12 October 2008

Another thing that sounds more interesting than bad football

One of a kind entertainment this month (Ken Hoffman, Houston Chronicle)

The 999 EYES is billed as "the world's last authentic freak show, featuring real living human oddities." It's coming to the Meridian night club, 1503 Chartres, on Oct. 30 (perfect timing). Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 night of the show.

The modern, politically correct way of saying freak show ... "genetic diversity."

The 999 EYES has a rotating cast of performers, and you never know who you'll get. But among the acts: Flipper Man, Lobster Girl, Lobster Boy, the 27-inch Small Woman, Erik the Gentle Giant, Katsen the Tiger Lady, Danny the Half-Boy, Eek the Geek and the world's greatest sword swallower, Dan Meyer.

I do not approve of this show. I'm just saying, it's coming to the Meridian.

It's coming, and I'm going.

The 999 EYES is an old-school, vaudeville-style show with hand-painted sideshow curtains. It's actually rated as family entertainment; nothing gross or X-rated happens. Music will be provided by That Damned Band from Austin. They specialize in jug-band music.

Outside the club, Lowrent the Clown will eat fire and set off a 50-foot fireball.

This must be one heck of a show, if setting off a 50-foot fireball doesn't get you on the main stage.

I'm so there.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/12/08 20:13 | Houston | Technorati | Comments (0)

Why do this? *

Oh yeah, views like this:

And luxury bedding like this:

My Ouachita backpacking trip wasn't the longest, and it wasn't even new territory (I've stayed at Red Spring and hiked through the area many times), but it was just what the doctor ordered. The fall foliage hasn't quite kicked in yet, probably because of high temps and high rainfall (the area was the wettest I've ever seen it in October), so I guess I'll just have to make a few more weekend trips out over the next month.

Given how my football teams performed this weekend, why not? :)

* This being hauling around an uncomfortable pack loaded with food, water, shelter, stove, etc., up and down rough, sometimes rocky terrain for miles.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/12/08 19:02 | Outdoors | Technorati | Comments (2)

09 October 2008

Backpacking

It's time for a long weekend of backpacking in the Ouachitas.

I don't know if the timing is quite right for the best fall foliage, but the temps are perfect and the forecast is good and it's not the city. I'm looking forward to a bit of stargazing over the next couple of nights.

I decided against taking a radio to the woods. I'm sure OU-Texas will go on without me. :)

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/09/08 23:24 | Outdoors | Technorati | Comments (0)

Linkpost: 10/09/08

PETA Asks Harris County Sheriff to Place Man Accused of Barbecuing His Ex-Girlfriend on a Strict Vegetarian Diet (PETA.org) Rock!
There's No Easy Way Out of the Bubble: Treasury doesn't know much about running a 'reverse auction' (Vernon Smith, WSJ) You'd never guess there's something Paulson doesn't know, from the way his Goldman buddies and W defer to him.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must go (David Oedel, CSM) Unfortunately, they aren't going to go, and that tells you that political elites aren't at all serious about fixing the mess they've created.
Wall Street 101 (Victor Davis Hanson, RCP)
Uncle Sam: Too fat to fail? (Daniel Henninger, WSJ)
What's left for them to loot? (Poor and Stupid) Just wait and see what "improvements" a Dem Congress AND President have for you!
News Flash: The Media Back Obama (Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ)
Thailand in Turmoil (WSJ)
Rockets like what they have at point guard (Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle) What the hell else are they going to say? Regardless, the point is an area of weakness, which an analytical (versus cheerleading) sports section might point out.
Texans' McNair still hopeful about team, Reliant (Megan Manfull, Houston Chronicle) It must be frustrating enough to be a female sports reporter and trying to get the boys club to take you seriously, without the newspaper for which one works insisting that said reporter break out the pompoms for the local teams.
Optimism is McNair's only option with Texans (Steve Campbell, Houston Chronicle) And cheerleading is the only option for the Chronicle sports section!
'Pacman' Jones given every chance, but he plays Dallas Cowboys owner for a fool (Randy Galloway, FWST) Amen, Brother Galloway.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/09/08 23:17 | Links | Technorati | Comments (0)

