Fred and Kathy talk about their marriage on the morning of their 13th wedding anniversary. Listen up, you young people, and thosa you new to marriage, too. Sometimes it is all it's cracked up to be!

What cads we've been! How cruel!! It's been weeks since we put up part 1 of this how-tutorial and, whaddya know, some people actually listened to it--but we never got around to posting the climactic conclusion. 'Til now.

By the way, even if you're not into the plumbing thing, the soundtrack is a killer!

Mentioning "climactic conclusion" reminds me of this:

Climax and Anticlimax sat on a fence. Climax blew up; who was left?  Aw, nevermind.

I borrowed a hair cutting kit and took it to a family gathering. Dad was brave enough to volunteer for the operation! Here is the cast of characters:

Laurie, Stylist/Riveter

Dad, Innocent Victim

Kathy & Mom, Chorus of Doubt

Christopher, Boy Itching to Get in the Game

Fred, Instigator

Roger Tibbs, Yodeler (a sure sign of quality!)

In a sunny, open hall, in another city, surprised by music from another life played on a borrowed computer.

It's like someone tapping you on the shoulder and saying, "Hey, man...."

Kathy loves Stephen Colbert and believes sampling the Ben & Jerry's ice cream named after him will somehow perfect her spiritual union with him. The search for this elusive ice cream takes us into strange (for us) territory--the suburban cinema multiplex where the youths of America roam in the open expanses.

Faithful listeners will note that this adventure goes the way all of our expeditions go! When will we ever learn? When will we e-e-e-e-e--ever learn?

To a guy with a hammer, it's said, everything looks like a nail.

Add to that:  To a guy with a digital recorder, everything sounds like a deep thought. Still, if you leave out the words and other sounds and listen only to what we were trying to mean, it's not a bad little glimpse into our philosophy.