More Things Fall Apart

The Taurus, not getting as much attention as Crapmobile, decided to make a scene. On my way to work the thumping from the front end got so bad that I just drove to Perry's and left it with him. Took the bus the rest of the way to work. I'm secretly hoping that he'll tell me that it's just not worth it to fix the beast and we should just put a bullet in it. It would be a great excuse to go down to being a one car family.

On a happier note, KyKy's concert last night was excellent. 20 different pieces by 15 different combinations of choirs, wind ensembles and orchestras. It was organized incredibly well so there wasn't much waiting between pieces for the next group to set up. KyKy's orchestra sounded really good playing "Sugar Plum Faries" from Nutcracker. To me though, the highlight of the night was the massed choir singing Leonard Cohen's "Anthem." They printed the lyrics in the program, and it was so fitting, given the times we live in. If I can find that program, I'll post the lyrics. It was a good thing the concert was held in the Basilica, it was filled up front to back. It's not a huge space, but just big enough for this event. All those people never would have fit in Southwest's auditorium. Unfortunately, the accoustics were only ok. We could hear everything, but her earlier concert at SW was much easier to listen to.

Update Perry just called to say that it was the right front bearing and that he fixed it already. Curses. We remain a two car family cuz I'm too chicken to simply do the deed and go down to one.

UPS just delivered a box of shortbread cookies from one of our vendors. It only took $80,000 of purchases on our part to earn this lovely gift.