I saw Little Miss Sunshine with the wife last night. We enjoyed the movie very much, although I did think it would be a little more laugh-out-loud funny than it was. What really makes the film is not so much the script, but the visuals and the understated acting. Just about everyone (except Grandpa) expresses their emotions most intensely when, as we say, there really are "no words".

The movie is sometimes billed as a family film and conservative critic and talk-show host Michael Medved mentioned that it was a great movie as far as "family values" goes. That being said, this is definitely not a movie for kids to see (which Medved also mentioned). After a particularly long and profane tirade by one of the characters, a group of about 4 women actually walked out of theater. Maybe they should have done a little research first.

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Afterwards we went to Roy's for dinner as it was the wife's birthday the night before. Roy's (Hawaiian fusion focusing on seafood) is a pretty fancy place with pretty fancy prices. The restaurant is literally minutes from our house, we pass it at least a couple of times every day and it's a little weird that we haven't tried it once in over four years of living here. The food and the service was superb and I would definitely go back.

When we made the reservation, I told them it was a special occasion, which I also did at Maggiano's the previous night when it actually was the wife's birthday. All they give you is an extra mini-dessert and a candle, but hey, it's something. I wonder how many days before and after an actual occasion can you morally state that you're celebrating something so that you can get a free dessert.

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When I turned on the TV this morning, the only network that had full coverage of the Saddam Hussein verdict was Fox. They showed celebrations in the Shia nighboorhoods and protests in the Sunni neighboorhoods. I even saw Dan Rather being interviewed about his pre-war interview with Hussein from February 2003. Maybe that's not enough of a fair reporting job for some folks, but it was practically the only reporting. All CNN was showing was some taped footage of Saddam surrounded by cheering supporters from before the war and other news shows were doing fluff or election pieces. Sorry, but for this story Fox was the only game in town. Glenn at Instapundit made the same comment earlier today, but I thought it first, I swear.

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Both Pew Research and ABC/WaPo show dramatic shrinkage in the lead that Democrats have in the generic "which party would you vote for polls". If it were one outlet, it could be an aberration, but two? There's a similar Gallup poll expected out tonight.

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Whoever you are and whatever your politics - VOTE TUESDAY. I will not tolerate bitching afterwards, especially from Democrats who were so sure of victory. Nancy Pelosi is already saying that if her party loses it can only be because of voter fraud. Not good sportsmanship at all. Or as they say in football, if the fact that you lost came down to a bad call or a missed pass, but you played miserably for most of the game's 60 minutes, you deserve to lose anyway because you shouldn't have even been in the position where you could lose. Don't tell me you couldn't work with this.