Went out with my dad during the day for a little shopping. Thankfully, it wasn't really Christmas shopping at any big stores, so now crowds and such. I fit in a decent workout in the afternoon. In the evening, we all went to see King Kong. I'm not sure what I think, except that there are some moments that will become classics of still shots. Just beautifully framed.

More Kong thoughts as events warrant.

Drove from Cincinnati to Stroudsburg today. It's about a ten hour drive, but mine took a little longer because I helped a very nice Irish gentleman who was having car trouble. His very new car just conked out with a warning about his transmission. Computer might have been whacky, or maybe there really was a problem. Anyway, I pulled over, picked him up, and we went up to the next exit. He thought maybe he was just out of gas, so we managed to find someone who had an empty can we could borrow and returned to his car. His biggest was concern was that he was travelling with his kids and didn't want to leave them for long.

When we got there, a police car was waiting, which was good. I wasn't very confident that his car would start, so I was glad he would have a way to get a tow or some other help. He was travelling from Michigan back home to New York. Good luck to him!

I received a warm welcome from my dad and his wife. They have a beautiful home. I'm looking forward to a good visit.

A friend of mine sent this to me. It's probably well known, but I hadn't seen it before. I'm still laughing!

A pastor, a doctor and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers.

The engineer fumed, "What's with these guys? We must have been waiting for 15 minutes!" The doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but I've never seen such ineptitude!" The pastor said, "Hey, here comes the greens keeper. Let's have a word with him."

"Hi George! Say, what's with that group ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they?"

The greens keeper replied, "Oh, yes, that's a group of blind firefighters. They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free any time."

The group was silent for a moment. The pastor said, "That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight." The doctor said, "Good idea. And I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist buddy and see if there's anything he can do for them." The engineer said, "Why can't these guys play at night?"