Never Miss an Opportunity to Laugh

If there's one thing in this world that I've learned it is that humor goes a long way toward offsetting the negative things we encounter. Case and point, yesterday evening we were out and about driving through Doha, en route to a friend's house for dinner, and we made a stop off at the Hyatt Plaza to check on Crystal's watch (may it rest in pieces) that we'd sent out for repair. Apparently sometimes I really learn slowly as I neglected to take the Friday night traffic into account. The roads were slammed and the parking lots were like a perpetual game of bumper cars. Ever played chicken with a half-cocked Arab in a Toyota Land Cruiser and nothing to lose? Makes gridlock on the DC Beltway look like a leisurely drive through the country. It had me seriously considering trading in my Land Rover for an Army surplus M1 Abrams. My brother is in the Army so I'm thinking that with a little gentle persuasion I might be able to get him to Klinger one to me (remember the episode of M*A*S*H when Klinger was mailing the jeep home piece by piece?)

Anyway, let's just say for the sake of keeping this G-rated that I was learning the art of controlling one's temper in the face of adverse driving conditions. Fortunately we did make our destination and were blessed with great company, good food and some American Idol.

Now, back to that humor thing. When we did finally get home last night I checked my Youtube channel to see if the video I'd uploaded earlier in the day was finally posting on my web site. I had uploaded it and an hour later my channel was still not showing it on the site, even though I could go directly to the channel and see it. So, with the relief at seeing it in place I enjoyed the good laugh that the video brought with it. Let's just say there's nothing like dogs placed in a strange environment while wearing non-standard attire to cause one to forget how nasty the local traffic is and enjoy a good laugh. Thank God for giving us a sense of humor.