Phineas and Ferb

Last weekend Hubby was at a photography workshop around Yosemite and I tagged along. While I didn't actually attend the workshop with him I did the 'Lost in Translation' thing and hung out at the hotel we were staying at. I indulged myself and went to the spa for a facial. When I went back to our room I soon discovered that the channels on the tv were either sports or children's programming. Somehow I found myself watching the Disney channel's marathon of the cartoon 'Phineas and Ferb'. Shockingly, I could not switch the channel as I became more and more engrossed in this crazy cartoon.

At first, I thought it strange that Phineas had a triangle for a head, but after an hour I stopped noticing it. I was amused by the bizarre and outlandish inventions the step-brothers create in their backyard, and how they never get into trouble because their parents never discover their antics.

Since arriving back home I have been searching for the Disney channel and --gasp-- recording 'Phineas and Ferb'. Hubby thinks I've gone loony; he laughs and shakes his head when he checks the DVR recordings and sees 'Phineas and Ferb'. Perhaps now my niece and nephew will think I'm cool.

When an ipod Just Isn't Enough

Word has it that President Obama, who is visiting the UK for the G-20 Summit, presented Queen Elizabeth with an ipod. Apparently, the aforementioned ipod was loaded with photos of the queen during her last visit to the United States, but what kind of gift is an ipod to a reigning monarch in her 80s? After giving the Prime Minister of England a boxed set of classic American movies on DVD (that were apparently non-compatible with British DVD players), this is another indicationn that the White House is in dire need of a top-notch protocol officer...or perhaps a staffer that could give more thought and substance to these official gifts. Do they really believe that DVDs and ipods are not availble overseas?