You sound like you're having fun already.

• Mama Mia (2008)

It's Mrs Ted's birthday today and Grandmommy has taken the children overnight so Ted and Mrs Ted can make like the title of this blog entry.
Ted came home early and took me and Miss Molly for a walk, woof woof. I thought that was too good to be true 'cos then the two of them went out for the evening leaving us behind, yip yip. Ted gave me some story about restaurants not serving dogs and Miss Molly would be frightened in a darkened cinema but I think they just wanted a night out on their own - wink, wink.
The picture was taken with a cell phone in the restaurant and is not Ted's best photographic accomplishment. However it does prove that he took Mrs Ted out to eat and I can tell you the restaurant was Latitude 2802 in Rockport. After depositing an arm and a leg in payment for the meal they went to see the film "Mama Mia" starring Meryl Streep, an actress of whom Ted has never been fond, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Ted now likes Meryl Streep.

Hey Curly, what all happens in a hurricane?

• Key Largo (1948)

Hurricane Dolly threatened to drop by our neighborhood today but luckily decided to stay down Mexico way!
However we did get a whole lot of rain out of the deal and Ted got to come home early because the EE decided to close due to the threat of Tornadoes in the local area.
Miss Molly and I don't understand hurricanes and tornadoes so we happily got on with our lives, grateful for Ted's early presence, but oblivious to the conditions which made the Ted children whiny brats all evening. For some reason the kids were scared and wanted to sleep with their parents; personally I think that's fine and I should get to join them with Miss Molly too!
{Comment from Ted: "Dream on Dr Johnson"}

A man don't go his own way, he's nothing

• From Here to Eternity (1953)

This is supposed to be boy's night out. Are you sure you're at the right table?
As you can see from this picture nothing is sacred. It's not that the guys didn't like having Eddy join them it's just that, well, it didn't really qualify as "boy's night out" this week 'cos they had a girl with them!

We could be anywhere now

• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

Ted says the EE believes you to be only as good as your last sale and consequently he is feeling very small today. Friday was frantic and busy, full of sales potential; Monday on the other hand was pretty dire. The Overlords will be mad when they review the day.
Well, sod it, Ted doesn't care. He had a day of customer service, next to no sales, but lots of happy cheerful customers that he persuaded were the only thing the EE cared about today.

[to Ted] Good one, dude.

• Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

The flag is in tatters; two and a half months in the sea breezes of Rockport and we need a new flag - again!
Oh well, onwards and upwards with the sales effort.
Ted tells me that he had a woofing good day today but he did miss his friend Wee Jeannie who left early to go to Sea World with her family. Gosh, maybe that's why Ted had such a good day 'cos Jeannie wasn't there to share in the sales. Guess you can either have sales or a family life but not both - how sad. Yip, yip.
Buddy had a good few sales too so the EE Overlords will be happy tonight.
Ted's "good" day was more to do with the people he encountered rather than the sales he made 'cos, let's face it, Ted doesn't give a toss for the sales ethos. Anyhoo, woof,woof Ted tells me he met a lady from his home town who attended the same school as he did and knows one of his old classmates. Another customer was a computer type chappie who happily chatted with Ted about the merits of various PDA and computer hardware and software items - ooh Ted was in his element. Then later in the day another lady came in to see him and it turns out that her children will be going to the same school as Ted's kids so they had a jolly time talking about their kids and the school and related stuff.
[p.s. I'm still faffing around with MT4 and so still don't have a firm date for the site update - but I'm working hard to get there - woof, woof.]

The Times They Are A-Changing (1964)

• Bob Dylan

Dr Johnson's Toast of the Coast is moving from blogger to it's own server and will be using Movable Type 4 blog software to do so.
Dr Johnson will therefore be on vacation for a while until he figures out how to move without losing the entire history of his blog. Also he will need time to figure out how to use MT4 to create new entries.
This whole moving thing is due to Ted and Mrs Ted deciding to standardize their web presence on one server using one software package.
Watch this space for the new, improved, super-duper Cousinsclub.com and associated blogs.

People say that if you don't love America, then get the hell out. Well, I love America

• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

Woof, woof, yip, yip happy Fourth of July holiday!
Ted and Mrs Ted are not at work today because it's a national holiday and guess what? It's pouring down with rain!
Yes, even way down here in South Texas it rains on holidays; the difference here is that we appreciate the rain for what it does for our yards and it's still warm anyway so it's no big deal. Now, Ted says, if this was the UK it would be freezing cold and miserable and they wouldn't want "more" rain anyway.
God Bless America.
I do think the neighbors are over reacting a tad tho'.
It may be raining but it's not at flood levels just yet and I think a truck will make it down the road for a while yet. Still, I suppose it's nice to have your kayak ready to go, just in case.

Are you sure there are two l's in dollar, Gideon?

• Local Hero (1983)

Well there were plenty of dollars flying around tonight at the 2008 Rockport Art Auction Dinner - another occasion that Dr Johnson was not invited to attend!
Ted and Mrs Ted got to go out to dinner, without kids and dogs, courtesy of the EE which had taken a table at this local event. An open bar and a free dinner in good company combined with a little socializing with relatives and customers who were also attending this gala event made for a very pleasant evening.
Woof,woof, wish I were there. (no doggy bags tonight)

Dammit, Ben. We can kill them before we eat breakfast.

• The Unforgiven (1960)

It's Wednesday so it must be boy's night out woof,woof. You would think they might take me with them too but for some reason restaurants discriminate against young dogs such as myself so I can't go with them!
Anyway it was Little Ted's choice of venue tonight and so Buddy and Ted took him to Pizza Hut where they sampled the new pasta offering as well as the more traditional pizza fare. Little Ted had a not so hidden agenda behind the requested venue as he wanted to put 4 quarters in the vending machine to buy a "body part". He got a couple of severed fingers to which he said "aw, I was hoping to get the heart!"

If I have any more fun today I don't think I can take it!

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

No pictures are available to illustrate this post as Ted did not think quickly enough to take any before cleaning up the mess!

First day of the new quarter and Ted missed an early morning staff "huddle" to discuss how to sell, sell, sell with a vengeance. He was somewhere else enjoying his breakfast and keeping his hours down to the required amount for the week. The EE can't have it both ways - woof, woof.

This evening I'm afraid I did rather ruin Ted's attempt to relax with a glass of red wine. I thought he might like to throw my new gorilla squeaky toy for me so I stuck my nose up between his legs and tossed the toy into his lap. Unfortunately that tossed his glass of red wine everywhere and it looked like a scene from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with red splotches everywhere from the carpet to the couch and from Ted's socks to his shirt. I must say he took it very well, simply saying in a calm voice to Mrs Ted "could you get me a cloth please Pet"

I kept a low profile the rest of the evening.