Mellow Interspersed

Yesterday got off to a rather inauspicious start, I've gotta say. Nothing like greeting one's spouse as they get up by saying, "We have no working toilets and the front bathroom is flooded."

It was time to get a plumber out to the house.

Gotta say that Deaton Plumbing here in Hurst got here quickly, cleared up the problem quickly, and didn't charge the worst rate I've ever seen.

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M.O.B.B. and I had her birthday date last night. We went to see that second Pirates movie with Johnny Depp and that guy from the movie with all the elves and whatnot. It was entertaining enough. Stopped by PF Changs afterwards for some fine Asian-style grub.

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You know, I've been thinking about ol' Shonie Carter and his antics on The Ultimate Fighter 4. He wanders around in a Speedo, spray paints and/or glues costume jewels on most anything that doesn't move, tries to do crazy crap like building a flotation device out of water bottles, and just generally gets on everyone's nerves.

But you know, he's a highly visible character making his name better-known than ever in an exploding industry/sport. He's generally credited as being a savvy fighter, and you know, he may be a savvy GUY as well.

We've all seen big-name fight gear plugged here and there. Xyience practically owns TUF, and I'm sure that, like me, you've shuddered to see a huge Revgear or Tapout sticker on the back windshield of a truck also covered with "W: The President" and rebel flag stickers.

But really, MMA gear is absolutely going nuts. So maybe Carter's act isn't geared strictly towards annoying everyone else. Maybe he's got his eye on landing one of those lucrative endorsements.

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It's a rainy, mellow day here. Well, mellow interspersed with periods of me griping at the kids for tussling over a broken robot toy neither had cared about for six months until THEGIRL dug it out of THEBOY's room and started carrying it around this morning.

Gotta write an essay today. Current title: The Myth of the Construct.

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Ya'll be good.