Writing from the road

We are traveling through Antwerp, Ohio with the drive through liquor store.

 

This is a little late in posting.

We have returned and are all, quite tired.

CNN leaning like Pissa

Grandmothers Against the War ... has 20 regulars.  How is that spectacular?  How is that really newsworthy?  Okay, so they make pamphlets, signs, noise .. and so does PETA.  "We sound more credible than a bunch of teen protesters", as one of the stated.  Really?  Are they really more, better infomed?  Now, I'm not taking a position on or against the war or our involvement, but rather why would CNN give air to this group?  I would not.  I chalk it up to luantic fringe, or powerless angry folks who amazingly got media exposure, who -- without slanted media (CNN, FOX, newspapers, etc. all share this trait) would get as much note as a fifty year-old homeless man with grungy clothes.

On the road to nowhere 2

We followed Jack there, who was the only one who surely knew the route.

Take route 8 to this road, then on for 2 miles on a rustic road to a T intersecetion, there, left to another hidden road then right to a dark forest ... then at the gravel drive, proceed with caution ... potholes galore! After a while you reach a hunting lodge ... there you are.

It was a nice place. I had never seen a lodge before -- bar there with seating areas and beer cooler ... orange clay pigeons -- volleyball net, odds and ends. It was neat, but neater with the people there. My cousins' children, I could hardly recognize as they had changed so much!

Rides

Family rides the incline -- pricy. It was on top of a hill, obviously, and there were few places to park. Parking: $8. I think we were robbed there. Somewhere in the mix of pictures are indistinct wild turkeys near the railroad tracks ... 2 blocks from the river. I think the view was worth $5 .. parking, not so much.

check out other photos on flickr pictures.

What the hotel didn't write

The internet -- highspeed as it were, is -- tenative, depending on when it decides to work effectively.  It's okay, but the 100 MPS has yet to be shown.  It's a good deal faster than having to just wait, wait, wait ... which I hate!

stopped at stop

Presently at 197 East on 80/90 ... near Youngstown... long, long, journey

 

Interestingly, the other car has sleepy, sleepy people there, groggy.  Dramamine; I'll have to get some of that stuff!

Geting ready for reunion

Several bags ... change of participants. The locations have stayed the same, though traveling in downtown Pittsburgh, PA to get to incline might be a challange. I doubt where we will stop will have free wi-fi (note Monkeyjack's ill experience with reports of free wi-fi).

End ...

plagued by rhetorical questions

Animal house: Flounder approaches a table where people are playing poker ...

"Are you guys playing cards?"

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More often than not ... I get similar questions that I meet with looks of ill-mood for their randomness or stupidity

Dented!

Marks of the event that put more texture to my car.

You might ask, which dents are they? The newer ones are white!

We're on the road to nowhere!

I'll just make this as easy to find as the money in Fargo -- along some post on a few-mile fence, in winter.

Knocks

stupid birds flying all around
into the window, from the ground
marks on the window, feather adhere
why fly into windows, utterly queer


As of late, one would think that the J Witnesses would be pestering the hoods, with all of the knocks I get. Also: others who visit, lack etiquette, ring the bell repeatedly, like pushing the elevator button to get the car there faster. Hey ... if you are trying to make an impression -- don't start by ticking off the occupant.

Firefighter fights

attempts to start fire -- futile. A firefighter who can't start a bonfire -- how funny!

My car

Gee. What's my Delta House name?

For now on, you will be called, "Denty"

Why? Oh, stupid question.

Neighbor today backed into my car and sheered off the mirror. It is now back into place, but the car has a couple of new dents -- not that they stand out from the others.

phone win

From phone woes to phone wins ... the phone is dry and supposedly works.  Let me hope that's the case.  I didn't opt for the insurance on the phone $5/month * 2 years = $120.  That's a lot for phone insurance.  Maybe next phone I'll get it.

Who wet my phone?

Oh, I did, in my haste and not well drying -- not drying my hands. It went into vibrate mood and I had to yank the battery. Later I found that's what they reccomend, really? I called the phone company, and since I didn't have insurance on the phone, I'm likely out if it doesn't work after drying. I don't have high hopes.

After talking with the rep, I was left with the impression ... (think of the joke of a person being bitten by a rattlesnake in a bad area), "What did the doctor say?"
"The doctor said you're going to die" (said the "friend" not wishing to suck the poison out of the area)

Should I be labeled as a hazard?

Apparently my sister thinks so, with this odd magnet that was attached to my birthday card, some time ago.

I think I'll keep it!

Now Entering Madness 59 (diet sentence)

courtesy of myself, Mat 21, 2006

graphic sentence about diet

Now Entering Madness 59 (Punk Rock)

cartoon courtesy of myself, May 21, 2006

Punk rock for the fun of it, much like the 70's-80's ad for Putt-Putt

Now Entering Madness 58 (bum wrap)

cartoon courtesy of myself, May 21, 2006

Woman experiences bum wrap, by wearing ribbon on butt.

Now Entering Madness 57 (Purist)

cartoon courtesy of myself, May 21, 2006

alcoholic purist collapses after finishing bottle of grain alcohol