Ah, Searchie -- how lovely are the feet of them that bring comfort and company to the elderly and infirm. Still, however fond I may be of the Vans, slouchy boots and FM pumps, the Crocs remain an aesthetic lapse in the eyes of this beholder (they remind me too much of the "jellies" of Cyndi Lauper's day).
But who am I to pass aesthetic judgement? It's almost Friday, and thank God The Tiki Bar Is Open!! "Donn Beach and Trader Vic, it turns out, were the Stanley and Livingstone of the mid-century American jungle, blazing a trail deep into the world of pop fantasy and artifice from which America has yet to fully emerge." This (via ALD) has got me singing John Hiatt's delirious ode to a rippin' good bender. Hiatt takes care to point out that he remains a recovering alcoholic:
I know a drink ain't no solution
Haven't had one in 17 years
But if the Tiki Bar was close tonight
Well, I might just disappear!
Readers are encouraged to purchase the track at the MP3 venue of their choice, and get drunk on the music.
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I agree with you about Mr. Carell. Have youo had a chance to see "Little Miss Sunshine"? He's utterly sublime in it. The movie was so good, we had to go back and see it again in a movie theater, even though it will do quite nicely as a DVD.
We have not yet seen Little Miss Sunshine, to my dismay. Back when we were vacationing near my parents (and easy baby-sitting) the advance reviews were out, and Beth and I were both waving the newspaper or magazine and exclaiming "This is the movie I want to see!" Alas, the movie received proper release the day we arrived back home. We're still intent on seeing it on the big screen, which makes it unique. The first movie of its kind, really, since Lord Of The Rings.
I second "Little Miss Sunshine". I don't believe I've been a part of an audience that laughted so much "together". It was such a good time.
peace,
pd
Who isn't fond of FM pumps? (Other than those who try to wear them, that is.)
AC
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