Back from fishing up north — once again I caught nothing, but after attending my brother Matt's crash course in fish-cleaning, I've got enough walleye fillets for a good-sized meal.

I'm still mulling over the weekend itself, as the entire experience was more-or-less entirely removed from the sort of stuff I usually do. Fishing! Snowmobiling! Braving the elements!

Exceptions: watching football, drinking beer, and (in my free time at the cabin) reading up on libertarianism. These are things I do every week anyways, conveniently listed here in order of frequency.

(On Sunday I finally finished Radicals for Capitalism, which has been on my bedside table since this summer. I heartily recommend it to everyone I know who's already been a libertarian for several years. Yep.)

Right on the heels of my three days with the relatives, tonight Nick, Ben, and Our Bold Hero went to a free preview screening of Cloverfield at the AMC. That's the sound of another Geek Achievement being unlocked.

God bless you, Source Comics and Games.

Without getting into any spoilers: I really liked Cloverfield. I thought that, some weak moments at the beginning notwithstanding, for the majority of the movie the dialogue, characterization, and acting were excellent. Other things were also cool, but remember what I said about the spoilers.

(I really hate spoilers. Now that I can finally watch the trailer, I'm glad that I avoided it: that thing gives soooo much away. And I had no idea that there was so much Internet hype surrounding this movie until I searched just now. The one leaked plot summary I found was inaccurate.)

Verdict: They made an interesting choice, presenting the story the way they did, but it really paid off.

Also, seeing a movie with a bunch of geeks is far less annoying than having to watch one with the bothersome general public. The inevitable shouted comment (to get attention) came before the movie, luckily.