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CHARLES and the CHOCOLATE FACTORY
EXPLOSIONS:	☆☆
INCIDENTAL NUDITY:	☆☆☆☆
DINOSAURS:	☆☆
TIME TRAVEL:	☆
all ratings out of 4 stars. oompah-loompahs are a weak substitute for dinosaurs.

My mom, my sister Leanne, my sister Dyana and my sister Dyana's friend Donna came to town last week. I'd go to work and tell my buddies that I had company, but the conversation was always awkward:
Jesse: "My mom and sisters are in town."
Buddy: "You didn't tell me you have any sisters! No wonder your such a ladies man. How many sisters do you have?"
Jesse: "I have three sisters, and yeah, the ladies dig me like old school cartoons."
Buddy: "Wow three sisters! Are you the youngest of the Wilson litter? Old school cartoons? I gotta say He-man was pretty cool in his day."
Jesse: "I'm child number three. The only male. He-man and cringer on Saturday mornings were the closest I came to a big brother."
Buddy: "So you're entertaining four ladies this week. I think you should invite me over to your apartment. I wish He-man was my brother - then I'd pick fights with EVERYONE!"
Jesse: "I'm entertaining four ladies this week, but they're not all my sisters. And you'd better only pick fights with Skeletor, cause He-man knows there'll be a moral waiting for you at the end of the episode if you beat up somebody who isn't dressed in an evil purple costume!"
Buddy: "Of course, one of them is your mom. I heard you the first time. Purple, eh? do you think skeletor was a homo? That whole cartoon was quite homo-erotic, now that I think about it."
Jesse: "No, no, no, but aside from my mom, they weren't all my sisters. My youngest sister Jennifer is still in Alberta teaching teenagers how to cut down trees. And Adam/He-man had a dual identity. I bet that's what life is like in the closet."
Buddy: "So you have three sisters, and a mom, and your sisters and mom are visiting you for a total of four people, but one of your sisters is not here? And He-man was totally the out-of-the-closet identity. For sure."
Jesse: "Exactly. The fourth person is my sister's friend Donna. Do you think Skeletor whas a right wing Catholic homophobe?"


And now for some Thursday morning green bullets:

Apparently somebody noticed that I've been out of southwestern Ontario for a few months.

We went to the Oregon zoo, and saw two sea-lions acidentally bash into each other. They were both swimming backwards without looking where they were going! I burst out laughing but everyone else at the zoo was too proper to laugh. I'm sure that if it was on America's Funniest Zoo Videos, they would have appreciated the humor.

Hiking is good.

I've finally cracked and I'm going to buy furniature. A desk and a pair of chairs to start, methinks.

I proclaim that today is the day for Roughrider vengance! The losing streak will end and all will rejoice.