Year: 2002

Big Easy

Instead of Outback, we ended up at the Big Easy Cafe in next parking lot over. Donna & I used to live in New Orleans about a dozen or years ago and this is as close as we can get to the food we loved so back then. Unfortunately every time we eat there the experience gets worse. For what ever reason they have never been able to cook rice right, it comes out all puffed and split. We now know not to get anything with rice, but that severely limits the entrees. Today was the last straw, the first 2 items Donna tried to order that didn’t have and don’t plan on having anymore (they could at least cross them off the menu.) My french fries were cold. And worst of all the fucked up the loaded potato skin appetizer – they covered half with sour cream and the other half with guacamole. Unfortunately the guacamole was kind of watery making it look a lot like baby diarrhea.

Well Maybe One Rule…

Did you know that Outback isn’t open for lunch? I sure didn’t. Oh, well, we resheduled our dining down-under until Sunday afternoon. I hope it rains hard the whole weekend, I’ve got a bunch of movies to watch. Mother-in-law gave me Die Hard & Lord of the Rings on DVD for my birthday. My wife gave me A Hard Days Night and the combo of Koyaanisqatsi & Powaqqatsi.

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No Rules, Just Right

Well tomorrow we will reap the rewards of working an extra hour each day this week, 1/2 day off. We are going to go to Outback for lunch, because it is my birthday and that’s where I wanted to go. I’m going to get a Blooming Onion, mmmm, and a big ol’ slab of kangaroo, grilled to perfection….

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One Horse Town

Actually there are hundreds of horses in this town, unfortunately not enough of them shop at Staples in the evening. Because maybe if more of them did, Staples would close a little later than 8:00! Needed envelopes to mail off the Master’s Miata Club newsletter, so I piled into the car and drove over at 8:15. I knew I was in trouble when I pulled into the lot and it was nearly empty. Almost went over to Wal*Mart, but came to my senses and went to K-Mart instead.

TV Commercials

Saturn Vue – Really cute commercial with these 4 20-somethings heading out to the swimming hole. One rocket-scientist sets up a rope swing and when he tries it out he doesn’t let go over the water, he comes back across the shore and slams into the side of the car. While lying on the ground, he tells his friends, “I’m alright.” Nice subtle touches to let us know this baby can go off-road and has those famous plastic body panels. I only wish before he launched himself he would have said the legendary redneck last words, “Hey Bubba. Watch this!” Too bad this thing is 1) an SUV & 2) ugly as sin (looks like the Saturn Sedan in a funhouse mirror.)

Viagra – Nicely dressed fellow at the office and everyone is telling him he looks different. “Did you get a haircut?” “Did you lose weight?” Etc. He just smiles. Could it be the bulge in the front of his pants?

Department of Motor Vehicles

This is an easy one. It was time for me to renew my driver’s license. The closest DMV place is practically just around the from work. This morning I went over there at around 11:00 AM figuring I would be after the morning rush and before the lunch rush, HA! rush is definitely an oxymoron. The line was about 20 people long. I did an about face and headed towards work.

Then is when I remembered the other office about 20 miles away. I figured instead of wasting time standing in line, I could just as well waste it driving. When I got to the second DMV office it was nearly empty, there were 2 people in line ahead of me! Even being that close, it still took me a 1/2 hour to get my license. Extrapolate that data back to the line at the other office and I might still be there.

Wabbit Teeth

The mouth of the car has looked kind of naked since I pulled the Alley Gator teeth off, so last week I ordered a different style set of teeth to put back in there. My wife said she would pay for them if I let her pick the style. Our Wabbit Teeth arrived at work today. When the mail clerk brought the package to me it was so messed up that I thought for sure the teeth would be in pieces. They ship them in one of those triangle shaped express mail tubes from the USPS and it must have gotten wet, letting the weight of other mail bags squish and mangle it, but the teeth are made of sturdy stuff and were just fine. Of course the first thing I did on arrival home is put them on. It is going to take some getting used to this style, right now I think they are a little funny looking. I know what you’re thinking, any kind of teeth on a car look funny! Even if they are supposed to look like alligator teeth.

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