Sorry, folks, I’ve been away for a few days. It was my wife’s birthday; she just turned the same age as me, which means next year when I’m forty I’ll be older than her.

As a late birthday present, we’re going to see “Up” in 3-D tonight. I’m sure most of you don’t need a review at this point, but I may post some comments about it later.

“Up”? Between that and “Cars” (which was originally to be called the much-better “Route 66” until they feared it would make people think of the old TV show), I have to conclude that Pixar makes some of the best movies in the world but they sometimes have names that are almost impossible to Google search without the modifier “Pixar” or “Disney”.