Jared and I did some snowmobiling today after my recording session. It was an absolute blast, i had never ridden a snowmobile before.

I received pay for the work I've n=done in the studio so fr. It's supposedly less than half of what the total will be, but it will keep me out of my savings for awhile.

Tomorrow we're leaving in the afternoon. The snow was nice, but the beach will be nicer.

I watched "Dancing With the Stars" tonight. It was a colossal waste of time. Remind me not to watch it again. The celebrities aren't even celebrities anymore.  The dancers are more famous than the "stars" are now. Soon the producers will need to resort to using Muppets, animated characters, famous criminals, and World Wrestling Federation "wrestlers" (AKA "actors") to stock the lineup. Those are the depths to which the show has sunk. I certainly hope that Judge Alex has the good sense to steer clear of the whole fiasco. Even if my aunt is wrong and Judge Alex doesn't actually dance like a Rock'em Sock'em Robot, I fail to see how  his participation in the show could have a good outcome for him.

Willard Romney, the Rock'em Sock'em Robot

My Twitter friend James commented that Willard Romney* looks just like a Rock'em Sock'em Robot who also happens to be dressed in jeans, a white shirt, and a tie. I couldn't agree more. Incidentally, I find the whole jeans-white-shirt-tie combo to be a rather odd look. I'd be really embarrassed if my dad dressed that way in public or even at home. (Dad, if you wear jeans with a white dress shirt and tie anytime soon, I'll know you read my blog and are just wearing geek clothes to annoy and embarrass me.)

My pseudoaunt once commented, back when  FB fans were clamoring for Judge Alex's inclusion in Dancing With The Stars'  lineup a couple of seasons ago, that Judge Alex probably looks like a Rock'em Sock'em Robot when he dances. I thought and still think she was probably onto something, and I don't understand why Judge Alex's fans ever would want to see him on  Dancing With the Stars. 


In Judge Alex's case, the stiffness is something I perceive to be part of his dancer persona. I don't think he's necessarily plastic with jerky, robotic movements in other aspects of his existence. In the case of Willard Romney*, however, I suspect he is the personification of a Rock'em Sock'em Robot.

My pseudoaunt's father owns a Rock'em Sock'em Robot set left over from his childhood. I once was allowed to play with it very carefully for just a few minutes. It's a small (maybe eighteen inches, but objects from one's childhood  often seem larger in retrospect than they actually were) yellow plastic boxing ring with one red robot and one blue robot. I suppose the red robot would represent Willard Romney*. The blue robot could theoretically represent our president except that Barack Obama isn't  particularly robotic in any regard. One person controls each robot's actions with levers.

My question is this: If Willard Romney* is indeed the personification of a Rock'em Sock'em Robot, who mans the levers controlling him?

* Because Willard is Mitt Romney's actual first name, I choose to refer to him by his proper given name of Willard Romney. If he has a problem with this, he should have taken it up with his parents when they both were still on the planet. They, not I, are the ones who named him Willard.