Happy hour, bed, road.

Seems simple enough, right? Pick up a car and hit the road early early early Saturday morning. Throw a little mix of Hank III music in the rent car’s CD, and blow on down the road. [url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000EW6/fishinguideto-20]Or maybe vintage REK?

Business Models redux

From a couple of days ago, [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2773769.stm]Salon dot com running out of cash? I was reading either [url=http://www.metafilter.com]Metafilter or [url=http://slashdot.org]Slash Dot, and I found a link to a web hosting site that looked even better than the [url=http://www.communitech.net]host I’ve currently got. Deal is, though I pay a little bit more, I’m grandfathered in under the Business Models redux

Poetry

“Poetry in Motion” is what the ad said. I was desperately looking for a sign, a symbol, a burning bush of some sort to add some meaning to my existence. Or least a little something to brighten my day. The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock By T. S. Eliot “Let us go then, you Poetry

Texicalli

So the other morning that sweet and demure Pisces calls me up, “Are you open either Tuesday or Thursday?” Sure. She called Tuesday evening, after walking the dog and whatever, we got all our plans in order. Her and Cranky swept by to grab me, and we were going to try some “pho” because that Texicalli

Digital blues

Digital blues (and reds, greens, [i]whatever[/i]) I want a new digital camera. The deal is, my parameters are pretty simple. I don’t need a megaplex 6.9 megabyte graphic digital imaging solution. I’m not looking for a huge camera that will make my life better. I’m looking for replacement for the Visor Camera I’ve got. What’s Digital blues

Perfect Valentine’s weekend?

What could be better? Austin RV show? Motor homes, some with surprising stickers on them. Grab your favorite trailer park girl and head on down to the convention center. It’s nice, but I don’t think it would fit in my current parking spot.

Peacock Bass

I was chatting with a client after a reading, and the client’s part-time job is at a fish story – exotic aquarium things sort of place. I heard a tale about a “Peacock Bass” and that got me thinking. My mind can be dangerous place, especially if you’re alone and unarmed. See: at this one Peacock Bass

From recent e-mail

From recent e-mail > Happy Valentino’s Day, Mr. Kramer > though I, too, think that > mass mail-out Valentine thing is crude > and also vapid > and a bit banal > and somewhat chauvinistic > with a womanizing whiff to it…. So I’m vapid, banal, [b]somewhat[/b] chauvinistic, and I smell like a womanizer? All From recent e-mail

National Extortion Day

National Extortion Day Thursday afternoon, I was meandering along, trying to remember what the errand I was on, like, what was it I was supposed to pick up? It was bleary, gray day, but just warm enough to warrant shorts. I cut through a pedestrian tunnel, into a strip center, and promptly fell on my National Extortion Day