08 October 2008

Linkpost: 10/08/08

The Bailout and the Vanishing Taxpayer (Steven Malanga, RCM) One of the potential problems in democratic regimes (one which the Founders understood) is that eventually, large groups will eventually figure out how to vote themselves more and more of the working people's funds. It's an interesting question of constitutional design as to how one might head off that problem (one requirement might be that one does not get to vote if one is a net recipient of government largesse, although that would surely make some people shriek).
Is ACORN stealing the election? (IBD) See above.
Barney Breaks It Down (WSJ)
Pin tail on donkey (IBD)
The "fact checking" fad (James Taranto, WSJ)
The more insightful, the funnier (Brothers Judd)

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/08/08 22:38 | Links | Technorati | Comments (0)

07 October 2008

Linkpost: 10/07/08

Barney Frank's bankrupt ideas (IBD)
Mac: Blame Barack for me$$ (Carl Campanile, AP) Wow, who knew he could make the case. Too little, too late?
Lessons From the Selloff (WSJ)
We're Not Headed for a Depression (Gary Becker, WSJ)
Public Passes on New Deal (WSJ)
The Bomber as School Reformer (Sol Stern, City Journal)
Planting Seeds of Disaster (Stanley Kurtz, NRO)
Why Won’t Obama Talk About Columbia? (Andrew C. McCarthy, NRO)
The real Obama (Thomas Sowell, RCP)
Biden, the master gasbag (Jonah Goldberg, LA Times)
But I only wanted to trade a tiny piece of my soul.... (Brothers Judd)
True-Blue Dems?(Mark Hemingway, NRO)
Democrats shouldn't coddle Chavez (Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ) No, but their record on foreign policy isn't encouraging.
There's a job to finish in Baghdad (Bret Stephens, WSJ)
An Asia bond could save us from the dollar (Thaksin Shinawatra, FT)
Friends of the Ouachita Trail I guess I must not be the trail's friend, since I haven't given these people money. *sniff*
American Catholic A new Catholic blog that looks to be interesting!
Long wait for Blue Roof tarps irks Gulf Coast homeowners (Mike Snyder, Houston Chronicle) Imagine when Obama/Reid/Pelosi deliver a government program to handle cancer or diabetes treatment as effectively as this!
Is Southwest Becoming an Elitist Airline?(Tim Winship, SmarterTravel.com) Unless they give elite members early boarding privileges, it's not that big a deal... If they do that, the uproar should be fun to watch!
Astros unlikely to make splashy offseason moves (Brian McTaggart, Houston Chronicle) Drayton wants the team to be just good enough at a low enough cost that fans keep going through the gates and paying too much for his concessions. So no, he won't be adding $15-20 million in payroll to acquire a #2 pitcher, even though this team isn't good and overachieved in terms of its record.
It’s still too early to give up on Texans (Jerome Solomon, Houston Chronicle)

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/07/08 23:52 | Links | Technorati | Comments (0)

National Night Out

National Night Out was more of a night in, at least in our part of Houston.

I think our townhouse community was still weary from That Bastard Ike, and we didn't see any other gatherings while walking the dog.

Maybe next year, if there are no direct hits by hurricanes!

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/07/08 23:38 | Houston | Technorati | Comments (0)

