It has been many years, as in, close to twenty,

since I have seen water in this pond.

And on a totally unrelated note, since I haven't been getting out into the field to see anything neat and new to report...

There are commercials I positively cannot stand. Like the "Free credit report dot com" ads with the unbearably addictive jingles.

There are commercials I will back up to while surfing in order to watch. Like any Mercury commercial with Jill Wagner in it.

But there is one commercial out there that is either terribly good, or the worst, cruelest commercial ever made.

I cannot decide which.

But when alone, it will bring tears to my eyes, and even open sobbing. This evening I held my own, but tears streamed down my Angel's cheeks.

As they always do.

For if you get this commercial,