Bikes and Tykes

Plotnik hasn't used his automatic watering system all year. There was so much rain early this season and he wouldn't use it now either except when he and Duck go back East he doesn't want his plants to die.

What plants? They're all dying anyway. Why is he doing this? No reason.

Plottie bought padded shorts yesterday (no, not to buff out his Great PlotParts, but because when you take a long bike tour you're supposed to wear shorts padded on the bottom to save yourself from saddle sores). If you want to see the route that Plot, PD and old friend Chris are planning to take, see Great Allegheny Bike Trail.

The fall colors should be beginning -- it sounds like a wonderful weekend. This means Plottie will stay East a week longer than Duck, who has classes she can't miss.

But last night he was surfing the Dumb-o-sphere and found this wonderful movie called Gigantic with Paul Dano and Zoey Deschanelle and John Goodman playing basically the same character he played in Treme, only even larger. Man, he is getting HUGE! Ed Asner is in the movie too, and at the very end he gives a toast to his new granddaughter and says: "To Mae -- many happy birthdays and I will be at every one!"

Plot realized with a thump that he is missing Isabella's birthday this year by three weeks -- for the second time. This is not a good precedent to set. It just isn't. Some day they won't care whether or not Grandpa and Grandma live or die -- no, they will care if they die. But as far as living -- not so much. It makes no sense not to take advantage of all the sweet hours you get, before you turn into an obligation.

Who, Plotnik? Feeling a little stressed because his mom said she fell off her stool while talking to Duck on the phone the other night? Turns out she didn't fall, she just dropped her phone. She got confused. Quality of life, you know? Do it while we can.