I give up. There will be no in-depth rundown of the St. Louis trip. I just don't have the time or the energy so let's just agree upon the following:

• The Groovie Ghoulies rocked the stage when the opened for Chuck Berry.


• Chuck Berry was pretty damn good. At age 77 he can still do a mean duck walk.


• Chuck Berry was very nice to the Ghoulies and his son and daughter (who are in his band) were even nicer


• People in St. Louis are very nice in general


• Except for that one jerk at the club


• Cory and I enjoyed being tourists as we visited the Arch, the City Museum and the St. Louis Arts Museum.


• The City Museum, by the way, is amazing. If you ever go to St. Louis, do not miss it. It's in downtown St. Louis and, and in addition to some cool hands-on, kid-friendly stuff also features an incredible display of architectural relics saved from abandoned/torn-down buildings over the years.



• Cory and I took tons of pictures. These two here are among my favorites, one is an accidental shot we took of our feet while trying to figure out why the camera was making a funny clicking noise (too much sun, we needed to shut off the flash feature) and this shot that Cory took as we stood beneath the Arch right before leaving the park


• Our flights to and from St. Louis were generally OK except for the part where we flew home on the same day that authorities finally discovered a 20-year-old kid from North Carolina's attempt to point out just how hapless the U.S. government really is.


• By the way, after waiting in the security line for over an hour and being pulled aside for an extensive body search via the wand, it has finally been determined that I am not a terrorist.