Recommended by Martin Scorsese

We managed to double up yesterday.  After the morning at the Arboretum, Cas went off the the gym and I went to have a pretty decent nap.  Then, he came over and shared a pizza and a bottle of wine with me.  We watched Shakes the Clown. 

Shakes the Clown was one of the dumbest movies ever made, and we laughed out loud frequently while watching it.  I had seen it before, but it's been years.  It still holds up, though.  It's as dumb now as it was in the nineties.  This whole thing came up when there was a trivia question on Tuesday asking which Bobcat Goldthwait film was once described by Martin Scorsese as "The Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies."  When I immediately announced to our team that it was Shakes the Clown, Cas was intrigued.  Well, to put all of those curiosities to rest, we spent the $3 on Amazon instant video and watched the movie. 

Lest we seem to be indulging in too much culture, there's always a bit of the immature available.  The Nasher then Speed Zone.  Shakespeare then volleyball.  Flowers then Shakes.  When he sent me a text to say he had arrived safely home, I let him know that there aren't many men who would happily spend the morning at the Arboretum then gleefully spend the evening watching the Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies.  He wrote back to tell me that women who find a day well spent that way are pretty rare, as well. 

A week from today, he is headed off on his own big summer adventure.  He has a trip with his father bicycling in Ireland planned.  It sounds like a great time for him, and I am glad he is going, but I am just a little sad that we will miss watching July 4th fireworks together.  Maybe at tonight's Rangers game, someone will hit a home run and the Ballpark will treat us to a few celebratory sparkles.  In the meantime, I have a deadline of a project at school that I have been ignoring- to my own detriment- now I have to spend my morning doing actual work.  Blegh. I just need to get it done so I can go watch baseball.  Eyes on the prize.