Schedule

Crappy day today ... I hope it isn't followed by another crappy day.

N: 11:00 - 8:00
M: 5:00pm - Close
T: off
W: 11:00 - 8:00
R: 11:00 - 4:00
F: 4:00 - 10:00
S: 12:00 - 8:00
N: 11:00 - 8:00
M: 5:00pm - Close

Event

Germanfest, I have off only one day a week. I'll be there on that one day.

Angry again

Well ... I'm trying to find housing closer to work -- with no success. I found one place, but at $625 for 2 bedrooms and no carport --- that's too much money. The internet is not especially helpful this time.

quick note

still don't have connection, but passed test and review getting new rank

Finals week

I lost highspeed, hopefully to reaquire it next week and I got a sinus infection. To top it off ... finals week, as it were for me as I am trying to move up in rank at work. I do the test and verbal discourse next Wednesday. I'll need all the luck I can get.

hotel stay

I got a room at a hotel -- midway between work and "home". I had some studying to do. It was both a good and bad choice. I caught a cold and feel unwilling to study and didn't need to spend the money, but ... I can leave later from here to get to work on time. I'll decide how good or bad of a decision it was later.

high-speed connection

my "sampled" one is lost to me now. In 2 weeks, I'll have another one, but until ... my visits and posts will be scattered. I tried to patch together (grimance) dial-up, but nope ... that was not working either. So ... It was dead.

I'll try to get a chance Saturday to zone and do some more work, until then ...



linenoise

for a friend

okay ... if you are intersted (prices listed are value (o.b.0)

Blazer, green 1996; 180,000 miles, no radio, minor electrical issue (hazard light makeshift fix); $4,000 (greatly negotiable)

Chevy S-10 pickup; tan 2000; coated truckbed; Air conditioning; factory CD player; 82,000 miles; $9,500 (negotiable)

House for sale, rent possible; Bourbon, IN
2-story, 3 bedroom, 1 bath, unfinished basement
small, quiet community

109 E. North St., Bourbon, IN


If intersted, email me or post a question and I'll send you a contact name and number.

Thanks!

Metropolis woman

Hey! I was wondering if you all have any specials?

Yeah, we have a special running on pulling metal out of your face.

Yuck! So, you put enough metal in your face to deflect bullets and you do so to attract attention and expose your wonderful beauty?
That's so gross. The stereotypical mid-desert African tribespeople don't look as freakish, despite those peoples' preference for bizarre wonders like elongated necks, expanded lips and lobes, charcoal and feces impregnated tattooing aren't quite as side-showish as some of these piercing nutjobs I see.

If found dead, they could be recognized without the flesh due to the one pound of odd assortments of facial metal. There's a trend that I'd like to see vanish.

Rain, rain down on me now

Phil Collins is to blame ... well, maybe not.

The rivers are high and are going to get higher. The lowland areas are going swimming next week. I again refer to my entries regarding the poorly-named, hundred-year flood.

It holds as much water as a functional gutter.

ill-planned, ill-advised

So, when you spent $5000 on this ad campaign for new Finnish Sauna, did you really say, outloud to yourself, "ethnic cleansing"?

"Come join us now for this great ethnic cleansing" has yielded bomb and death threats, vandalism and destruction of the store. What can I say, "you're fired". Great thinking there, bucko!

But, I ...

look up, mouth closed

Was that why I was later wearing a "white" shirt?

Wayne guy ... I think he was some sort of commander

Yes, he was a general "Mad Anthony", but I don't think he was quite this tall, but was as reserved and stoic.

When you absolutely, positively have to die overnight

This is not the most effective way to communicate a message by the way.

She must have run out of post-it notes

I left a note for you on your van. Oh, really? Yeah ... I don't think you'll have a problem finding it.

cute and pretty

I just missed an snapping turtle. I stepped two steps too many and it dove into the water out of sight.

other spots in FW

Freiman Square
under the tracks (squatters live here)
eat at "famous" Coney Island
visit the Firefighter's Museum
wander through the Grand Wayne Center
enjoy the new public library
see, what is called art
get a window washing job (note brass statue visible)
eat at a fancy, however overpirced, diner

MR's favorite local restaurant

While a gas house sounds neat, the Takaoka of Japan is where MR likes to eat. They serve grilled food at the table -- display, art, food, fun. I think it holds memories for many people who've been there, some more than others.

Ain't no half-steppin'

Big Shoes
Originally uploaded by MDH, II.

Mighty big shoes to fill are these.

Last year, Mastodons and this year ... shoes, large artistic, but not nearly as many.

Still, it's nice to see art downtown that isn't wrinkled metal.

Man in Black, revisited

Hours later ... still, no fingerprints, but my skin has finally softened and isn't leather as it was yesterday. Tip, while watching Fight Club, be sure to ("Drink your Ovaltene") watch what happens when a basic chemical (not acidic) meets flesh. While not lye, it was basic and removed layers of skin.

Fun, avoidable.