Old Friend

I've got a old buddy who flips burgers for a living. I still check in on him once in a while.

Forget college... I don't even think he passed driving school.

He works hard, but his boss is kinda cheap.

No family. No responsibilities (other than his pet).

He just goes to work and hangs out with his buddies.

He doesn't have much. But he's happy.

Sometimes I envy him.

And his place is, like, weirdly affordable. Probably because it's a pineapple.

Under the sea.

On a Cut

You know why it's so hard to cut back on sugar and alcohol?

Because those things are AWESOME.

Dog Bus

"OK Dogs. Everybody get on the Dog Bus. We're going to PetSmart."

This Spring... Terror has a new face.

Tradition

One of the fun things to do in New England in the Spring is to drive around and guess whose basement is flooding.

Deer Don't Hurt Nobody

Hung out with the Dude-Bros at the barbershop the other day.

They've got a small barbershop on the first floor of an old house in mixed use residential / light commercial area.

They've got 2 giant TVs that are right in your face.

And they turn them up so they're loud enough to be heard over 4 sets of clippers running at the same time.

Last time I was there they were watching some Alaskan State Troopers show (which I was OK with).

This time they were watching Citizens Under Attack.  Which was some type of armed robbery surveillance footage show.  I was not OK with that.

Also, you're supposed to yell stuff at the TV.

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Overheard at the same visit:

CUSTOMER (with strong RI accent): I don't hunt deer.  Deer don't hurt nobody.  I only hunt bear.

(It sounded like he was hunting bear with a handgun.  Seriously.)

Garden Report

New garden is doing great (except for the spinach... it just didn't grow this year).

We still need to put a gate on the fence.

As you can see in this crude awesome graphic, the new garden area gets much more mid-day sun.

Also... The relocated grass is growing nicely.  If I had moved all that grass by hand and it died, I would have been super pissed.

"Listen! Do you smell something?"

I haven't really been able to smell anything for the last 2 years.  I figured it was just years of allergies and sinus infections finally catching up to me.  And I know it was sometime in the last 2 years because I really can't tell when Kid #2 needs a change.

"Is his diaper full?"

"I honestly don't know."

I mentioned my smelling problems to my allergist at my last visit.  And they sent me to an ENT specialist to get it checked out.

ENT guys gives me mega-horse pill antibiotics and super prednisone.

"Have you lost your sense of taste?"

"I don't think so."

Only I didn't realize how much I actually had.

Five days later...  Everything tastes SO GOOD to me right now.

(And... everything smells... kinda awful...)

Long story short, I've probably had a sinus infection for THE LAST TWO YEARS.

I'm tapering off the prednisone.  Right now.

And I can actually feel it.  I'm tripping balls.

It is... unpleasant.

Raisin Bran Car

Finally got a picture of this guy recently

Why would you do this to your car?  

Was he always a Raisin Bran enthusiast?

Is he trying to promote proper colon health?

Is his other car done up like a box of Apple Jacks?

I have no idea.

Ray's House

I've got an app on my phone called Foodspoting.  It lets you look at pictures of nearby restaurant dishes submitted by users.

Except there's some guy in my neighborhood named Ray who keeps posting various junk food items from his house.  As far as I can tell, "Ray's House" is not an actual restaurant.

I'm thinking of showing up at his house some time and asking to see a menu.

I wonder if he takes reservations.