Moe Thinks He Knows a Lot More Than Moe Knows

Happy Martin Luther King Day! I suspect a good many are off from work today, as bethje is, so thank the Civil Rights Movement for that. {g} Actually, I'm off today as well, but not because it's a holiday. I just haven't been getting very many hours at Walmart recently, but apparently that's not just me. It's not like that dream I had last night where I cursed out a customer with a complicated order was true, after all.

Since I've already discussed my temporarily missing wedding ring, I can't say I have a whole lot to report about my life as of late. Trying to balance school, work, sleep, and leisure activities is a bit of a challenge, but I think it's been going all right. I have a case study to write for tomorrow, but it only has to be 750 words, so I don't expect it to take that long. On Saturday night, we went out to eat at Bob Evans, which I suppose really isn't worth mentioning. And no, I didn't have any sausage at that meal. It's good sausage, but doesn't work well in omelettes, as I found out a few years ago. Bob Evans is actually the only close sit-down restaurant that serves breakfast all day, now that the Denny's has closed down. There's always IHOP, but that's a little more of a drive.

When I first read the synopsis of last night's Simpsons episode, I really didn't think it sounded very good. We've seen several plots about Moe renovating his bar already, and he's mentioned the possibility of making it into a gay bar a few times as well. Even the title was basically a rehash: "Flaming Moe" instead of "Flaming Moe's." I think it actually worked out well, though. The plot actually went somewhere, and it was nice to see Moe and Smithers working together, since they don't get to interact a whole lot under normal circumstances. I appreciated that they included a callback to the previous changes to Moe's. I prefer it when they acknowledge that they're doing an unoriginal story. I guess if the show lasts much longer, Moe will eventually make his tavern into the milk bar from A Clockwork Orange. I liked the subplot with Principal Skinner dating the new music teacher as well, but the two really didn't intersect much at all. By the way, did anyone notice whether Scott Thompson's character in this episode was the same as the one in "Three Gays of the Condo," or has he now voiced two different stereotypically gay Springfield residents? Also, what was the song they played when Skinner met the music teacher?

I've been getting a lot of spam comments on my journal recently. Is there anything I can do about this? Maybe disallowing anonymous comments would help, since it's been a long time since I got a real comment from an anonymous author. I'm still not totally comfortable with the idea, however.