It's after midnight now, so technically it is yesterday (Thursday the 29th) that I want to talk about.
First I couldn't go get my comics early, which would've made the day go easier. Then I got word that the house that was bid on that we would've moved into had the bid turned down by the bank. Yeah, like there's a big line of buyers for houses now, even in the so-called growth area that is the adjacent county. I took a page from V and the plan is if the property is still available in a few months and still available, or by chance they come back to see if there's still an interest, the offer will be $5000 less. Of course, that pretty much sunk the day as far as Kathy was concerned. She said it was okay when she heard the news, but if like me you thought it was the calm before the storm, you're right.
One step I was going to take to deal with this and the fact that I live in this neck of the woods was to visit one of the restaurants that Mark Evanier wishes was out in California: we went to Five Guys Burgers And Fries. Mark gives more detail on that and Chik-Fil-A, but the fries are fresh cut that are a good runner up to Wendy's as far as fries. Then we went to SuperTarget to pick up a replacement blanket for our bed that was on sale and very soft. It's good that we have good places to eat, but I wish I was living in Louisville (or at least go for a visit. Is it too much to ask? It's been too long since the last one)
Then we went grocery shopping. The thing with shopping for us is in order to get the most bang for our buck I like to go to 3-4 different places to take advantage of the sales (I even study the sales papers for the stores, buy from Wally World what isn't on sale) and coupons. So that took a little time. And by the time we got everything done and got home, it was about bedtime. Which didn't help Kathy's mood any.
And now let me trot out my soapbox for a couple of rants:
Why is cool that one of the Church of God is doing a presentation of "A Christmas Carol"? I know the whole nativity story is overdone this time of year, but don't you guys believe there's no such things as ghosts or spirits? Or is this one of those "exceptions" that are "okay"? Like it's easier to condemn homosexuality because it's easier to rail against that than selling your daughters into slavery, wearing clothing made of two different fibers, killing anyone who works on the Sabbath (people kinda look at you funny when you do that and explain why) or eating anything with a shell. I actually was told by the wife that those other examples I cited didn't apply, but the homosexuality one is still in force, no exception. Aren't they all in the same part of the Bible?
Come to think of it, that may be why I don't get invited to some parties...
And new rule: if you get to record your religious shows on the TiVo and watch them, I shouldn't get any crap for recording the latest Kathy Griffin special. Instead of doing the knee jerk reaction (the bad lady said something bad about baby Jesus) and oh, I don't know, pay $90000 to put an ad in USA TODAY (as a certain religious theatre group did. As Griffin said about her days in theatre, they barely had enough money for glitter for the posters, let alone spend 90 grand on an ad in USA TODAY) you might want to consider her point that Jesus is more concerned with what's going on in Darfur than who wins a People's Choice Award.
Oh, and I can't finish this without pointing out the latest thing firing up the comics blogosphere: the Gordon Lee case got even sillier. From the prosecuting of a retailer for giving away a comic that had one panel of a nude (but flaccid) Picasso, to the delays and shennanigans of the prosecution, all this is going on not far from a statue of a nude Romulus and Remus suckling on a wolf. Thanks to Laura for the link with picture goodness.