fin de siecle

A movie called "Stray Dogs".
about two young kids in afghanistan out on the street since their father was arrested by the americans for being a taliban and denounced their mother for marrying again after he disappeared. Both parents in jail, mother facing execution and father refusing to forgive her, these kids are out on the street trying to survive, and get into jail one way or the other since home is where the heart is. they pick up a stray dog whose welfare they are extremely concerned about and who refuses to eat try what they may. The story has a jaane bhi do yaaron feel to it, though the treatment is perhaps not so explicitly ironic or humourous, maybe because a shared joke between the adult director and audience would be at the expense of the innocent child protagonist. However, there are also ominous overtones that reflect the mood of a dystopian golding or burgess using children as the most effective weapon of choice. But it becomes scarier here because it isn't merely a, perhaps exaggerated, vision of the future, it is.

Mine of course, lamentably perhaps, is over. More through lack of time than complete satisfaction with the end product. But well, no more desperate brainstorming at mocha, though something about the idea of cocoa induced smoke smothered adrenaline rushes is rather enticing. However,

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes - why take a chance? fly home instead.