White Lightning Axiom: Redux

The dogs bark at midnight; I lock them up. The dogs bark at 0200, I admonish them. A branch falls in the forest and the dogs are there to hear it. I tell the Mrs that the axiom of a tree falling in the forest has now failed. For indeed, the tree fell, no-one but a couple of dogs heard it, and now I know of it and am explaining the matter at an hour that I should be sleeping. Alas, 0700 rolls around and it is time that I should letting the same two tree-aware beasts out to tear up the Grandparent's turf. After sending the sylvan canidae out to do their worst, I go up and roust the little ones to attempt the same. They wake quickly and the morning begins in ernest. We've got places to go and ... well, livestock to see. We are heading off to the NY State fair to do a little sight-seeing. First, we pick up the Big Little Brother and head off towards Syracuse.

Not a long drive, however, the kids enjoyed it as long as there were tractors, cows and other assorted agricultural implements to observe along the way. We have a short bus trip from the outer rim parking lot somewhere in the orbit of Saturn. The slower than molasses trip into the inner planets is not too arduous and is thoroughly enjoyed by Jacob. Alexis, however, had to be woken from a drug-induced anti-carsickness coma and was entirely unimpressed with the ordeal. Once inside the fairgrounds, we were quickly swallowed by the mass of thousands of people ... or hundreds of teeth. Yeah, including the carnies. It's a blow to ones sense of respect for your fellow man when you are but-to belly with some people clad in not nearly enough clothing who are in dire need of it. The most spectacular sight was a 12 year old in a mini-skirt, tube-top and 2 inch platform heels. It makes me feel proud to be a parent. Yetch. Given that, we also saw some more modest sights. Cows peeing, pigs pooping, goats bleating, green sheep, austere llamas, crowing roosters, ducks, rabbits, and 'cavies'. Yes, 'cavies' are guinea pigs. I learned something new! The down-side of all this is that the Mrs was not quite in peak form and quickly became less intrigued with being amongst the waves of humanity moving about us. We went over to look at the honest-to-life train display, used the potty and then worked our way back to the outer rings of Saturn to get back to the Family Tank.

The trip home was uneventful except for the kids nodding off and the Mrs climbing into a darkened internal place so she could escape the absurd discomfort of illness. We shuttle her off to bed once we arrive home and continue with the evening events as she sleeps it off. Dinner, play, bath, bed for the kids, the same for me. Well, minus the bath but I tossed in a viewing of 'Sin City' to make up for it. It's an ... interesting piece. Especially to watch with your parents. Mmmm, yes.

# posted by mdmhvonpa @ 9:09 AM