What's the story?

He fell asleep and they're going shopping?
They're going for a walk and he can't be trusted not to wander off?
The tide is coming in and they don't want him to wash away?

Too Little, Too Late?
Today's news: Obama has resigned from Trinity United Church of Christ after a 20-year membership there. He obviously did it to put a rest to the criticisms about his association with what has come from Trinity's pulpit but his move seems to raise more questions, or at least highlight existing questions. Was he OK with it until those sermons posed problems for his campaign? He's claiming ignorance, that he didn't know about these sermons until now. That's not credible if he's been a member for 20 years. The question is not, why did he resign? But, why did it take this long?

Household Hints from Me to You
A year ago I remodeled the master bath and that included installing glass shower doors. I paid extra to get the coating on the inside surface, and I always squeegee after I shower. (Pam uses the other shower.) We have hard water here and I had water spots where the squeegee didn't reach, like the surface where the doors overlap and around the handles. I also had a soap scum film that was worse the closer it got to the bottom of the doors.
It's been driving me crazy and I decided the doors needed to be cleaned. I tried rubbing alcohol, then window cleaner and finally vinegar, all without any success. Then I tried some glass stovetop cleaner I had left over from cleaning up a rental. It said on the plastic bottle that it worked for glass fireplace doors so I figured I'd give it a try. Wow! It took off both the hard water spots and the soap scum almost effortlessly.
If you've got glass shower doors this is the answer! The only elbow grease required was where the water spots were especially bad, but even that wasn't tough.
After I got both doors cleaned I put a coat of car wax on them. Should help at least delay the next cleaning.

In tomorrow's post, how to cook tender and juicy bone-in chuck steaks using the intake manifold from a '62 Plymouth.

I'm just sayin'
The TV schedule said TNT was going to broadcast the Bruce Willis flick "Death Wish." But what they actually broadcast was Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts in "Conspiracy Theory." On the way into town for lunch I saw two black Suburbans with drivers wearing sun glasses. Then I got a phone call tonight and the computer voice said she had important business information for some guy named Jason, but if I wasn't Jason I should press the number four.
And I've never read Catcher in the Rye.

Work with me on this.
Our biggest household expense during the summer months (at least before gas prices shot up) is the electric bill, and that's because of air conditioning. I realized a couple of weeks ago just how much heat our TV generates, and we have it on almost all evening.
It seems to me a flat screen LCD TV would generate a lot less heat. That would save money on the AC bill. And be good for the environment! So getting a flat screen TV is the responsible thing to do, both from an economical and an ecological standpoint. Right?

Predictions
Lakers in 6.
Big Brown going away.
Nadal needs all five sets to beat Federer in the final.
Hillary bows out Wednesday morning. (Bill holds out all the way to the convention.)
McCain changes his mind and does not pick Dwight Schrute as his V.P.
R. Kelly shows up in the Zapruder film, but without a mole on his back.
The preacher will spend Sunday afternoon thinking about how much better the sermon would have been if....