Halloween 2006
Some pictures from the Halloween party I went to last night in Lee's Summit.
(Click the thumbnail to view the gallery.)
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October 29, 2006
October 27, 2006
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service
This is what happens when a customer walks into Winslow's BBQ wearing a Jack Stack BBQ shirt...
(Don't worry, it was the customer's idea.)
October 26, 2006
October 26 Selections
Almost every Thursday I go down to Winslow's for karaoke. And for those of you who know me well, that must seem totally out of character because one thing you know that I never do is get up in front of a bunch of strangers and do... well... anything.
Last Thursday was a slow night so I managed to get 8 songs in. A couple of days later I got to thinking that I ought to start listing the songs I sing each week.
Tonight was beyond a full house, the place was standing room only. Because it was so busy I only put my name in for 3 songs and only ended up singing 2 of them.
Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf. Grade: D. I've only sung this song once before. I need to remember that if I am singing something I haven't done a lot before, I need to do it later in the night when I have more liquor in me to calm my nerves. I was shaking and my voice was all over the scale on this one, unable to choose a key I was comfortable with. At one point I even had to go into falsetto. This is one of my favorite songs, I need to work on it some more if I'm going to sing it.
Love Potion Number Nine - The Searchers. Grade: B+. This is another song I've only sung once before but I did much better on this one. I managed to stay in key, but I'm not giving it an A because I was a little low in pitch and was late in starting.
I had intended to also sing Love Shack by the B-52s but pulled it back because I was short on time tonight. Coincidentally, shortly after I pulled it back, someone else sang it.
Next week I think I may go for some Metallica.
October 22, 2006
Urban Walk #9: A Short, Chilly Jaunt Downtown
It was a cold day and I really didn't feel like going outside as I've been battling a cold of my own the last week. But I needed the exercise, so I headed out on a walk that was almost too short to be worth mentioning.
I walked for 2 hours, making a loop throughout Downtown that was about 6 miles long. I took 9,758 steps and burned 621 calories. This is by far the shortest walk I've posted about.
The route took me through the River Market, the Garment District, Quality Hill, the West Side, the Crossroads, Union Station, Liberty Memorial, the Arena District, and the Central Business District.
As usual I did take several pictures along the way. Click the thumbnail below to view the photo gallery.
Hopefully by next weekend I'll be feeling better and able to take more respectable walks again.
October 20, 2006
Mon bureau, votre bureau
This idea is borrowed from Seth, who in turn borrowed it from Werlew.
Among all the clutter on the left side of my desk: a Fargo snow globe (wood chipper scene), a metal globe dating to around 1927. a bowling pin picture frame given to me by Codding, a Pepsi cup that my company tested a few years ago and the bowling alley hates, and a framed picture of antique golf implements. To the right of my crappy old monitor is my 2002 Kansas City Knights cup (used for water), a latte from Scooter's, my silver coffee cup, and an Incred-a-Bowl cup that I use for adding water to my fish tank. Next to my phone is my set of office binoculars, used anytime I spot something interesting happening outside. (One afternoon earlier this year a falcon was eating a pigeon on that fire escape across from my window. As the falcon ripped a loop of intestine out of its victim a girl in the office cried out "Ewww! That's sick! Give me your binoculars!")
On the floor is my tripod, my bucket of fish supplies, and the box for the putting mat that I have set up just outside my cubicle.
Behind my main desk sits another smaller one:
On this one sits my gym bag, stuffed with gym clothes (soaked with a week of sweat). Next to that is my griddle, which I brought in yesterday for an office breakfast. My nameplate sits in the windowsill, and to the right is my saltwater fish tank.
In a typical week I'll spend 44-48 hours here. Though there are no true walls the dividers block enough sound that I can only hear conversations that are intended to be shared. My desk is in the southeast corner of the building, and the view is both soothing and sometimes a distraction.
THIS IS "a" blog post
Each morning the elevators in the building I work in have a new ad posted in them for one of the several retail businesses scattered throughout the various Commerce Bank buildings. Often these are riddled with typos and weird typesetting. For some reason it never occurred to me until today to post any of them.
Here's a corner of today's ad, for a pizza/pasta joint in the lobby.
- Why are three different font sizes used?
- Why are two different fonts used?
- Why is the first half of the second sentence italicized but not the second half?
- Why is "We'll" capitalized? It is not the start of a new sentence.
- What's with the quote marks around the word "a"?
But my biggest question...
In a "hurry"? Call ahead and we'll have it ready for you!
This implies that you should use this service if you are not really in a hurry but want to give the impression you are.
In a hurry? Call ahead and "we'll" have it ready for you!
Implies that someone else will actually get it ready.
In a hurry? Call ahead and we'll have it "ready" for you!
Implies that their definition of "ready" may not be exactly what you have in mind.
In a hurry? Call ahead and we'll have it ready for "you"!
Implies they might give your food to someone else.
In "a" hurry? Call ahead and we'll have it ready for you!
I have NO FREAKING IDEA what this implies. :)
Barely Legal
After 3-1/2 years of being an undocumented alien residing in Missouri, I am now officially and legally a Missouri resident.
For the 3-1/2 years since I moved downtown after fleeing JoCo, I dragged my feet on getting a Missouri driver's license because I didn't want to have to deal with all the hassle. But now I had no choice, as my old Kansas license was about to expire.
Guess what? I walked into the DMV at 1:27 yesterday afternoon. I walked out at 1:36 with a shiny new Missouri driver's license. Less than ten minutes.
All that procrastinating over nothing. :)
October 15, 2006
A Dreary, Depressing Morning
Last night I had a dream that left me left me feeling <sarcasm>oh so chipper and cheery</sarcasm> this morning.
The dream itself was way too long and complicated for me to go into the full detail of it, but the ending is what set the tone for my day so far. All of my friends and I had gotten together for what we knew would be our final lunch together. After sharing some laughs it was time to say our goodbyes, we were all heading to different cities and knew we'd never see each other again.
The last three people I said goodbye to were Seth, Nik, and Ken. As I walked back to get my belongings, the dream suddenly flashed forward over the next few decades. And in a scene right out of the series finale of Six Feet Under, I watched everyone I know die throughout the years.
Fortunately at this point my subconscious replaced everyone with characters froim various TV shows to soften the blow.
What a dreary morning.
October 14, 2006
"I'd like some leather pants and a minority whip."
If you are a regular KenThinks.com, you already know that the above is the number one most frequently-requested page-boy errand as selected by KenThinks.com visitors.
But if you didn't know that, hop on over to Ken's Top Tens and join the fun of helping build the daily list! You'll be hooked.
October 11, 2006
So Very, Very Wrong.
At the suggestion of Ken I have added a new section to my site that is wrong. So very, wrong.
Because it has such potential to offend, I have spun it off as a separate site so that the only way you will stumble onto it is to visit it on purpose. So if you like things that are wrong, look for it in my "Other Sites" column on the right-hand-side of my main page.
Or click the link below...