Homelike

Finally brought the monster truck back to the airport. We actually dented it, but my local mechanic pretty much undented it and hopefully I won't get charged anything. I already paid Avis a lot of money this summer when my rented minivan got tangled up with a stray bicycle (sitting in the driveway, not with someone riding it).

American Idol is on now, ready to strike another blow against competent singing. The singing on that show is almost uniformly awful, mostly because it's so uniform. That Carrie Underwood was such a standout just because she sounded like a generic county singer is evidence enough, but the focus on the big note in every song makes Idol singers sound like parodies of themselves after a while. Oh, plus it's boring, except when Simon is talking or Paula is stoned on something.

Going outside right now to see the lunar eclipse. It cleared up just in time.