"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
Speaking of cars (see previous entry), I’m riding my motorcycle up to Scottsdale tomorrow to see the Barrett-Jackson Auction. Judging by the prices people pay for cars at B-J, I figured it probably cost a couple of hundred just to get in the gate. This year I took the trouble to Google ticket prices, and […]
I knew my car was the inspiration for Star Wars’ imperial storm trooper helmets and 2001: A Space Odyssey’s EVA pods. What I didn’t know until today was that it also carries a SAG card and has acted in 43 movies. Amazing things flow through the Series of Tubes. Thanks to Biomes Blog for the […]
Sometimes you just have to give in and watch a blockbuster Hollywood fluff flick . . . or two. Hancock and The Dark Knight sat in our queue for weeks, each bearing Netflix’s dreaded “very long wait” warning. Our wait ended last week, and we watched them back to back. Hancock (2008). A movie […]
Last one of the Christmas/New Year’s season, I think. Good thing, too, because as much fun as we’ve had, as much as we love our friends, we’re partied out and are ready to crawl back into our shells, like those DSL tortoises from the TV commercials (so much more interesting than Chad’s nerdy cell phone […]
I usually smoke something (in the smoker, people!) for New Year’s Day dinner, but this year we’re taking it easy. Dry-rubbed spareribs, baked beans, something green, I don’t know . . . I’ll figure it out when I go to Safeway, soon as I post this. After getting groceries I’m going riding, scouting trail for […]