Things I have learned from movies

No one understands the physics of a hovering bat.
Roman Moroni continues to murder the English language.
This chair is a quality item.
No one has ever seen someone drive their garbage down the street and bang the heck out of it with a stick.
The Force is strong in that one.
Sam can't carry the Ring, but he can carry Frodo.
Aunt Bethany wrapped up her damn cat.
Blane isn't a name, it's a major appliance.
Nacho Libre just needs to borrow some sweats.
If you vote for Pedro, all of your wildest dreams will come true.  Thank you.
For only 300 dollars, you can sign up for Rex Quon Doe's 8 week program.
According to Buddy the Elf, the mail room is just like Santa's workshop.  Except it smells like mushrooms and everyone there looks like they want to hurt him.
In '82, Uncle Rice could throw a pigskin a quarter mile.
The Man's going to call you a fat, washed-up loser and crush your soul (only School of Rock fans will get this)
Anakin doesn't like sand (and the award for most vague, pathetic statement in movie history goes to....)
Eddie hasn't eaten squirrels since he read they were high in cholesterol.
Black and white would have really captured that moment.
Bueller isn't there.

Weird Owl

Jack and I share a mutual affection for Weird Al Yankovic.  "Fat" and "Amish Paradise" are among the few things that we both think are funny (I'm a devoted Mystery Science Theater 3000 fan; he likes Dumb and Dumber).  Sometimes, while we'll be watching a Weird Al video, Sarah will come and sit down with us and watch it, too.  She has no idea what it is or why it's funny, but what the heck, she's only two, it doesn't matter.  Or at least that's what we thought.  About two days after watching "Fat" for the first time, she suddenly bursts out at dinner, "Yo, Ding Dong, man, Ding Dong yo!"  Guess she was listening closer than we thought. 

The video she likes the most is "Eat It".  In fact, she likes it so much, that if we're eating and someone, namely Jon, won't touch his food, she'll yell, "Just EAT IT, ok!"
The thing I like most about all of this is that Sarah can't say Al.  Her "a"s don't always come out quite right, so rather than saying Weird Al, she says Weird Owl.  As in, "Madwin, can I watch Weird Owl?" 
I can't wait until she's older and I can tell her about stuff like this.  If only my childhood had been so strange.
 

A little known truth

No matter how horrible your day might be, Lindt Cranberry and Almond chocolate, an impromptu concert consisting of the Kinks and the Yardbirds, and easily-mocked Wal Mart people will make you feel better.  Especially when the Wal Mart people wear ill-fitting jeans.   

Warning: Read at your own risk

Today, a statement was released by the family of cancer-ridden Robin Gibb, announcing that he has gone into a coma and is expected to live only a few more days. Apparently, his Druid priestess wife, who claimed that she was going to heal him, was unsuccessful in her attempts.
Yes, you did just read that. No, I did not make it up. Just stating the facts here, people, absurd though they may be.
So yeah, this is the end of Robin Gibb. Can't really say that I'm all that put out by it, though. What does that put us at now, only one Bee Gee left? We had the misfortune of losing Maurice in 2002 or so, and now Robin. At least we know there'll never be a reunion.

Note: I though about mentioning Andy, but it didn't seem right, lumping him in with his vastly more talented brothers. Yeah right.

Update:  He apparently came to.  Dang.

You know you're a homeschooler when....

Captain Jack Sparrow inspires you in biology.

"Cuttlefish! Ay? Let us not, dear friends, forget our dear friends the
cuttlefish... flipper conories little sausages. Pin them up together and they
will devour each other without a second thought."

And so my aquatic creature report was born.

There are worse songs to have go through your head

Much worse. Though there aren't many songs that are as underrated.