Well, I'm back after a very nice Thanksgiving up at my parents. I went north with Kim & the kids, got there a little after noontime, and was very surprised when the door was opened and my brother was standing there. The little sneak. His wife had to work unfortunately, but he made a midnight run down from the panhandle to spend the weekend with my parents and join all of us for a holiday dinner. It was really special.
My sister continues her recovery from cancer, and it was great to see her. At one point she went into my parents room to lay down, and as I joined her to just sit and talk awhile. A few minutes later my brother came in, and it was all three of the kids just laying there talking when my parents came in. I told my mom that all we needed to make it a complete flashback was for Chip & I to start fighting and for me to start complaining to mom (hey, I was the YOUNGER brother!).
Lots of great food---turkey, ham, stuffing, green beans--pumpkin pie, pecan pie, brownies...it was a virtual plethora of good eating (look it up). This made up for the trip up, during which my beloved got herself a speeding ticket while driving through Palm Beach County on I-95. Now, usually we don't take 95 up to my parents, but we were acting on information provided to us by a Mr. Gregory Goode, also known as Mr-Better-Pay-Half-My-Damn-Speeding-Ticket (that's my wife's name for him).
Hey Greg! Appreciate the input buddy! Greg advised us how much better it would be for us to take 95 as opposed to the turnpike, since the turnpike would undoubtably be packed with holiday traffic. UGH! $180 for a ticket! I smell a phone call to some attorney's that I know.
So before we headed home yesterday, we stopped off at WonderWorks, which is a tourist site in Orlando that's primarily for kids that are into science. (hello Andy!)
I thought it was pretty average, but Andy liked it, which was the whole point since it was his birthday. 15 years old. How in the world am I responsible for a 15 yr old?
I mean, most people will tell you I think like a 15 year old....but I digress. After lunch (Pizza Uno from Chicago--that's for you Dennis!), we headed home and last night we hit a movie. Here's an amazing bit of news. When Kim & I began dating over 5 1/2 years ago, we used to go to the theatre by Univ Dr & the Sawgrass Expy. We stopped going there because quite frankly it looked like it had become some sort of teen hangout and the last thing I wanted for some gang member to decide he wanted to smash my car windows in. So we began going to the theatre closer to us, over by the Coral Square Mall. So last night we parked the car, bought our tickets, and noticed how many teenagers were just sitting on the curb, hanging out and doing basically--you know--nothing. Kim had told me that the cops had basically started running all the kids away from the one theatre and now it appeared they had all started coming to the one closer to our house. Then I noticed the security guards walking around outside. Lovely. So we went inside and saw:
1) National Treasure: Okay, let's be honest. This isn't Citizen Kane or the Godfather. Its exactly what it claims to be, which is a big dumb, loud action movie who's premise is that the founding fathers left a vast fortune in gold hidden so the British wouldn't find it and left clues as to its whereabouts all over the country, including (this is a good one) on the back of the Declaration of Independence (and in invisible ink--natch). What follows is a race all over the country to be the first to find the various clues. Nicholas Cage & Harvey Keitel (as a cop!) lead the cast, but are assisted by an extremely old looking Jon Voight (playing Cage's father! Oman!).
Anyway, its really dumb, with tons of holes in the storyline that you could drive a truck through....but its dumb in a fun way. You probably won't remember it an hour after you've watched it, but its a fun ride along the way. ***
Tonight is a watershed night for my Notre Dame Fighting Irish. They play the number 1 ranked USC Trojans and are underdogs by 22 points, which is the largest spread in the HISTORY of this series, which goes back like 75 years. But don't worry, Willingham has the program headed in the right direction (yeah right). Anyway, I'm torn between rooting for my team and sort of secretly hopeing that they get wiped out so that the administration in South Bend realize that they have the WRONG guy leading the program. Either way, should be interesting.
Later,
Jeff
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