Dear Anonymous Coward:

Wow, this person just posted this very ugly response to our Paris, Day 1 blog entry.

how about wearing something appropriate to jules verne, (even for lunch)gentlman should have a jacket and lady should NOT be wearing jeans. and take that gay earing out man. this is why the rest of the world hates us americans. you have no class! read the dress code before you go someplace.

First of all, this person is a coward, calling us names and then not signing its name. Second, it wrote all in lower case, certainly a tell-tale sign of its lack of attention to detail and class. Third, the wonderful thing about the Jules Verne (in which I'm sure he has never dined, and made this comment because of extreme jealousy) is that they were kind to us even though we were jet-lagged and dressed casually. They did not act like snobs and deny us service. We were made to feel as welcome as the French family all dressed in jeans and casual attire and the business folks having a leisurely meal. This person who wrote the heinous comment is the one without class, and if you know it (or him/her), please slap it for me. COWARD, give me your name and place of origin so that I may respond to you with a clear visual in mind. Right now, my visual of you is a really good one. Anyone else have a visual of this loser?

Still Laughing

I've recently become aware of a show called Robot Chicken, brainchild of Seth Green. It's difficult to describe, but think Laugh-In performed by stop-motion animation. Sometimes it's silly, sometimes it's hysterical beyond belief. Each episode only runs about 15 minutes or so, and my favorite so far is the one during which Steven Tyler gets sent into space on an Armageddon-like mission, but can't stop throwing up all over everything, including the inside of his space-suit's visor.

So, there's a Robot Chicken homage to Star Wars. It contains a scene many of you have probably already seen before, wherein Darth Vader is calling the Emperor (collect) to tell him about the death star's destruction, while the Emperor is meeting with two members of the trade confederation which started all the trouble with Naboo. There is so much more, but I don't want to spoil it for you.

Please, I beg of you, if you love Star Wars at all, you must watch it:

http://www.adultswim.com/shows/robotchicken/stuff/rcsw/ivcp/

PS - still waiting to get the results from our I600-A (typed that first as "I666-a")...