Word of the Day

Donk - 1. To speak in a pompous and circuitous manner, inventing words, and adding meaningless prefixes and suffixes to existing manner. 2. To smack (one's head) in a dumbfounded manner.

HTP and I called AAA this morning to jump start the Gator. Some guy showed up two hours after our initial call. Thankfully, we weren't in a big hurry. While we were at it, HTP took out the hose and some soap and decided to give it a bath. The rain that we go the other day made it look like we'd been off-roading. Of course, giving the Gator a bath is never an easy task. I suppose we could have taken it out to one of the car washes here since there are lots of them here in the big city but HTP decided that we could do it ourselves. And we did. And I only got a little wet. After that we took the Gator for a long drive to recharge the battery.

Our long drive to recharge the battery in the SUV took us to Scottsdale where we decided to take in a movie. We went to see No Country for Old Men. Lots of blood and gore. Dead bodies littering the desert. This movie is a tourist bureau advertisement for Texas. Not. And then...they end the thing ala Sopranos last episode. Worse. No closure. The bad guy gets away after he kills a woman who has just arrived back home after her attending her Mom's funeral because he promised her husband that he'd kill her if her husband didn't give him this drug money. Oh...and the husband was killed earlier by Mexican drug-runners. And just when you finally think maybe there is some karma and the bad guy gets into this nasty car accident which he shouldn't be able to walk away from...he walks off into the sunset with a broken arm? That was it? And the sheriff who you think may end up being the hero? He retires? Fade to black? Nothing was solved, nothing was gained. I think everyone exited the movie theatre in a total depressed fog. HTP and I had planned to grab a quick supper somewhere after the movie but afterwards neither of us felt like eating anything. It wasn't the gore and all the blood, it was just the absolute depression of the whole movie. I suppose the title does explain the movie but HTP and I aren't getting any younger and the message just left us feeling...blah. HTP and I both agreed, we were looking for a hero and I think the whole purpose of this movie was to tell us that there aren't any heroes. Typical stuff coming from Hollywood right now. And they wonder why people aren't coming to the movies anymore?

I've got a ham baking in the oven for supper. HTP has a hankering for bone-in ham. We'll be having ham sandwiches from tomorrow on until we hit the road to Vegas next week. We'll have ham sandwiches when we get back home too. That's OK. HTP happens to like ham sandwiches.

Murphyism of the Day

Jerome's Rule

It is always the best policy to speak the truth - unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar.

Noteworthy Quote of the Day

I'm going to a special place when I die, but I want to make sure my life is special while I'm here.

- Payne Stewart