Archive - September 2005

Dr. Peppered – September 26, 2005

I am convinced there is some strange curse on me. It’s not really a terrible curse. In fact, it may sound trivial, but it’s annoying just the same. What is the curse? I turn invisible whenever I have to interact with service-type people. If I order a hamburger in a resturant...

That’s a New One – September 22, 2005

I travel. A lot (Have you figured that out yet?) I would say in the past eleven years, I have flown approximately fifty quintillion miles, had about four million flights delayed or cancelled, spent about ten unexpected nights in Atlanta due to rain or snow or ice or another act of God...

If It’s Wednesday – September 21, 2005

After the brief week of freedom from the agony of air travel, the dreary procedure is once again underway. The circus (WWE) entertained the great unwashed in Oklahoma City, Wichita Falls and Lubbock, TX. The best thing about Lubbock, besides leaving it of course, is the arena is on the...

Disconnected – September 19th, 2005

Well, I completed the motorcycle trip to Little Rock. 3312 miles in 10 days. Covered 14 states… and also managed to lose my cell phone. Now, on the surface, that seems like a stupid and irritating thing. To be sure, I was pissed for a while, mostly at myself for being so stupid that...

Bring Out Yer Dead – September 18, 2005

Just a quick question… Whyi is it that when an earthquake hits Iran or a tsunami hits Indonesia, hundreds of thousands of people die, but so far, as of Saturday September 18th, ten days after Hurricane Katrina (or Hurricane Corina if you are Laura Bush) the death toll is… get...