Somebody spent their spare time taking Fat Albert cartoons and synchronizing them with dialogue from Napolean Dynamite.
Fat Dynamite
I enjoyed a lovely weekend with the family this ... weekend. We drove to Monterey and grooved on the beach and at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. At the aquarium, crocoKid liked the jellyfish, didn't like the giant tuna, too scary with their downturned mouths and ugly grey scales. And she was surprisingly indifferent to the sea otters. I love the sea otters, those filthy showoffs. They dive and loop and swim on their backs and wrestle with kelp and the more people watching, they more they do it. They're just so cute!
Then we ventured into San Francisco to attend a "Bugs Bunny on Broadway" performance by the San Francisco Symphony (see, I gots culture). The show is fantastic, this was the second time we've seen it, first time for crocoKid. She was good for about an hour of it, and we left during intermission. My motivation for mentioning it here is because it's a great show, but the damn thing wasn't even close to sold out.
I didn't realize it was playing until early last week when I received a postcard from the symphony soliciting ticket buyers. We didn't have plans for Saturday, so we picked up the tix. Obviously, sending a mailer so late meant they really needed to sell some tickets.
Here's how it works, they project Bugs Bunny cartoons on a big screen (not quite movie theatre size) while the orchestra plays the cartoons' music live. And they show all the classics: "One Froggy Evening", "Bunny of Seville", "High Note." It's a fun show, so I was shocked at the number of empty seats.
It's a traveling show -- sponsored by Warner Bros. -- so check your local symphony's schedule. If it's playing in your town, buy tickets today!
Do not choose, and don't get divorced.
crocoPuffs Feature: The Ginger/Mary Ann conundrum
Hitchhikers, Music, War of the Worlds, and Oz.
crocoPuffs Advice: Ask crocoPuffs: July 23, 2005
Shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark. My review.
Grade: A
Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Adaptation
I still hate dogs.
crocoPuffs Feature: More dog hating
Certainly you've heard about the bombings in London yesterday. America's response to the attack was to "increase vigilance" within our mass transit systems, and raise the terror alert from "elevated" (yellow) to "high" (orange). I ask you, could our response make us look any more ridiculous? Even the Homeland Security Secretary who announced the increased terror level at a press conference said "we have no specific credible information suggesting an imminent attack here in the United States".
I heard the perfect analogy on the radio for what this is like. You ever play fetch with a dog, but instead of throwing the ball you pretend to throw it and hide it behind your back? The dog simply watches the motion of your arm and runs out into the field to retrieve the ball that you didn't throw. When he realizes there's no ball, he looks all around, looks up, looks down, he's bewildered.
America is the dog and al Qaeda is the guy holding the ball. Every time something happens, we run furiously to take action! Sort of. I don't consider an increased alert level to be "action". How about securing the nation's borders? That would be action. How about decisively ending that litle Iraq skirmish. That would be action too.
I'm embarrassed for my country this day.
Best wishes to those affected by the tragedy in London.
I encountered the woman in the elevator yet again this morning.
This time I "accidentally" pushed the buttons for 2 seperate floors, causing an extra stop before she could reach her destination. Whoops!
"When the refs aren't calling the fouls, you just have to play through it."
Pepper your speech with these crocoPuffs-created, sports-related metaphors; people will respect and fear you! You will become the recognized authority on everything!
Nevermind the text ... check out the hotties in the pictures.