06 October 2008

Linkpost: 10/06/08

Truth, lies and ticker tape (Spengler, Asia Times)
The resilient dollar (Economist) Our economy may be a basket case at the moment, but the world's innovations still come from here (for now), and investors know it.
Hockey moms and capital markets (Spengler, Asia Times) See above.
With a Wink and a Smile (Mark Steyn, NRO)
Jim Cramer: Time to get out of stocks (MSNBC.com) When Cramer says there's no way to make money in stocks at the moment*, I tend to believe. The headline is misleading though, and doesn't completely match the article.
Not Everyone Should Own a Home (Janet Albrechtsen, WSJ) In the quest to make housing affordable, we (okay, not me, and probably not you, but pols) created additional demand (and a bubble) that drove prices up and made buyers of two types of people who shouldn't own homes: 1) Extremely bad credit risks who never would qualify for home loans in a more regulated (edit: or at least less distorted) market and 2) Speculators of all sorts who realized the easy credit terms were too good to pass up in a bull housing market of seemingly endless returns. Oh so complicated. I wouldn't want a pol to try to discuss it, because complex sentences are hard.
Democrats Were Wrong on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (Michael Barone, US News) Yes, but if McCain can't or won't make the case, he deserves to lose. Eight years of a President who cannot communicate is enough.
Do facts matter? (Thomas Sowell, RCP) See above.
Is It 1929 Again? (Robert Samuelson, WaPo)
The Credit Card Congress (WSJ)
America and the New Financial World (Zachary Karabell, WSJ)
Weathermen: Home-grown US radicals (Joe Boyle, BBC News)
NYT's Ayers-Obama whitewash (Stanley Kurtz, NRO) What else would one expect?
Who Killed Real ID? (David Weigel, Reason)
Seeing race and seeming racist? Whites go out of their way to avoid talking about race (APA)
Behind the Bluster, Russia Is Collapsing (Murray Feshbach, WaPo)
Brazil's Lula takes center stage in Latin America (Chris Kraul & Patrick McDonnell, LA Times)
Ecuador votes to lock in its shift to the left (Sibylla Brodzinsky, CSM)
Brazil local vote to have national impact (Gary Duffy, BBC News)
Bad tidings in Iraqi Kurdistan (Mohammed Salih, Asia Times)
Pakistan, US await militant showdown (Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times)
The view from Damascus (Ayman Abdel Nour, Forbes)
For U.S. and Sunni Allies, a Turning Point (Ernesto Londono, WaPo)
Free Super-Crunching Software (Ian Ayres, Freakonomics)
HC County Judge: Emmett v. Mincberg (Lose an Eye, It's a Sport)
State House candidate Greg Meyers calls for investigation into Rep. Hubert Vo (Crystal Hubbard, Texas Watchdog)
American Airlines considers a la carte pricing (David Koenig, AP) Unfortunately, what a la carte pricing probably means to this carrier is, "We'll keep our current fares as they are, call that the base, AND start charging for 'extras' like seat assignments, bags, drinks, maybe even non-middle seats."
Saviors of the prairies (Denver Nicks, Tulsa World) The links lead to some cool photos of the Tallgrass Prairie in Osage County (OK).
Creative Losing (Lose an Eye, it's a Sport)
Texans fumble away first victory in colossal collapse (John McClain, Houston Chronicle)
Justice: Blame, losses start to mount for Texans (Richard Justice, Houston Chronicle)
Dolphins too fat to do tricks put on diet (Urmee Khan, Telegraph) Give the dolphins fewer nachos!

* Italicized for the reading-challenged, as a cue to read carefully.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/06/08 20:10 | Links | Technorati | Comments (0)

Where are the Big 12 Wraps?

Following That Bastard Ike, I wrote that blogging and some other activities might slow down for a while.

That's been true about blogging (at least Houston blogging, which probably isn't going to ramp back up to normal speed until sometime after the elections), but it's been more true about my football watching -- which has declined considerably. Part of that is because until yesterday, my Dish Network was only locking on one of three satellites, meaning I wasn't getting most sports channels. Part of it is just because I've decided more active pursuits* than sitting behind TV/computer are in order for the fall.

I'm hoping to get in backpacking trips in the Oklahoma Ouachitas over the next two weekends, along with some more family time in Oklahoma. I may take a portable radio to listen to OU-Texas in the woods on Saturday. I may not. *shrug* I am looking much more forward to setting up the hammock for a night of stargazing at the top of a Ouachita mountain than following any football game. So long as the weather cooperates!

