Archive - April 2006

Soft Top

Before Spring has officially arrived. I know this because the soft top for my new Jeep, the one I ordered three months ago, finally came in. I had a few hours before my flight today, so I decided, what the hell, I’d install it. How hard could it be? With good directions, some decent...

Breakfast of Champions

I had over an hour between connections in Detroit on Wednesday, so I decided to have breakfast. I stopped into a place called Online Cafe, and took a seat at the mostly empty bar. After about twenty minutes of grimacing and avoiding me, my invisibility pill must have worn off, and the...

Return of the Counter

It’s BACK! The little counter that keeps track of how many people read my silly rant has returned! The people over at Blogspot that provide the little counter have been having all sorts of problems with their database and whatnot, they claim they’ve been overwhelmed lately (no...

Seat Lottery

Flying alone, I’m always at the mercy of the airline’s “Seat Lottery” The elusive grand prize in the seat lottery, equivalent to winning the Powerball jackpot, would be something like sitting next to a 21 year old redhead on her way to nymphomaniac reform school...

Dr. Pepper Rears His Ugly Head Again

“I’d like a margarita, a dinner salad and the grilled tuna, well done please. OK?” “Certainly. Excellent choices, sir.” Five minutes later, the waitress returns with two Cokes. What the hell? I ask my friend – and at this point I am not kidding, I...