What I know today.

The above is only a substitute title for "Friday Night with Otis."

Willie Nelson has a new Raggae album. Okay, sure, I'll repeat that - Willie Nelson has a Raggae album. The album is titled Countryman and the song that I listened to wasn't half bad. But Willie shouldn't be surprised if the FBI came knocking on his door once again.

There may be nothing quite as wonderful as slowly dancing with the person you love in a soft-lighted hallway. Our dance this evening took place during "Fade Into You" by Mazzy Star. I won't hear that song in the same way ever again.

Today we made our first trip to the pediatrician. Well, actually Chick and I have both been to a pediatrician before, but not since we were children. Today we took Mo. The nurse that we first met with looked like a guy I wouldn't let park my car. Not only was he much younger than me, he dressed like it. I can only assume it was 'casual friday'. He was wearing faded blue jeans with a green t-shirt that in my mind had a Kool cigarettes logo. I know that it wasn't a Kool cigarettes logo but it was the shade of green that Kool would have used. Either way, I have to admit that I was a bit cautious about this guy asking intimate questions about my daughter and my wife. But in the end he was just as great as the dentist I went to last week from Zimbabwe. I'll tell you more about her in six months.

I fed my neighbors cats today. We spent four years in our last house without knowing any of our neighbors' names. Now after a few weeks I have people giving me a key to their home and trusting me with their animals. (Actually the cats aren't a problem but they obviously don't know about my fetish for stealing spoons.) Jacob and Amanda, our new neighbors, are getting married this weekend in some town up north. It is my responsibilty to take care of Guinness and Jedi. No, I'm not making those names up. Jacob is definitely one of us.

I changed no less than 5 dirty diapers today. None included any more poop than you would put mustard on a hamburger. But it will be some time before I'll be able to reach for the jar of Grey Poupon.

My problem with watching The Andy Griffith Show in the morning is that there are two shows on the same time as Live! with Regis and Kelly. And if I don't watch Regis and Kelly I can't stay in tune with pop culture. So I've only been able to catch one episode of Andy, skipping the second half of Regis and Kelly. The show I caught today was when Otis' brother was coming for a visit. Otis was worried about his brother finding out he was the town drunk. It turned out that Otis' brother was also a drunk. It could have been a great episode to fight the disease of alcoholism. Instead, it was just a funny show.