A Few Items of Interest to Only a Few

Joseph got his Webelos badge today. We are all very proud of him. Of course there are no photos of the event because his parents are "disabled" as Charlie Rangel would say. So be kind to us. Had a couple of fun conversations with the kids today. I've been slowly copying all our music CD's to iTunes over the past forever, and on my desk was Marie's copy of the Sound of Music soundtrack. (Mind you, my kids have seen this movie MANY times). On the CD cover is, of course, the apparently not so famous Julie Andrews; because Andrea walks into my office and notices the CD and says, somewhat mystified, "Julie Andrews is in the Sound of Music?!" "Uhh...yes, Andrea," I respond. "Where have you been?" "I thought she was just in the Princess Diaries." Hmmm... I then point out to her that Julie Andrews is much better known for The Sound of Music than The Princess Diaries, which in the world of movies is not even worthy of a blip. To which she responds with, "But The Princess Diaries is a way better movie." "Why would you say that," I ask. "Because it has Anne Hathaway in it, and she's a great actor [sic]...Julie Andrews is lucky she got to meet Anne Hathaway!" [The sound of crickets is appropriate here.] No doubt Ronald Reagan was also lucky to walk in front of Grammy Gibb's car. He probably never forgot that moment. If I haven't yet established the high level of cultural literacy in this house, then let me finish with this... So later in the evening Andrea, again, asks Marie if she knows that book by Edward Allen Poe, "The Count of Monte Crisco." Whoops, and whoops again. Marie politely corrects her, ie. laughs at her, as Hannah pipes up with this: "Is that one of the stories in that scary book we've got by Alfred Hitch-hock?" OUCH! Maybe the Obamatrons are right. We are a bunch of tacky, hayseeds here in fly-over country. Well, too bad for them. We vote and we're propagating like rabbits. Hah!