Professor Layton And The Eternal Diva

I can sometimes have a hard time suspending my disbelief.  If a movie or television series seems to play by a certain set of rules for a good amount of its time and then introduces something completely random and new that violates what has come before, I find myself pulled out of the experience and spending more time trying to figure out what's going on than enjoying what's going on.  Other times, a film or television series can rely on a concept that just isn't very well thought out or presented, and it's hard to suspend that disbelief from the very beginning, leaving you in an experience that feels more ridiculous than amazed.

For example, Skyfall was a great film.  However, a whole lot of it sure seemed to be based on the fact that the bad guy's plan was going to go perfectly, including knowing just when James Bond would be in position to drop a subway train on him.

As another example, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was a....movie.  However, once you realize that Davey Jones hid his heart on land, but he's only allowed to walk on land once every decade, it suddenly makes you realize that what you're watching is a hastily cobbled together film with little to no interest in making any sense.  Then the whole thing falls apart.

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, on the other hand, involves exploding cruise ships, giant mechanical robots powered by a pipe organ that plays every single instrument together, mind controlled wolves and sharks, and the idea that with a magic formula, someone can live forever.

And I loved every minute of it.

Valentine's Week! Day One ... of one?

Let's discuss novelty desk calendars.  See, I think they have the perfect racket going, because most people don't retain all sorts of information for very long.  That means they could, presumably, reissue the exact same calendar every year with the dates and days corrected and just have the same Dilbert strips looping forever.  In f-

Wait a minute.

According to mine, it says today's Valentine's Day.

OH MAN, I TOTALLY FORGOT VALENTINE'S WEEK!

Man, now I have to cram five days worth of Valentine's related topics into one post!  Okay, okay, I can do this.  Here we go!