"...you want to hire a choirboy you can go back to Grand Rapids. I've been to that scumbag town, it's full of 'em."

...Is a line Peter Boyle uses in Paul Schrader's 1979 film "Hardcore" which Xtina and I watched last night based on a g-rad discussion board mention. If you haven't seen this movie you should check it out. It's filled with GR nostalgia and plenty of nudges to those who are familiar with its' subculture. It was nice to view that Calvinist familiarity from the outside-in. I can see why many in city administration vowed never to have another film shot in the city again. The movie makes GR appear in the same way the news media are making mormon enclaves appear today.

It's been incredibly hot in the city for the last week or so.

Not too much is new...working, sweating, riding, eating. Oberon is back in town under the guise of 'Kalamazoo Unfiltered Wheat Beer.' Perhaps I'll post a photo.