I had a rather nice and relaxing weekend. On Friday, Rob and I met some of his friends at his sister’s restaurant. I have met his friends before at a summer block party but this was my first time meeting their girlfriends. Everyone seemed nice. Although they told filthy jokes. There was only one that made me laugh. What do you call a dog with brass balls and no hind legs? Sparky.

Saturday was spent running errands. In the late afternoon, Rob finally gave in to the sinus infection that had been plaguing him. I fed him sudafed tablets and rubbed his temples. Rob felt better today. He noticed that 50% of my VHS tapes were labeled KUNG FU! I explained to him that they weren’t episodes of the original series but rather Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. He said he liked that series as well and we should watch it. I placed the tape into my VHS player and next thing I know I am echoing the opening monologue: The grandson of Kwai Chang Caine walks out of the past… “But I want to fight.”
“Yes. So did your great-grandfather when he was your age.”
He teaches his son wisdom at a Shaolin temple. An evil force destroyed that temple. Father and son each believed the other had perished. Fifteen years later they were reunited…. Now Caine faced new challenges… And his son grew up.
“Look, I’m not my father. I don’t do kung fu. I’m a cop. That’s who I am. That’s what I do.”
“I am Caine. I will help you.”
The credits faded and the spell broke. I looked at Rob. He was staring at me. I think I scared him.

In the second episode, I noticed Peter was wearing a bomber jacket. I told Rob that he should wear a bomber jacket. If you think about it, a bomber jacket is de rigeur for an action hero. Murdock wore one in the A-Team, Macgyver wore one, Starsky wore one, and there are more which I just can’t think of at the moment. The other wardrobe staple of an action hero is the pairing of a mock turtleneck with a blazer. The more kick ass the action hero, the higher the chance the blazer is leather. Shaft, Charles Bronson, Steve MacQueen, Derek Flint. In the 3 episodes we watched of Kung Fu, Peter didn’t sport any mock turtlenecks but he did wear blazers. Sadly he paired them with what appeared to be tight, acid-washed jeans.

I gotta say that I absolutely loved the Kung Fu episodes. They were just as good as I remembered. Actually, they were horrible. So horrible that they crossed into greatness.

Lastly, Rob wrote a song about that mystery poop we found on his driveway. It’s a catchy song. Here’s a sampling of the lyrics:
What animal can it be
That left a poopie for me
In my yard
Pee-yew!
Yeah, it’s been weeks. We are still talking about it. All I can say is, the poop was really huge and real smelly. It deserved a song.