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Sadly, this is the last evening of the Marfa trip. We're about to go find some dinner and then find some drinks. The one thing I wanted to be sure to remember is that there is some dude in town who wears a big straw hat and rides a bike up and down Hwy 90. I think I've almost run over him 4 times. He is always in my blind spot at the corner of the front windshield--behind the bar that goes back up over the passenger door.
But today it was different. I was pulling out of the motel, and there is a big wall on either side of the exit, so you can't see the street until you slowly nose out past the wall. And sure as heck, the bike guy goes pedaling by from my left as I'm trying to be sure to look both ways. I think I probably missed him by a couple of feet, but I am starting to think he's trying to make me crash into him. Crazy artists in this town...
I've just made a long to-do list before the vacation. I've got way too much to do before we leave town. I'm sort of freaked out a little bit. Fortunately, it is still before 10am. I'm off to mow the grass so that I don't feel like a bad neighbor.
If you could be on any reality TV show, which one would you pick and why?
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, but mostly because I want them to come repaint my living room and buy me expensive clothes.
What is your current computer desktop image? Let's see it!
It's Fred's Senior Picture!!!
What's your cell phone's ringtone? What made you pick it?
I picked Move Your Feet by Junior Senior because it is absurd.
I stumbled on this top 20 list at gamespot.com, and I was so happy to see King of All Cosmos in the top 5.
Royal Rainbow!!!
I just investigated a cat boarding place--for Jezebel while we're out of town. I was nervous that they might not be legit. And I was nervous that they'd screw up her insulin shots.
But I got there, and it was totally an animal lovefest. It is in a vet's office, but it is done up to look like a gingerbread farmhouse. And I went to look at the cat area--"the kitty condos"--and while I was being taken around, the guy gave lots of detail. To wit, they change the boxes TWICE A DAY. (That is like a resort). They will feed whatever food you want to bring them. They weigh the cats every other day to make sure they're eating and drinking properly. They play with each cat individually each day for some minimum amount of time. Each kitty condo has at least one bed,and most had 2 or 3 including a hammock. Some look out into the lobby of the place and some look out into a field.
But the million dollar question made me feel like a bad cat owner. The vet tech asked me, "Does she drink regular or distilled water?"
"uh... regular..."
"well, we do both kinds."
Anyway, it made me feel a little less like a cat nut since I give my poor cats shitty tap water.
They have a contract with a (crazy) Cat Lady, who comes each day to give the kitties some love. Anyway, I feel pretty good about this. I think Jezebel will be ok.
Soda? Cola? Pop? What do you say? Any other regional words that set you apart?
Question submitted by Gladys.
Not so much any longer, but when I was a kid, I called everything Coke. And cokes are still understood to be virtually anything, even if it probably really is coke. If I'm trying specifically to be non-specific, I just say soft drinks.
As long as I'm blogging random junk, let's all have three cheers for the avocado!
NPR gives us a lovely history of this magnificent fruit.
I freaking love avocados! I've loved them since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.
I'm going to see what title vox suggests for this entry.
*edit* (you'd think it would have keyed in to the word avocado, but it didn't... winston's humors?)
I really don't care about horse racing much. I do plan to go play the ponies sometime soon, though. But the whole thing about Barbaro--the horse who broke his leg--has been really sad. I just did a quick search to see how the poor guy is doing, and I found this article at sports illustrated of all places. This may be the only time I ever link to them.
Anyway, I heard that he had laminitis while listening to All Things Considered, and it just seems so heartbreaking. I really hope he heals up quickly. It sucks that horses can't just sit in a wheelchair for a while or lie down in bed and watch movies all day while they heal from broken bones.
