the HEB Buffalo Market is quite cool as long as you don’t go on Sunday.

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