There's this show on the Food Network called "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" which is really awesome. The guy goes around to all these little local, greasy-spoon, Mom and Pop type joints that have amazing food. Here's a Google Map of all the places that have been highlighted on the show. If there's a place on the list near you, I highly recommend ( Read more... )

*From the AP: CHICAGO - Bernie Mac, the actor and comedian who teamed up in the casino heist caper "Ocean's Eleven" and gained a prestigious Peabody Award for his sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show," died Saturday at age 50.

This makes me quite sad this morning. Bernie Mac was an hugely gifted comedian. He was one of the absolute funniest guys in ( Read more... )

I'm sure nobody would have noticed, but in the interests of fairness thought I would mention that tonight I went back and locked most all of my recent posts, as well as cherry-picking quite a few old ones out as well ( Read more... )

So, what I forgot to mention in the last installment was that when I left Jen's house at  like whatever o'clock in the wee hours of the morning it was, the glorified box truck I rented got about ten feet down the block and game to grinding, screeching halt.  Why?  Oh!  I still have the parking break on.

Now, there's two kinds of drivers in the world ( Read more... )

I walked into the lobby of the AmeriSuites in Overland Park with my hands in my pockets and taking the Lord's name in vain. The woman behind the counter took one look at me in my shorts and t-shirt and chuckled and said...

"You ain't from around here, huh?"

So it's late as hell when I get to my hotel. It's actually after midnight. Since I'd paid ( Read more... )

Bruce takes me all the way back home where I grab the pile of forgotten insurance cards and we once again set about heading for the airport. We stop about halfway there because now the guy is running out of gas, but eventually we make it with over an hour to spare. I give him my house keys so that he can keep my cats fed and I head for the ( Read more... )

I made sure everything was packed away before I went to bed Thursday night.  I would be gone for four days.  I tossed in four pairs of jeans, one pair of shorts in case it was warm and for the trip home.  Socks and underwear - the essentials.  Three t-shirts and two long-sleeved shirts.  Oh, and a belt.  Figured I had everything covered.  Don't ( Read more... )

I was told at work today that I "...always look a little ragged."

Ragged?

"Scraggly."

Scraggly!?

It's not that I like growing facial hair.  Rather, I just dislike shaving.  And since I'm not exactly on the dating market anymore, I really don't feel the need to make sure I'm looking my very best at the office each day.  Thus I generally shave only like ( Read more... )

Sounds like fun ( Read more... )

I saw all the calendar kiosks at the mall last night. Time to make that annual decision. Who do I go with for the next 12 months? The usual choices once again as always are Audrey Hepburn, Captain Kirk, or the Arizona Cardinals.

Speaking of Audrey Hepburn...

Bruce (to me): "You know who's hot? Katherine Hepburn."
My dad (overhearing): Katherine ( Read more... )