It's a Three Ring Circus Sideshow...

Only two of the rings must have gotten downsized this year. I guess even the circus is feeling the real estate downturn. As usual, the annual trip to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was a huge hit with the girls. I personally preferred previous years that centered around Bello the Clown but, the five year old set seemed to thoroughly enjoy The Circus of Dreams (this year's theme).  As long as they keep the obligatory clown food fight segment, everything else is secondary. The one disappointment was the lack of a big finale. No flaming man shot out of a cannon (by flaming I mean on fire, in case you had any weird ideas). We did get to see Herkules (yes, that's how they spelled it, the Hercules trademark must be owned by Disney) shot in the stomach with a cannon ball but, having seen Homer perfect that trick on his stint with the Hullabalooza tour, it failed to impress. The Sphere of Death, crammed full of riders on oddly small motorcycles is always a hit. Next year I suggest they shoot the cannon ball into the Sphere of Death while the flaming (again, on fire) motorcycle riders balance several hats on their heads. Now that would be a finale.