There I was walking around the greater parts of Tosa and I see a Santa and a Frosty stashed away under a big old pine next to the Lutheran Kings High School. Not being one who wants negative Christmas cheer I rescued the ornaments and put them on the side of the road to be [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Whatever is standard I wasn’t very well versed in Civil Engineering when I took my first job as a lowly paid intern. But I had an idea of how to make it work. TKL had told me that when you don’t know what you are talking about just ask for “the standard” whatever you thought [...]
Riddle me this: Which car is foreign, a Dodge Caravan or a Subaru Impreza? The Dodge Caravan you say? Don’t be so quick. It’s actually both. The Impreza is made in Lafayette, IN and the Chrysler Headquarters is located in Auburn Hills, MI. So I guess by definition, they both could be considered “American cars”. [...]
BW3 should install a breathalyzer test for ordering, anything over a 0.05 and you should not be able to order the mega-cheese-chilli-fries with a side of mayo and ranch in a soup cup. You have to appreciate a business plan that allows for only one cooking device for the entire menu – the [...]
Tonka Toys – I miss being able to watch a kid swing a front loader around and knock out another kid in a fit of “it’s my turn” anger. Today’s plastic toys don’t have the same challenges that the old metal ones did. Like pinching your fingers in the tight hinge points, knowing the consequences [...]
Here it is my list continued. 34. Lists are awesome! 35. Why does it always feel like you are getting ripped off when you go to the car dealership for service? 36. The movie Swingers is really good for 1996. You really should go out and check it again for the first time. 37. When [...]
The pop-culture figure sings a bad line from Lionell Richie on stage and the crowd cheers like it was the launching of the titanic. If it was Joe Schmoe singing the same lyric in the same off key tune in the same flamboyant manner, the crowd would groan in agony. It’s this thing we do [...]
