Sorry for the prolonged absence, but you know how it is. Or maybe you don’t. I don’t know. At any rate, we’ll start with the announcement. If you’re looking for the baseball stuff that’s been populating the site for the past two years, it now has a blog of its own, so feel free to head on over: tigersamateuranalysis.blogspot.com

As you may or may not know, last week was spring break for me. I spent the latter part of it reading Angels & Demons, mostly cuz I wanted to read it before the movie came out. In case you don’t know, it’s the lesser-known predecessor to The DaVinci Code. It’s a 700-page book that I managed to read in 3 days. And yes, the plot formula is almost identical to The DaVinci Code (note that I did not say the plot itself), even encompassing the same plot twists. Given the fact that Ewan McGregor is in the movie, I was particularly interested in whether I was correct about his character’s allegiances in the story. And I was. Pity. Still, while it is nowhere near being a literary masterpiece, it does make for an exciting read. However, if you look at the cast list on IMDB, you’ll notice that there are a bunch of major characters from the book who don’t appear to be in the movie. The trailer seemingly confirms this. And here is my one complaint about the movies: Tom Hanks is a fine actor, but he is grossly miscast in the part of Robert Langdon. Hugh Jackman or another action-movie-type guy would’ve been more appropriate (especially since Angels & Demons specifically states that the character is 40).

By the way, I just noticed the previous post and how either Firefox (I prefer IE6 to anything else, but if IE7 is my only option, I tend towards Firefox) or Office 2007 screwed with my formatting. I’ll try to fix it later.