Month: May 2006

We Won

We WonToday the MMC held it’s 3rd annual TSD road Rally and Dona and I came in first. The first year we came in 3rd and last year we finished out of the money, but this year we knocked ’em dead.

There were 14 teams that started and we were #13 out of the gate. When Donna and I arrived at the finish we were the 4th car in. We knew that there a few cars that probably got lost, we had seen a few going the other way as we did the run, but 6 cars had fallen off the course. Turns out it was worse than that because the 3 that were at the finish ahead of us had only made it there by opening their emergency envelopes…

I guess this must have been harder than it looked to us because only one other team besides us finished with an intact envelope before the cutoff time. Four other teams didn’t open the envelope, but came in after the time allowed. Everyone who made it in cleanly got to pick something from the prize table, the top two teams also got a little cash prize to go along with their T-shirt or hat. We got a crisp piece of paper with a portrait of Andrew Jackson and the second place team snagged an Alexander Hamilton.

Started down, went up, went down, back up, back down, still down.
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Davy Jone’s Sock Locker

Davy Jone?s Sock LockerWe went out this evening to buy a few things, I needed some new tan work socks and some quarter high sneaker socks. Donna wanted a couple of bits of garden art to replace her rapidly deteriorating 3 wooden flower flairs and some bird seed to fill up the feeders in the backyard. We figured our best bet to get all the items we needed was Target. First we went to the guys section for my socks and then headed across the back of the store to the garden section. We just happened to pass right by the toy section…

We did manage to get some bird seed, but we will have to wait until tomorrow or Sunday for the garden art. Target’s selection was slim to the point of being threadbare, so a trip to Lowes and Home Depot is called for.

How are we going to pay for all this shopping we are doing you ask, here is how, I’ll sell my domain name. According to LeapFish, mr-miata.net is worth a base value of $291, but its estimated actual value is $14,114. Try it and see how big an internet magnate you might be: LeapFish.com.

Started down, still down.
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Another Day Late

Sat down in front of the computer last night to listen to the ballgame only to find out the FRS had the night off for a travel day. They must be riding their bicycles to need a day to get from Baltimore to Phillidelphia… So I thought I might listen to the Rangers and Yankees game and root for Texas, but that was an afternoon game, so it was long over. So I left the computer and picked up a book. Forgot all about blogging until just as we were climbing into bed my wife asked, “How come you didn’t blog tonight?” (She reads nightly to see if anything interesting happened to me when she wasn’t looking.)

For Thurday:

Started down, went up, back down, up again, down again, still down.
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A Day Late

Forgot to mention that we went for a small bike ride yesterday. We took the tandem out, cruised some neighborhoods and ended up going about 8-1/2 miles at about 3/4 speed. Donna was feeling pretty good when I got home from work and we didn’t want to burn up all her energy. The tandem is perfect for her right now, she can get in some needed exercise and not have to worry about that whole steering, shifting, braking stuff.

Started down, went up, back down, still down.
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Why Is The Rum Gone?

Standing Jack

Captain Jack Sparrow came to work with me on Monday. Posing is limited and standing on its own is hampered by the built-in sword slashing action mechanism, but this doll action figure is not too bad for eight bucks. Definitely not McFarlane caliber, but he wasn’t making them…

Jack couldn’t stand up too well on his own to begin with, but with the angle of the monitor top it became near impossible. I decided to get him some help, a little double stick tape to plant his feet on and everything was just fine.

Passed Out Jack

When I came in this morning Jack was flat on his back. Apparently drank too much rum on Monday night. Or I need some better double stick tape.

Started down, went up, back down, still down.
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I Feel Naked Without It

I have kept my hair very short for maybe 8 or 9 years. I would have no trouble passing the haircut regulations of any military service. This is done for two reasons, one it is easy to take care of and two it diminishes the noticeability of the thinning hair. Consequentially I haven’t needed a comb for nearly a decade, but I have continued to carry one. I carried it for my wife. We drive in a convertible so every time we’d stop she would ask for the comb to realign her tousled locks. Somewhere along the line she stopped asking to borrow my comb and started to ask for “her” comb.

Now that Donna doesn’t have any hair I felt safe stopping carrying a comb. It does feels weird though because I’ve had a little black comb in the same pocket as my wallet since I was probably 12 or so. Now every time I pull out my wallet I notice there is no comb and start looking for it on the floor near me to see if I dropped it.

2-1/2 Weeks

Last Friday, May12th, the body shop guy said he needs a couple of hours to fix my laundry list of complaints. I told him that the Miata is my only car, so I would need a loaner. He said he’d call me back and let me know when he could arrange for a car. When he called me back he asked if the 29th was OK. With my always nearly empty social calendar, I instantly agreed. Later when I went to mark it on my calendar I realized that that day was the Monday of Memorial Day Weekend. It was too late to call back then and change it, so I waited until to today. When I told him of the conflict, he replied, “Well just bring it in the next day.”

Why did it take so long to reserve a loaner? Why was it 17 days in the future? If in the end he just goes bring it in one day later?

Were they hoping I would just give up?

Started up, went down, still down.
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