My bag finally returned itself to me (I truly believe American Airlines had little to do with it), and all is right in the world. Well, except for the whole war thing, which stinks of something (or someone) rotten.
While in the Seattle, I revisited a great woodworking store. You can see them on the web here, but you should really see the store in person – it’s really quite breathtaking. Nice folks who work there, too.
Random thought for the day: instead of printing warnings on the cartons (it’s been shown that pretty much everyone who smokes knows the dangers, and even overestimates them), we should make cigarettes or the cartons or both bright neon colors. It’s hard to look cool while holding a hot pink smoking thing.
posted February 19, 2003 – 8:26 pm
I’m back from Seattle, in spite of the snow. I was kind of hoping to get stuck out there for another day or two, but it was nice to sleep in my own bed, too.
Unfortunately, though I made it home, my bag did not. It’s probably happily traipsing across the country, having all kinds of adventures, and doing whatever luggage does whenever it’s left your “immediate control.”
I’ll put up some pictures from the trip soon, but in the meantime, here’s a story.
Abby & I were in the bookstore looking for a kid’s book on geology for her neice when we came across this scary book. No hint on the cover of the dubious, “scientific” content. No subtitle: “A Creationist Reference”. We skimmed through, and the first tip off we had was the section on fossils: apparently, the only dinosaurs that were fossilized were the ones that “didn’t make it on to the ark.” Uh, yeah.
Elliot Bay Books, though, was great – one of their associates overheard our cries of disbelief and happily moved the book to the religion section from the science section.
posted February 19, 2003 – 6:34 am
Seattle’s great – it’s practically spring here! The cherry trees are in bloom, and everything is so green. It’s sunny, 60° and beautiful.
How’s Boston these days?
posted February 11, 2003 – 12:36 pm
I received some more questions from enterprising drivers on Route 3 – apparently I didn’t cover all the bases last week.
1. Is it okay to fling many lit cigarette butts from my car?
Absolutely. We encourage you to make the drive interesting for others, and giving them a “light show” of the butt hitting the ground and sparking is a great way to do that. If you’re not a smoker, we encourage you to check out Monkey’s ‘R’ Us in Lowell – you can pick up a low-end, chain-smoking chimp for not much, and train him to fling the butts out the window for you.
2. What are some signs I might see on Route 3 while I’m driving?
Here are just a few:
- Road Work, Next Quadrillion Miles
- Driving in Breakdown Lane Prohibited Some of the Time (You’ll know when we pull you over)
- Road Integrity Dubious at Best
Well, you get the idea.
posted February 7, 2003 – 6:26 am
Do you think eating mall food court Chinese restaurant orange chicken has the same vitamin C content as some orange juice? According to this recipe, the orange (zest) is optional anyway. There goes that plan to stay healthy…
posted February 6, 2003 – 6:30 am