Vehicle saga continues: Ended up getting (leasing) a Plymouth Grand Voyager. Something of an oxymoron having a van called Voyager that is limited to 12,000 miles a year, but what the heck. Also, it's one of the last of its kind, considering the fact that Plymouth is being discontinued. Nice vehicle, five doors, counting the tailgate, pretty cool.

Saw the Temptations last Saturday: I say we "saw" them because it was damn hard to hear them. Outdoor concert, fairly big crowd, rude and uncouth. Makes me wonder what's wrong with people these days. There's a lot of talk lately about the loss of civility in the American public, and I think it's very real. Audiences at public events are a great example. Been to a movie theatre lately? Loud, rude people who don't really give a damn whether anybody else can hear or not. Somehow, in the last 20 years, we've raised a generation of people that have no manners at all. When we were in England a few years ago, I noticed how polite most of the people were. We're not that way in the US anymore. Even small towns like good old Elkhart have become crude and crass. I'm not talking about countrified people having little sophistication (we've always had our share of that type). I'm talking about people who are jerks and proud to be so. Too bad. Loss of respect for the rights of others has reached an epidemic in this country. We probably need some kind of major backlash. It's really time for people to stand up and say what's right and what's not, and not be afraid of being shouted down for doing so.