Age 11 – discovering that “Fettuccine Alfredo” is basically fancy for “Macaroni & Cheese” (a dish I’d detested since early childhood). Age 15 – discovering that Toad The Wet Sprocket was nothing near to as zany and lighthearted as their band name. Age 5 – discovering that the orange drink which churns tantalizingly in the […]
Monthly Archive for June, 2009
More fine Library finds
Posted in books on Jun 24th, 2009
Sometimes I go to the library, and every book I pick up is a total home-run! My most recent library expedition was such a winner. First things first, I snagged a couple of Jean Shepherd‘s collections of short stories, In God We Trust (all others pay cash) and Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories (and […]
Inaugural Trashboat Regatta
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, dumb things I have done, Party, Trashboat Shenanigans, Utter Silliness on Jun 21st, 2009
The formidable prow of my trashboat veered toward a parked car. I corrected, and the whole thing lurched toward the oncoming lane. I corrected again and nearly lumbered straight into the curb in my own lane. I could see that this was going to be a very long half mile ahead of me, and I […]
Grandpa, Thunderstorms, & the Antique Tractor Pull
Posted in Family on Jun 17th, 2009
My grandpa was a hell of an interesting guy. He had the mind, heart, and soul of a mechanical engineer and a self-taught education that far surpassed the expectations of a depression-era West Virginia farmboy. He came of age in an era where aptitude could carry you just about as far as certification. A light […]
Meetzorp Lite
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, bike commuting, Distractions, Lists, Ruby the Dog, Well I'll Be Darned on Jun 13th, 2009
Just some little bits and pieces of thoughts of late: The other night when I was coming home from work, I had one of those absolutely glorious and magical rides that just makes you happy to be alive and pedalling. It has been surprisingly cool and rainy lately and there’s quite a lot of marshy […]
Finally Finished!
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing on Jun 11th, 2009
I’m really bad about starting suits and taking forever to finish them. At least the suit you’re about to see didn’t take me almost four years to finish! It was only back in February when I started this one. Ugh…the skirt looks like I cut it crooked in these photos because it barely fit over […]
The inevitable AT&T rant:
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on Jun 10th, 2009
AT&T, as most of you know, is a large, American telecommunications company formally and formerly known as American Telephone & Telegraph. It is cumbersomely large, lumberingly inefficient, astonishingly incompetent, and cozily insulated from the results of its inadequacies by its sheer size. I hate AT&T. I swear every time I ever have any business dealings […]
Another year older…
Posted in Family, Party, Photo entries on Jun 8th, 2009
and miraculously not deeper in debt. Well, yesterday was my birthday, so I guess I’m now officially 32, though I’ve been telling people I was 32 for about the past 3 months. I have a longstanding habit of rounding up whenever my birthday is nearish. I think it may track back to the childish habit […]
Listing to the side.
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, beer and/or homebrewing, Distractions, dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Lists, Other Bike Stuff, Trashboat Shenanigans, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Jun 5th, 2009
Yep, it’s gonna be one of those days and one of these entries. 1. They’ve been playing some butt-ass-awful music at work lately. Like worse than usual, and usual appears to be Adult-Contemporary Hits of the 1980s and ’90s. The recent streak of aural atrocities however, really has me scratching my head. Are they trying […]
If At First You Don't Succeed (Dirty Kanza 200 2009)
Posted in Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, Playing With Weather, Redline Monocog 29er on Jun 1st, 2009
In the immortal words of Daft Punk: [youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGBhQbmPwH8] Once again, I tried, tried again, and failed, failed again, but oddly, this year I don’t feel nearly so bad about my personal defeat as I did last year. Possibly because I was among a very large majority that bailed this year. Of 89 starters, […]