I bought a ukulele.

Finally.

First on my list of songs to learn: the one from The Jerk that Steve Martin (aka Navin R. Johnson) and Bernadette Peters sing while walking on the beach -- Steve features on ukulele and lead vocals, Bernadette sings backup vocals and solos on trumpet. One of the better movies ever.

By the way, how did Steve Martin go from being so funny to being so common? He'll always get credit for my favorite quote ever -- "Some people have a way with words. Other people, er, I don't know. Not have way, I guess" -- but it would be nice if he could pull a Bill Murray and participate in a good movie now and again. Same deal with Robin Williams.