Needless to say, I don't foresee any of the Big 12 blog wraps until such time as I actually am watching some of the games again. But maybe I'll get some good outdoors photos to post. :)

* Last night, I ditched NBC's NFL game to walk the dog with Callie -- with my loaded-and-ready-to-go backpack on. I'll do this for the next few nights, since it's hard to simulate the activity in the gym. It should make things easier and leave me less sore during the real thing. It may also make people in the neighborhood wonder about the crazy man wandering about.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/06/08 13:40 | Other | Technorati | Comments (0)

04 October 2008

Linkpost: 10/04/08

The Coming Energy Abundance (Jon Basil Utley, Reason)
Democrat fingerprints are all over the financial crisis (Dominic Lawson, The Independent) If someone named Dominic Lawson of the UK-based Independent can make the case, why can't the suddenly inept McCain campaign?
Frank's fingerprints are all over the financial fiasco (Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe) Change the names and see above.
The Last Trillion-Dollar Commitment: The destruction of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (Peter Wallison & Charles Calomiris, AEI)
Collapse, in Review (Stephen Spruiell, NRO)
How Government Stoked the Mania (Russell Roberts, WSJ)
Free Speech for Me, Not for Thee (Rich Lowry, NRO)
Both sides of the financial crisis (Lawrence Henry, TAS)
Our Bair necessity (Lawrence Kudlow, Wash Times)
That rubbish they talk about the credit crunch (Gerard Baker, Times)
Bailout scare talk (Joel Stein, LA Times)
NRCC ad: naming names (Ace of Spades) I love the blog's assumption that blogs have great sway over elections.
Happy Talk (Steve Salerno, WSJ)
Second in command (TMagazine)
Impeccable Timing, Impeccable Taste (Slampo's Place) Mincberg must be desperate -- and comes across angry and scowling in the ill-advised ad.
Following up on my concierge health care experience (Houston's Clear Thinkers) As government continues to become ever more involved in the health sector, we're likely to see more of this as some doctors resist the restrictions on salary and cuts in quality of care that result.
How do you run out of coins? (Why you want to live in Buenos Aires)
As international airfares soar, Americans stay in USA (Gary Stoller, USA Today)
Good barbecue's not all they do in Texas' Hill Country (Jerry Shriver, USA Today)
Off the beaten wine trail: Explore four emerging regions (USA Today)
36 Hours in Milwaukee (Maura Casey, NY Times) Milwaukee's on my to-do list, but not until baseball season next year.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/04/08 16:03 | Links | Technorati | Comments (0)

03 October 2008

Good deal on synthetic oil at AutoZone (Better at Advance!)

I've decided the Rogue is going to get full synthetic oil when it's time for changes (Mobil 1 Extended Performance).

Right now, AutoZone has an excellent package deal on five quarts of Mobil 1 Extended Performance oil and a Mobil 1 oil filter -- $34.99. That''s about $15 off AutoZone's usual (high) price.

Wal-Mart normally sells a five-quart container for around $29, and the Mobil 1 filter (not available at Wal-Marts I have checked) usually goes for around $10, so the AutoZone deal is a pretty good one.

UPDATE: Advance Auto Parts is offering the combo for $29.99 in October. Wow.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/03/08 22:06 | Other | Technorati | Comments (6)

Huh?

Callie had the best reaction to this odd ad from Big Bad John: Why is he impersonating Ansel Adams?

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/03/08 08:39 | Texas | Technorati | Comments (3)

Linkpost: 10/03/08

A Mountain, Overlooked: How risk models failed Wall St. and Washington (James Rickards, WaPo)
What They Said About Fan and Fred (WSJ) It is astounding that the McCain campaign can't/won't make this an election issue when he has been on the right side of the issue. They have been utterly inept on this one.
The Roots of the Crisis: How did Wall Street get into this mess? (Michael Flynn, Reason)
In defense of the House Republicans (James Bowman, TAS)
Playing games (David Warren, RCP)
Mark to mayhem? (Holman Jenkins, WSJ)
Welcome to "moral hazard' (Daniel Henninger, WSJ)
Maddening for Madisonians (Quin Hillyer, TAS)
No Silver Bullets Here (Steven Pearlstein, WaPo)
Who Needs Congress? (David Ignatius, WaPo)
Bill v. Barack on Banks (WSJ)
A Vote Against Rashness (George Will, WaPo)
Wall Street bailout, Congressional cover-up, or Sarbanes-Oxley? (Steven Selengut, TCS)
The fatal banker's fall (John Gapper, FT)
Bailing Out Ourselves (WSJ)
Free AIG (WSJ)
36 Hours of Alarm and Action as Crisis Spiraled (Joe Nocera, NY Times) Sometimes, the Gray Lady still does some fine reporting (as opposed to "analysis").
Another cost of the bailout (Houston's Clear Thinkers)
Fundamentally Biased (Mark Hemingway, NRO)
Do As I Say, Not As I Do (Andrew McCarthy, NRO)
Samsung NC10 might have best netbook keyboard ever (Liliputing) The eee -- and so many other netbooks -- really aren't nice for touch typists, because of that awful right-shift key. This bad boy seems to solve the problem.
Rare bird: Cardinals' Pujols put up another amazing season (Joe Posnanski, SI.com) Pujols is just a monster-great player.
UH banking future on donor dollars (Richard Justice, Houston Chronicle)
Rockets' Adelman to install his offense this year (Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle)

