'Turd-Juggler'

FlyingV, TheCrazyCanuck, a few other un-nicknamed friends, and I went to see Akellah and the Bee tonight. I just wanted to plug this movie as one that all of you should see if you are in a mood to be inspired. I know that FlyingV was enthralled (E-N-T-H-R-A-L-L-E-D) by the movie, given his childhood spelling bee experiences. During the movie I was picturing FlyingV on the stage and trying to figure out what his annoying habit would have been. Hopefully he didn't bust into vocal percussion prior to spelling out a word.

If you would rather not be inspired, I still suggest that you see this movie. The insult "turd-juggler" just might be one of the best I have ever heard.

On a more serious note, some of you may remember when I posted about when I nearly killed a pedestrian a few months ago. On our drive back from the movie theatre, we noticed a girl around our age standing at Exit 2A on I-291W (the exit for I-91N). There was no car around her, she was not on a cell phone, she did not appear to be intoxicated, and she was not trying to flag us down. We also noticed that she was holding a glowstick. Our car tried to process what was going on, but we didn't really have any place where we could stop on the highway. After a few seconds, we decided to call 9-1-1 and let them know that some girl was standing on the highway all by herself and might be in need of help. She might not have needed help, but why take a chance? We didn't know how she got to that spot on the highway given that we didn't notice a broken down car anywhere. Since I failed to be a good samaritan the last time I had the opportunity, I'm glad that our car stepped up. Oddly enough, it was the first time I ever dialed 9-1-1.