9 out of 10 monkeys believe they are not behind glass

Get on plane. Head west. Then south. Then aim for the empty spot in the middle of the Pacific. There on a little tiny island in a string of islands, you will find me sitting on a beach laughing that you are reading this instead of sitting here with me.

Sucker!

Jess and I are enjoying a week in Kauai… so there will be a small break in updates to the blog.

Don’t cry.

Be back on soon!

The Danskin Triathlon was on Sunday… and it was hot. I mean hot, hot, hot.

Did I mention it was hot? Thank goodness I was in the shade most of the day. But my wife wasn’t. Oh, no… she had to swim, bike and run. This was her first triathlon and she enjoyed it so much that she is already thinking about her next one. Yeah, you heard me right. She enjoyed it.

Personally, I think she’s nuts. Reminds me of that scene from Back to Future 3 when Doc is in the old west saloon and all the old timer drunks are listening to him rant about the future.

Doc: “And in the future, we don’t need horses. We have motorized carriages called automobiles.”
Saloon Old Timer: “If everybody’s got one of these auto-whatsits, does anybody walk or run anymore?”
Doc: “Of course we run. But for recreation. For fun.”
Saloon Old Timer: “Run for fun? What the hell kind of fun is that?”

And all the drunks laugh hysterically.

And so do I. So do I.

I am proud of her though. It took a slice of courage to take on a challenge like that. And she did spectacularly!

After seeing Pirates 2, I can honestly say that I am looking forward to Pirates 3 (May 25th 2007).

For those that don’t know the storyline, the movie picks up with the three main characters shortly after the events of the last movie. Unfortunately the consequences are harsh. Elizabeth is at a wedding with no groom, Will is in irons, Norrington has disappeared, and Jack is about to find out that his time is up.  Lord Cutler, the owner(?) of the East India Trading company has landed at Port Royale, arrested Will and Elizabeth in order to convince Will to go off and retrieve Jack’s “broken” compass. If Will doesn’t find Jack, Elizabeth will see the gallows.  Will runs off to find Jack, Elizabeth’s father helps her escape and she pursues Will on her own.

While the first half is a bit choppy, once the characters come back together, the story picks right up.  Davy Jones, ruler of the sea, is after Jack’s soul in payment for the rising the Black Pearl and, in turn, Jack is after the heart of Davy Jones in order to get free of his debt.  Davy Jones’ heart is contained in the Dead Man’s Chest in order to save himself from the pain of love and loss.  He who controls the heart, controls the sea.

Plenty of twists and turns, sword fighting, monsters, cannon fire, and humor.  The suprise cameo at the end was a lot of fun and really sets the stage for the last movie.

The effects were spectacular of course.  Davy Jones and his crew are examples of great CG and design.  Each character is unique and the pet monster is well animated and very believable.

Overall I would say it is a great sequel to the original… a bit shaky in places, but definitely recommended!

My wife is smart. She may think otherwise, but she is an intuitive individual that has her smarts in far different parts of her cranium than I do. But sometimes she definitely has her blonde moments.

Yesterday, at work, she was talking with some of her fellow coworkers at the front desk of the recreation center. Her boss, Deb, made a simple observation that obviously most people that go into recreation do so because they hate math and “the hard classes” in college. Deb’s peer pointed out that maybe that is what Aquatics people do (implying Recreation is above all that). My wife, in a moment of total blonde lucidity, said in reply: “Just because I am in Aquatics doesn’t mean I am stupider.”

Yes, ladies and gents, stupider. I can almost hear the rimshot.

And then there is Bob.

“Our Bob is huge.” My wife says as we are working on the backyard yesterday.

“Bob?”

“Yeah, Bob. Jenny and I don’t bother calling them weeds around our trailer. We just call them Bob.”

So my wife and her coworker spend their days at work personifying inanimate objects around their trailer.

And I have a huge Bob in my backyard.

The More You Know…

Some of the top things that really kind of irk me… beware of snap judgements, close minded opinions and general idiocy ahead. More after the jump.
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