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Saw the new Austin Powers - Gold Member movie today. It's funny but contains even more potty humor than the previous two Austin Powerrs films. Should be a huge hit with adolescent males.

Friday, with the exception of the occasional afternoon shower, was beautiful. The rain brought with it cool air that made being outside tolerable. I went with Audrey to the Downtown Rocks show featuring The Violent Femmes. We met up with Kim and Harris and a couple that they knew. When we got to the edge of the crowd I said "It's all or nothing. Either we go all the way up front or stay back here where it's comfortable." Audrey and Harris joined me in walking to the sweaty throbbing front of the crowd for the duration of the Femmes performance. Had a great time that night.

Saturday was spent at Joy's birthday party, where I got to see Cam's evil clown motorcycle. The motorcycle's decoration and his costume are a creative work in progress.

Sunday we ate at the Brooklyn Cafe, where I had the vegetable canneloni. While the food was good, it does seem to be a lot better when Mr. P is there.

I'm still playing around with this blogger template. Experimenting with colors and links, etc. The code on the original template is a bit more involved than standard HTML. It would make a lovely birthday present in October if someone would give me a copy of the Blogging book.

Tonight is the full "thunder moon" of July. Lovely, cool night. Clear skies by nightfall - perfect for the Women's Night gathering here in Midtown at Loca Luna tapas restaurant followed by coffee at Caribou. Great conversation and joking about life, health, mattresses, family, love, babies, pets, etc. Got closer to nailing down plans for future gatherings as well.

My favorite thing I've discovered this week is the Standard Deviants video series.


What I learned yesterday:

The oil light on a car dash only indicates the oil pressure, not necessarily the amount of oil in the car. It could also indcate a bad pump or bad bearings, etc. Either way, never drive a car any further once the oil light comes on.

So, Maurice went back to New Jersey today. I've spent most of the morning and afternoon sleeping for some reason. Looks like the conditions are quite good for his company to open an office here. He expects to be back in Atlanta soon.

Busy today and tomorrow. Spent today with my neice and parents getting ready for her birthday party tomorrow. She and my mother have decided to have a Mexican fiesta theme for her day at the pool with friends and family.
Murray has arrived in Atlanta tonight to work on opening an office of his company here. He'll be in town til Thursday so I'll probably be spending a good bit of time with him while he's here.
I also have an appointment in Buckhead in the afternoon to make before Rachael's party so I'm sure I'll be worn out by the end of the day. Then I make an insane road trip on Tuesday. At least it won't be a boring week.

Was kind of a do-nothing day today. High point was watching a show on the project to clone the Tasmanian Tiger, a native, marsupial carnivore brought to intentional extinction by humans who were trying to recreate the flora and fauna of Europe at the time. I remember reading about that animal when I was a kid in grammar school. The last one died in 1936 in a zoo in Europe. I had a huge interest as a child in the recently extinct.

Spent today babysitting for Ray's daughter. Turned out to be very enjoyable and much easier than I thought it would be. She's a precocious, friendly little girl who likes the Beatles, Hello Kitty and the original Batman TV series among other things. I took her to the Botanical Garden where we spent most of the day while her dad was working.

Joy & Cam's backyard cookout thursday was great. Good group of people. Good home made eats. Great house and garden. And, as an early birthday gift, Cam gave Joy a trampoline! Everyone was trying it out all day - kids of all ages, gender, size, etc. were jumping, bouncing and giggling uncontrollably. Despite the oppressive heat, there was also a volleyball game going on most of the afternoon. At night, we were lucky enough to be able to see fireworks from the backyard. Some of the crowd ran down the sidewalk to get a view of the display unobstructed by the trees.
I came home tired, stickey, and happy.

Was going to see Viva Las Vegas at Screen On The Green in Piedmont Park, but thunderstorms blew into the city tonight. Stayed home and watched Frasier instead.

Looking forward to having my hair cut tomorrow. Got a free hairstyle coupon for a buckhead salon from a photo client that I am quite thankful for. I love scooby-snacks.

What I learned today:

Cremini mushrooms are really just baby portobello mushrooms.