$$ Ching! Ching!

Las Vegas is EXPENSIVE.

I saw signs for $2 CRAPS. (Get your mind out of the gutter. I am talking high gambling prices.)

And the room service menu was insane!!!
$13.75 for Potato Chips!
Even a bag the size of the Titanic shouldn't cost that much!

(I know you want me to believe that the Buffets are a bargain, but my stomach and the price of Pepto-Bismol tell me it isn't worth it.)

"I've Gotta Get Back Into That Bubble"

Does anyone out there watch "30 Rock"? If you don't, you should give it a try. It is hilarious.

Last Thursday there was an episode entitled, "The Bubble" in which Liz (Tina Fey) spends some more time with her boyfriend Drew, and she finds out that his handsomeness (Prince Eric from "The Little Mermaid" was based on photos of him from his high school swim team -oooh-la-la) has allowed him to bypass many of the usual frustrations of daily life. Basically Drew's charm has gotten him a lot of special treatment.

Examples: He gets out of a parking ticket when the cop turns around and sees how handsome he is. He orders items that aren't on the menu and people bend over backward to make it happen. Calvin Klein walks up to him on the street and tells him he should be his next underwear model. Ladies ask him for tennis lessons (he has no idea he sucks). He lives in a bubble where good looks get you everything and he has no idea about reality (he can't cook, he can't play tennis, he can't speak French, and he has no idea that normal people don't get treated that way).

My sister and I went to Las Vegas this weekend. I won't dwell on the sorrows (we went to see Barry Manilow and the show was canceled an hour before it was to begin). Anyway, we stayed at the Hilton where Barry was to be playing and had our tickets in hand. We were dressed on the nicer side (because Barry deserves that much) and we were trying to decide where to grab a bite to eat. We walked past Benihana's which is expensive enough as is (and two or three times the price at the Hilton) to a Chinese restaurant next door called "Garden of the Dragon". I said, "Okay, we will eat here if they have honey walnut shrimp on the menu."
We stood looking at the menu and saw that it was not listed under seafood. Just then a Chinese man came outside (I will say he was the owner) and said, "If it is not on the menu, we can make it for you. I will check."

A minute later we were seated in this so-called "splendid eatery" that was both "serene and inviting", awaiting our Asian delights.

Our food came, rather quickly. As soon as I finished one item, the plate was taken and replace by a clean one. The food was tasty - the shrimp in my honey CASHEW shrimp dish were plump and succulent and my sister's chicken dish was quite moist. (However, it was waaaay too overpriced. It was Panda Express quality at PF Chang prices.)

When we were ready to leave they brought us out free coconut and mango sorbet - a gift from the owner. That is when we realized: We are in the Bubble! Life is good!!! Special service and Free dessert! YEAH!

(The Bubble popped about 20 minutes later when we heard the show was canceled. It was good while it lasted.)

Heroin? No. Cocaine? No. Sonic? Yes.

LOVE IT! Another addiction thanks to the great Lambini.

I spent three hours in a car on Saturday so I could visit the newest Sonic establishment in Hemet. Yeah. I drove waaaaaayyy out here (~82 miles):

Past fields and emptiness...


For this:
Mmm...and worth it!

Ahhhh. It has been so long! Like a drug, I will need another hit in a few months.

(By the way, it is a classy joint there in Hemet. You don't see it at every Sonic - the waitresses are on rollerskates! Yeah!)

Wooden boys are dumb too

Yeah, I just watched Pinocchio. I couldn't remember if I liked that Disney "classic". If you are wondering the same thing, the answer is NO, you do not like it.

Here is a recap:

Pinocchio is a stupid wooden boy who lights himself on fire...skips school and gets swindled and sold/kidnapped. Then he lies about it...After he escapes he gets swindled again, goes out smoking,drinking and partially turns into a donkey (at which point he exclaims, "I have a tail too!").

After all of that, the fairy turns him into a real boy.

Yeah, there is a tad more to it, but what a dumb kid! Calling him naive would be generous. He went after pleasure and fame instead of gaining knowledge and having any concern for or loyalty to his family.

I wonder what message Disney wanted us to take home? With all of the singing, I assume it is that wishes come true, but I came away realizing wooden boys are just as dumb as live boys (no offense*).

*I like how you can tack on "no offense" and get away with anything. It is like talking smack about someone and saying "bless their heart" afterward. Example: "That girl is as ugly as a mud fence, bless her heart." See? All is forgiven.

I pitty the fool...

Sorry this post isn't about Mr. T. It is more about the stupid things we think we know, that we don't really. I can recall the day I found out that "Magnifine" was not a real word (as in Magnifine Glass), but the correct word is really "Magnifying". I was shocked and a little perturbed.

I was shown the following You-Tube video of a woman on Bulgarian Idol who is singing a Mariah Carey song that she thinks is called "Ken Lee". Oh, the poor fool.

It is hilarious and sad all at the same time.
(For those of you unwilling/unable to watch the video, it is the song "Without You", as in "I CAN'T LIVE, if living is without you...I CAN'T LIVE anymore." She sings the words, "KEN LEE tilubu dibu douchoo...KEN LEE...")

I hope one day my Bulgarian is as good as her English is.

I suppose we are all fools at one time or another.
I threw in this picture of Mr. T. just for kicks. Errrrr.