Barbie goes Downtown

Last night on the drive across town to a friend’s house, Boo looks out her window and exclaims, “Mommy, it’s Barbie!!”

Oh God, I think to myself. What blond bimbo have they thrown onto a casino/stripclub/car dealership billboard now. I look around and see nothing beyond the normal buildings and lights of downtown Las Vegas.

I forgot about it until we were passing through the same area on the way home. Boo again exclaimed, “Mommy, It’s Barbie! It’s Barbie!”

This time she is able to correctly direct my attention to a building with a lit-up version of this:

Which, I must admit, looks amazingly similar to this:

When I think about it, the late Ted Binion’s ex-girlfriend, Sandy Murphy….

does bear a striking resemblance to….

Conspiracy theorists, start your engines. I’m sure Mattel’s behind it all. It’s part of their master plan to drive me to madness.