"X" Gets a Name

Although a lot of people don’t care for the show “House”, John and I really love it. John’s been a longtime fan of Hugh Laurie, dating back to Hugh’s days on “Blackadder”. John does love the old British comedies!

When I was thinking of names for my new ride, of course there were variations of “Jack” -- Jackass II, Jackal, Jackalope (part jackrabbit, part antelope). Variations of “red” names were thrown about too.

I thought of naming it “House”. But the house is “House”. So I started calling it “Hugh Laurie”. John didn’t think that was very funny.

Presenting... Ruby!


We were both home on Tuesday, John with a bad head cold and me with... a stomach ailment. Yea, I know. It was in the mid 70’s that day. A great day to be home “sick” instead of at work. But really! We were sick!

We went out to get medicine for John and I drove. I don’t remember what we were talking about, but he said, “How about Ruby?” Then he started singing some old song about “Ruby”. I didn’t know the song, but as I was thinking about it, “Ruby” sounds good. Not funny like “Hugh Laurie”, but fitting.

Speaking of funny, that same day we were out to get John some head cold relief, I was at a red light and looking in the rear view mirror at this old man in a huge Impala-type car. He was eating ice cream or a Frosty and I was worried he was too involved with his treat to step on his brakes. He did come to a stop, and for some reason, I kept watching him eat his ice cream. After a few more bites, he shook his head violently and held his hand up to his forehead. BRAIN FREEZE!

I busted out laughing so hard. John looked at me like I was crazy. You had to have seen this guy. He looked like Abe Vigoda. With ice cream brain freeze. Too funny. It still makes me laugh!