Indiana Jones and the Contempt for Age

"Old age hath yet his honor and his toil." - from Tennyson's Ulysses

It was raining, everyone was busy, and I needed to knock my brain into neutral for a while, so I did something I have not done since I last babysat my granddaughter.

I went to a movie theater.

I rarely go to films or movies as I find that, given my schedule and notorious insomnia, if I sit in a dark room for 2-3 hours I tend to fall asleep, even if The Av…