Archive for the ‘Meanderings’ Category

Yes, you read correctly.  The Choo-Choo Cafe offers both Sushi and Catfish.

It actually get's better. You may have noticed that I took this picture while standing next to my pickup.  The right-side of the truck is the dark object in the lower-left corner of the picture.
I'm standing beside my truck because I'm filling up [...]

Funny Story of the Day - 8/23/2008

 
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term
The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well :

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) [...]

Truck pain

I have a Ford F-150 pickup which has been acting up a bit recently.  I took it to the shop and after spending a bit of time in diagnosis, they called me to deliver the news:
Blah, blah, blah, injector, blah, blah, coil, blah, blah, blah, $1,000.00

Not nearly as bad as it could have been, so [...]

Hair

They say as you get older, that most people loose the hair on their head ( especially men ).  Well, I can tell you for sure that you don't actually loose it, at least I don't.  It get's misplaced.
Half of my missing hair ended up on my bathroom floor, the remainder magically migrated to my [...]

Everything is bigger in Texas

Even the temperature is big here.  Taken from inside my truck:

To be quite honest, it was just setting in the sun. It wasn't really 122 degrees.  Only 103….

Question of the day. 7/17/2008

What do you call a group of teenagers?
1) A gaggle?
2) A passel?
3) A herd?
 
Inquiring minds want to know.

Mumu's Are Back

So I'm on the Texas coast this weekend recovering from the Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference in Houston this week.
Last night, in Port Aransas, I noticed that the fabled Mumu-style dress is making a comeback.
I'm not exactly sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

waterway navigation

I learned today while driving a boat, that if someone is setting on the bow, facing forward, that you can actually navigate by butt-crack.  Just point the crack toward your destination, and away you go.
Oh, that GPS stuff works well too.

test post

When I upgraded by blog site last month, I left out some code that prevented postings from the Meandering category from being distributed via RSS.
I put that code back in and this is a test.

Things I should try and remember

You would think that as a person ages, they would get smarter.  That is how it should be, but unfortunately, that is now how I am.
Here is a perfect example:

While I didn't throw up, I sure as heck wanted to…