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/03/08 07:51 | Links | Technorati | Comments (0)

01 October 2008

Clarity - 2

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/01/08 22:56 | American Politics | Technorati | Comments (2)

30 September 2008

Linkpost: 09/30/08

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/30/08 22:59 | Links | Technorati | Comments (0)

29 September 2008

Clarity

How broke is it? (Tom Rants)

The American people overwhelmingly showed in grassroots opposition that they were willing to take the risk of a serious economic downturn rather than engage in a huge government takeover of financial institutions. Plenty of smart, free market experts were more than willing to sell their souls on this deal and plenty of people like myself were ambivalent about it all. But the American people overwhelmingly said «no» to this bizarre reverse socialism.

That's just one particularly good excerpt, but my friend Mr. Hanna offers up so many nuggets of wisdom that you really should just go read the whole post.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/29/08 22:34 | Other | Technorati | Comments (0)

Linkpost: 09/29/08

Interview with US General David Petraeus (Spiegel)
Lehman Brothers was an economic 9/11 (Anne Applebaum, Telegraph)
Calling J.P. Morgan (L. Gordon Crovitz, WSJ)
A Main Street Rescue (WSJ)
What we can learn from Chile's financial crisis (Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ)
E Pluribus Hokum, or When the gamblers bail out the casino (Spengler, Asia Times)
US wealth in shrink mode (Spengler, Asia Times)
Catharsis, then common sense (Charles Krauthammer, RCP)
A Bailout for All Our Bad Decisions? (Mark Sanford, WaPo)
A Model Program Avoids Foreclosure Pitfalls (Lawhawk)
Beg, Borrow, or Steal (Steve Chapman, Reason)
Meltdown Myths (The Antiplanner)
Whatever is good for Goldman ... (John Gapper, FT)
Who killed New Labour? (Economist)
Is “emerging markets” obsolete? (Economist)
False dawn in Myanmar (Larry Jagan, Asia Times) Jagan is usually an apologist for the junta. Did they deny him journalistic access or something?
Obama's Brown Shirts (Tom Rants)
Victoria Newspaper Letting Readers Pick The Stories (Hair Balls)
Mayor cusses, entire f-ckin' city falls into swoon (Slampo's Place) It's great to see the return of Houston's most interesting net scribe.
Comcast Enhances Its Rep for Excellent Customer Service While Desecrating the Memory of Our Town's Namesake (Slampo's Place)
Ten Reasons Drayton McLane Might’ve Rejected Bud Selig’s Plea to Get Out of Town (Ballz)
Valhalla closed indefinitely (Rachel Carlson, Catherine Bratic, Cindy Dinh &Ariel Schnitzer, Rice Thresher) Wrong. Just wrong.
UH's President Acknowledges Pissing Off A Lot Of People (Hair Balls) Next, she should apologize for what has been some harebrained decisionmaking at UH pre and post-Ike.
Mincberg says he'll do a better job keeping the lights on in Harris County (Isiah Carey's Insite) Wow, this little Terry Abbott screed completely undermines 1) the previous association with Bill White -- since many of these same "criticisms" can be directed towards him and 2) Mincberg's previously "positive" campaign. The polling must look pretty bleak for such a bipolar change of strategy.
Houston airports face $14M clean-up bill (Roger Yu, USA Today)
Cooler tube rides in pipeline, says mayor (Dan Milmo, The Guardian) A small move in the right direction. It can get pretty nasty down there when it's only moderately warm up top.
Wal*Mart pulling the plug on their music DRM Server (CrunchGear) Another example of why it is stupid to buy DRM music. Don't do it!
Can the Cowboys go undefeated in the regular season? (Clarence Hill, FWST) *ahem* No.
Cowboys let their guard down against Redskins (Randy Galloway, FWST)

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/29/08 22:16 | Links | Technorati | Comments (0)

A ladder for a job on a roof? Who ever would have guessed!

