Okay, if that isn’t an obscure title I don’t know what is. Basically, I’m a little stunned and disappointed with myself for not remembering that Fort Lauderdale is the home of Travis McGee, John D. MacDonald‘s beach bum “salvage consultant” who lived on a houseboat, until after we got back home. I don’t know what… Continue reading I was in Ft. Lauderdale and forgot about Travis McGee
Month: October 2005
Back from Florida; local happenings
We’re back from Florida none the worse for wear; we actually got back Saturday late, missing hurricane Wilma by two days. As my friend Kerry said, ironic that the one time we should pick to visit Florida, the biggest storm ever tracked starts building up nearby. Florida was… flat and humid. No, really. Well, it… Continue reading Back from Florida; local happenings
Off to Florida tomorrow
Ah, we’re quite the travelers this year: tomorrow we’re flying out to Florida for a week. We’ll be visiting my wife’s grandparents near Fort Lauderdale and yes, taking some time to drive up to Orlando for Disney World. It probably goes without saying that I won’t be online much, or at all. We’re taking the… Continue reading Off to Florida tomorrow
4 8 15 16 23 42 (my long rambling post on Lost)
So these days the one show during the week I have to watch is Lost. Any other show I could miss and catch in reruns and it’s no big deal. What can I say—I’m hooked. I’m along for the ride, and despite my best intentions to simply sit back and enjoy the story as it… Continue reading 4 8 15 16 23 42 (my long rambling post on Lost)
Baby factory
Mom delivers 16th child, thinking of more: I’m sorry, but this is just messed up. That’s pretty much all I can say about it. Except for a few quotes which demonstrate how truly creepy this is. Michelle Duggar had her first child at age 21, four years after the couple married. Which of course means… Continue reading Baby factory
W and G (May contain nuts)
Sunday my dad and I took the kids to see Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Hands down, the best movie I’ve seen this year. The story is funny and quirky, and the claymation is simply a delight to watch. And it’s genuinely funny, which is rare in a movie these days; like… Continue reading W and G (May contain nuts)
The King has a posse
Okay, this is getting crazy: my Burger King mask post is up to 236 comments, and there’s currently active discussion on where to find a Burger King mask online, and a guy named “John” is even making his own masks and selling them on eBay! In fact, I grabbed a couple of his pictures of… Continue reading The King has a posse
Bandon cheese woes
Among other things, Bandon, Oregon is known for two things: cranberries and cheese. Whenever we’ve been to Bandon we’d stop at the Bandon Cheese store and indulge in a bit of tasting and shopping. Not long ago, though, someone told me that the Tillamook Creamery had bought and made Bandon Cheese, though still sold it… Continue reading Bandon cheese woes
BendSearch
Check this out: BendSearch.com. Alpine, the company I used to work for, has finally resurrected it and updated it. Good for them. I was responsible for a lot of the work that went into that site back in the day (this would be in 2000-2001). Oh, I’m not bragging; that was, of course, early in… Continue reading BendSearch
Ning
By now the geeky part of the blogosphere and, er, web-o-sphere has been rocked by the announcement of Ning two days ago. Check it out. Their one-line description reads “Ning is a free online service (or, as we like to call it, a Playground) for building and using social applications.” What this means is they’re… Continue reading Ning