Made plans this morning before work to take BHK on a date to The Bengies Drive-in tomorrow night. Triple feature of Kung-fu Panda, Dark Knight and Get Smart. From the site - Warner Brothers has graciously agreed to send us a LARGE FORMAT print for our 52 by 120 foot screen (the Biggest in the USA) so we do not have to worry about the run coinciding with the full moon that occurs on...

So, midweek again, is it, dear journal? Not much to talk about, save for a tasty thai-style currey cabbage soup courtesy of BHK. Very, very tasty! Wha? Belgium's government collapsed yesterday, and I didn't hear anything about it? I don't know why it strikes me as so bizarre - you hear about Russian and African nations going under all the time. Belgium seemed so.. I don't know... stable? I...

9358 - Tuesday, the ides of july. Big salad and fried zucchini chips tonight. BHK made some fried okra, but ate it all up save for one tiny morsel which I tried, and really didn't taste any "okra-ness". Random Scotto and BHK factoids. I am fairly distantly related to Ludwig II , and on a pretty solid connection to the original Frankensteins and (not the Fictional Scientist, but the family...

What's the worst job you've ever had? View other answers I've had a lot of jobs that had rough aspects to 'em. Hardest physical work - Roofing. Back-breaking gig of spreading sticky tar with a mop over a flat, reflective roof in Florida's summer sun was probably the most difficult physical labor in my life. I surely couldn't do it these days. Additionally, half of the crew...

9357 - Monday Random Thoughts - My niece (via Momster's younger sis Diane & ) Inger is 17.... I can remember when she was born, and wore the candle headdress at age 4! How the heck did 13 years skip on by that fast? We watched the most thinly-veiled possible telephone ad / infomercial on the tube last night.. Picture This . Poor Kevin Pollak . Ah well, I was happy just to relax on the couch...

Opened the morning with Pancakes at the in-laws. I helped Larry remove the awning from the upstairs bedroom, to make room for french doors. I suspect the awning will be relocated to the bottom floor. We all hung out and gabbed most of the day - I scoped out Larry's 30-30 and .22 pistol, and the model of the U.S.S. Constitution. I think that I'd like to head toward Baltimore sometime for a walking...

9355 - Saturday- This week seemed to go more swiftly than imagined, and today was pretty dang full of stuff. Shots, then swung by Trott's farmers market for corn, zucchini (we need zucchini?!?) and eggplant (we need eggplant?!?) BHK is veggie-crazed, and wants more of the tasty stuff than our victory garden is producing. Mystery veggie is pumpkins after all - we'll have some gourds to carve for...

Another week draws to a close. I forgot to mention yesterday that we went to the Octagon on the way home from work to pick up an egg roll for bhk (and spring rolls for non-pork me) - I don't know why folks are so leery of the place - it's as clean as anywhere else - much better than mall chinese food. I do like that it's a "Fried Chicken / Chinese Food / Liquor Store". (note to self- add it to yelp...

9353 - Thursday It seems that now that Obama has the nomination from the Left, he can pretty much as Right as he wants, as long as he's not quite as far Right as McCain. I read this blog post , and I think it sums things up. Also, I just read that Obama voted in favor of a wiretapping bill . Say what I may about Hillary, but at least she stood up for our civil liberties in...

9352 - Wednesday Cathy and Dave came over for a "farewell dinner" - they're moving to colorado next week. They shuffled out of the house pretty early last night - we had some deliscious baked ziti, zuchhini parm and ice cream and pie for dessert... over a game of apples to apples. I dominated the first round, but the second was much ore neck-in-neck with BHK. Surprisingly, there were no tears or sad...