My Dish Network "tech" came as scheduled today to re-aim our Dish (which was thrown off thanks to That Bastard Ike).

The tech came without a ladder, which isn't much help at a two-story townhouse.

The appt was rescheduled for Saturday, which really isn't a convenient time and shouldn't be necessary anyway (who sends out a tech to aim a dish with no ladder?).

AT&T U-Verse just became available in our neighborhood a few weeks before That Bastard Ike hit. I'm thinking they are going to be providing me a nice IPTV/Internet bundle shortly. Unfortunately, the first install time available that will work for me is late October. Blar!

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/29/08 14:39 | Other | Technorati | Comments (0)

25 September 2008

Linkpost: 09/25/08

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Pundits (John Podhoretz, Contentions)
Sometimes the Stupid Party is just stupid (Brothers Judd)
Whatever is good for Goldman ... (John Gapper, FT)
A Bailout We Don't Need (James K. Galbraith, WaPo)
How to Restore Trust In Wall Street (Arthur Levitt & Lynn Turner, WSJ)
The Public Deserves a Better Deal (John Paulson, WSJ)
American Airlines suspends flights to Bolivia (AP) Never a good sign.
Liberal PACs Ready Attack Ad on McCain’s Health (Jim Rutenberg, NY Times) Way to stay classy, libs.
Whether you're an Obamanaut or McCainiac.... (Brothers Judd)
Mainstream Media Should Pay Attention to Obama's Ties to William Ayers (Michael Barone, US News) Right! They'll get right on that, I'm sure.
A Presidential McCain (William Kristol, Weekly Standard)
T-Mobile Removes 1GB 3G Data Cap for G1 Android Phone (Gizmodo) Good move.
Skyfire Mobile Browser Now Open to Everybody (Greg Kumparak, TechCrunch) This will be one of the first downloads when my 800w arrives.
Evacuating to Aspen: Houston's wealthy deal with storm (Claudia Feldman, Houston Chronicle) The ongoing MeMofication of an already-bad newspaper continues.
Torre moves beyond Yankees, back into postseason (Stephen A. Smith, ESPN.com) Hmm, pushing out Torre and installing Girardi really worked out for the Yanks, eh?
Pickens fund trouble will impact OSU sports (Andrea Cohen, Daily Oklahoman) On top of the bad coaching moves in football (why does Gundy have his job still?) and basketball (why doesn't Sutton?), Boone State's financial decisions are now a bit of a problem...
By doubling Terrell Owens, opponents are playing short-handed against Dallas Cowboys (Mac Engel, FWST)
Wade Phillips really is Mr. Fix It, just don’t tell him (Jennifer Floyd Engel, FWST)

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/25/08 23:24 | Links | Technorati | Comments (0)

Texans converge on.... Barnsdall?

After a LONG day in Tulsa yesterday, my parents and I decided to stop on the way back home for takeout burgers from Andy's Hamburger's in Barnsdall.

My parents went in the tiny cafe, and I plopped down at an outside picnic table to watch the goings on.

(Andy's Hamburgers, in Barnsdall, OK)

A pickup truck pulled in, a guy got out, and proceeded to ask* me where a public restroom might be found.

I told him I wasn't from Barnsdall but Houston, but that there was a convenience store and a grocery store, and they probably had a restroom he could use.

"No McDonald's?"

"Nope, Barnsdall's too small for anything like that."

"What part of Houston are you from?"

"Midtown, south of downtown."

"I'm from Pearland. And after that damn storm, it's good to be away from there! You take care now."

"You too!"

And he drove off in search of a restroom.

The burgers at the venerable Andy's are still damn good, by the way. Highly recommended.

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* People do this all the time, usually when I am traveling and barely know where I am. It's become kind of funny.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/25/08 13:29 | Travel | Technorati | Comments (0)

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