"before the merriment of commencement commences"

I woke up this morning with the Kenny Rogers song "Lucille" running through my head ("you picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille"). I have always had a special place in my heart for Kenny. And not just because he's "The Gambler." There's just something about that gravely voiced, gray haired crooner that gets me going.

Ah, swiftly fly the years. My sister graduated from college on Saturday. Hard to believe that it was 5 years ago that I graduated from the same college. She's glad to be finished with school but also nervous about entering the "real world." But she'll knock 'em dead, this I know.
Sidebar: It's too bad, though, that the commencement speakers ruined the ceremony. The woman who spoke only of herself and did not offer the graduates any words of inspiration was bad enough. But the religious zealot who provided a little too much information about his personal life and claimed he wasn't being preachy while telling us that only through the love of Jesus will we do great things was just too much. Um hello? Why don't you try considering your audience before you speak? I was offended on behalf of all the atheists out there.

Faerie Tale Theatre
Flashback Alert: Oh man, remember this Showtime series that was hosted by Shelley Duvall? When I was a kid, we loved to rent these from the video store. Last night Andrew and I watched "The Three Little Pigs" starring Billy Crystal and Jeff Goldblum. Classic!