Yesterday I described in fine detail the canceled trip to Denver. I also
mentioned:

"The only bummer was that I failed to give a 48 hr notice prior to canceling
the rental vehicle w/o a penalty. It is actually cheaper for me to rent the
Explorer, drive it off the lot, flip a "U-E" and return it than it would be
to just call and cancel. Weird huh? Maybe I can give my wife a spin around
the block in it and try to get her to smile at least once this week."

Well, the rental guy was unexpectedly cool. I asked if I needed to
physically come to the rental lot, fill out the paper work drive off the lot
and check the car back in. I also asked if I could switch to the cheapest
car that they had instead of the Ford Explorer. He and I agreed that it
would be cheaper to do the offlot turna round than to eat the
$100.cancelation hickey. He listened to my questions, put me on hold for a
second and then came back on the line and said "Don't worry about it- I just
took you out of the computer." No charge! =) He could have been a total
"whatever" and hit me with a $100 charge. Thanks to Resort Rent a Car in
Phoenix. 

Instead of a trip around the block, I took my wife to see "Tie Died."
Mediocre but fun. Not a total glorification of the deadys/dead scene but
pretty well balanced insight/slice of life. Production values were
appropriately low low tech. Definitely is not a Zillion dollar Kevin Costner
"Waterworld." I couldn't imagine Costner sitting inside a bus with VW Deady
freaks trying to learn the word for "Buffalo"

Costner: "Ta-tonka", 
Deady: "No Kev it's a Westfalia."
Costner: "Buff."
Deady: "No Kev, 'Garcia'."
Costner: "Buff."
Deady: "No Kevin, it's a bong."
Costner: "Buff.  "Buff - a- low", 
Deady: "No Kevin! It's a party bowl. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PASS IT!!!"
Costner: "Buffalo"
Deady: "Mr. Costner, I ask that you please leave my van now."
Costner: "Ta-tonka"
Deady: "Hey Kev, did anyone give you any Kool-aid earlier today?"
Costner: (Outside of the bus whirling in circles, chanting to drums)
          "Ta" , "Ta-tonk" , "Ta-tonka",  "Ta" , "Ta-tonk" , "Ta-tonka"
Deady: "Whoa, Kevs peakin already"
Costner: "Buff!"