Sorry about July!

Sorry about not posting at all during July. I was temporarily without convenient access to a broadband connection, so I blew it off. However, I am relocated to my new digs, (which I have named "the bunker") now and will be doing much better.

Last week my father and I took a car trip to Memphis. He's an Elvis fan and had always wanted to see Graceland, but never would have gone on his own. (He doesn't like to fly, and has trouble driving long distances). We not only saw Graceland, but Sun Studios in Memphis, both of which I enjoyed. On the way back we stopped in Nashville and saw the Grand Old Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame, neither of which I particularly liked.

I knew Graceland wasn't very large as mansions go, but was surprised at how modest it actually was. I know ordinary people with McMansions in the suburbs than seem larger. At least if you only count the main house, and not the various out-buildings and add-on, like the raquetball building. Standing in Graceland, you wouldn't know you were in a "mansion" at all -- it just seems like a regular house, albeit one frozen in time since the '70s and decorated by a guy with some very unusual taste.

I was surprised at how thin Elvis was (until the last few years, obviously). He was maybe three inches taller than me, and even if I dieted to my ideal weight I doubt I could fit into any of his pants that were on display.