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During first period today, one of my friends came in and asked me if I liked Tom Waits. "Of course!" I said, "Tom Waits is very cool!"
"Well guess what?" he said, barely able to contain himself, "Tom Waits is going on tour, and he will be in El Paso in June!"

Sweet!

You can check out tour dates for the Glitter and Doom Tour (isn't that a great name) at Tomwaits.com and be sure to watch the video of his "press conference." If you're not amused by it, give up!

Carl, who hates theater seating and hardly ever goes out to the movies, went to the actual theater last night and saw Iron Man. He liked it very much. Even enough to make up for the theater seating. Even enough to make up for getting home at midnight on a work night. Even enough to make him not mind so much the car trouble that became worse on his round trip to the theater. OK, OK, I'll go and see it! Ron and I will probably even take Raine, who love superheros.

Finally, we got a copy of The Golden Compass today, and watched it this evening. It was quite entertaining, and fantastic. The CG wasn't too overpowering, and there were a lot of people in it that I didn't expect. OK, Sam Elliot playing.... well, Sam Elliot - or at least the same cowboy we are used to seeing him play so well. It was a nice touch. The ending does - of course - scream for a sequel... we'll see.