I like meerkats

Yesterday Rhonda worked, so Grandpa and Grandma and I took the kids down to the Minnesota Zoo. We had an enjoyable time. It rained a little off and on, but eventually the sun came out, with some humidity. As was typical, Hanna loved seeing all the animals, but John mostly wanted to keep pressing ahead.

We went to see a movie at the Imax theater, we saw "Wild Safari 3D". Most of the 3D effects were neat, but some about made your eyes go cross-eyed and induced vomiting and nausea.

Monday night, then, some strong storms blew through. It was like a hurricane at times. eek.

The other night "The Big Sleep" was on TCM. A great film noir, with Bogie and Bacall. Great stuff, although the plot is famously bewildering. Who killed who, and why, and why was Bacall with Mars's wife at the end, it's hard to keep track. One silly thing was why Mars's men killed him when he left Geiger's house. (How many times did Bogie turn out the lights when leaving that house?!) Mars thought Bogie wasn't going to be there for another 30 minutes or so. He must have told his men that, so they would've thought Mars was alone. So, in hearing a shot, wouldn't they think Mars had fired, and wondered why? And if they were going to kill Bogie, why not do it when Bogie arrived and was going into the house. Oh well, still a fun movie.