Sodom and Begorrah
I have less and less use for St. Patrick's Day every year. To "celebrate," after work I went to watch a Chinese-American themed thriller from 1937, Daughter of Shanghai, introduced by a professor from the U of M Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. Starring thirties sensations Anna May Wong (Shanghai Express) and Philip Ahn (Master "Snatch the pebble, Grasshopper" Kan from Kung Fu), it's a brisk little B-picture about nasty illegal alien smugglers. Wong's father gets killed by the evil gang (headed by a hilarious villain) and she and Ahn, a hotshot G-man, cooperate (and don't) to bring her father's killers to justice. J. Carrol Naish, Charles Bickford, and a young Anthony Quinn show up as a few of the baddies. Great fun, and a perfect antidote to the St. Paddy's Day blues.

However, situations like these are precisely why Ann Arbor is overrated. If you live in Ann Arbor and read this, please follow the link to Brandon's first post, where he provides an email link to contact the mayor and/or councilmembers. I don't drive and I certainly don't plan on living in Ann Arbor longer than I have to, but it would be nice to see this city become a model for sustainable living rather than just another boutique suburb.