Last Wednesday, Mer and I headed down to Matt and Clarice’s place for a game night. Josh and Kristen were there, which was the first time we had seen them since they got engaged in January. Kristen told us about the event – Josh proposed on New Year’s Eve just after the ball dropped in Times Square. Kristen’s ring is very lovely – lots of small diamonds in swirls around a central diamond, and the whole ring is silver in tone (I’m not sure if it was silver, white gold, or some other metal). So, we all sat around and chatted for awhile, and then the idea of watching a movie came up. That was greeted with some enthusiasm, so after some discussion, we decided to watch the new movie version of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice with Nicholas Cage and the actor who played Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2. It was a marvelously entertaining movie – funny and lots of action. The movie was total fluff, but I really enjoyed it. It had good effects, never took itself too seriously, and starred a geeky physics nerd as the young hero. What is there not to love? The movie took us to about 10:00, so Mer and I took our leave, but it was a very worthwhile evening out on the town.