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Way back when I was 17, my girlfriend’s family would let me tag along on trips with them. In retrospect, this was a sign that I was passing muster with the powers that be, but at the time I was just thinking “free trip!” and “I get to hang out with this cute girl!”. That [...]
For the last few days, we’ve been in Palm Beach for a corporate-type meeting. The meeting was very good. However, Palm Beach is one of the best places to see just how dumb the human race is. $200 t-shirts? $1200 shoes? $140 flip-flops? 15 million dollars for a plot of land on a few hundred [...]
Anyone who’s been to Las Vegas knows the fellas (and a couple women) on the street corners handing out little nekkid girl business cards for the local ‘dancers’. Apparently these women will deliver exotic dancing right to your door. That’s convenience! There’s a little code on most cards, so they get a kickback if it’s [...]
Man, this really takes me back. I remember visiting EPCOT right about the time it first opened. My mom was freakin’ out about it and bought all the books and stuff. Today you can tell DisneyCo Inc. is waiting to amortize it off the books and pave it over for a strip mall and parking [...]
The TSA rules going through the airport line are pretty crazy. They read like newspaper clippings from past scares. “Take all shoes off for screening” “No snow globes” “All belts must go through x-ray” This is classic signature based security. Look for things that have been problematic in the past, and stop those specific things [...]
…landed. And actually, there’s a line of Kenny Rogers themed slot machines that look like a better investment than the stock market today. Don’t worry kids. Our money ain’t stayin’ in Vegas.
Alright, posts may be sporadic over the next few days. Unless the plane crashes. Then they’ll be exceptionally sporadic. Wouldn’t that be creepy if this was the last b’journal post? Well, as the old saying goes “I’m prepared to leave, but not ready”. To die is gain. Or to lose all this credit card debt.
I’ll be in Vegas for undisclosed reasons for the next couple days. I’ve got my prosperity cloth and anointing oil packed. I’ve named it. I’m claiming it. I have an unbeatable system. Let’s just say that when we come back, we’ll have doubled the budget for the next recording project.
On the way back from the beach….using my wife’s Verizon wireless internet access while cruising down the interstate (no…I’m not driving). This is pretty cool. In cities whose name is forgotten are planted groves whose trees are the deadliest The chaos blooms up like a puzzle on a string that cultures the baubles The birds [...]
Today we made a trip to Ponce De Leon springs just north of where we’re staying at the beach. It’s about an hour away, and it’s a state park. This means it’s quite different from the polished bazillion dollar homes on the coast. We loved it. My grandparents are from DeFuniak Springs, and my great [...]
We are currently destined for the beach. Last night at about midnight, we stopped at a small college town called Troy. It’s relaxing to break the trip into a couple small legs. After the kids got situated at the hotel, I decided to make a store run to pick up some supplies. I drove off [...]
This story hits home. When I was about 10, we used to go fairly frequently to my great-grandmother’s house. If it was very crowded we had to sleep on the floor of the room where my parents were sleeping. One of those nights, I awoke very loudly yelping in pain, staring off into space, and [...]
We’ve been at the beach…with ‘net access but no ‘net time. I’ll try to be dilligent this week.
Back in early highschool, my dad bought one of the first CD players and a handful of CDs. I would quietly go down to the basement and listen to these CDs over and over, enthralled by the crystal clear sound and over-the-top coolness of what CDs were. One of these CDs was a Beach Boys [...]
I think I wrote a couple weeks ago about how all new commercial construction seems to be made of this disney-esque putty molded into a sort of themed architecture. I noticed today that the house we’re staying in is made of this type of putty. As I notice this, I’m attempting to break my reading [...]
I’m playing golf today. You know when you see a video on TV of some sort of small animal waterskiing? You know, a cat, dog, or squirrel or something. The image of me golfing is roughly the same class of humor. In the meantime, the beach…normally a bastion of relaxation and fun…has now become worse [...]
Overlooking the beatiful beaches of Gulf Shores AL as I type this. Well, not really. They only have wireless in the lobby about 5 minutes away from where we’re staying. But if I walked around the corner I’d be able to overlook the beach…so I’ll just pretend we’re uber-high tech. Meanwhile, the beach is very [...]
First off…I thought this was interesting: Bands get money from playing live right? Not if Clearchannel gets their way. That’s right Clearchannel has a patent on recording a performance and selling it. Wow. What innovation. What groundbreaking technology. Little did my pastor know that even back in 1979 the idea of recording a sermon for [...]
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