Choices

A minister was seated next to a hillbilly on a flight across the country. After the plane was airborne, drink orders were taken. The hillbilly asked for a whiskey and soda, which was brought and placed before him.

The flight attendant then asked the minister if he would like a drink. He replied in disgust, "I'd rather be savagely raped by brazen whores than let liquor touch these lips."

The hillbilly then handed his drink back to the flight attendant and said, "Me too! I didn't know we had a choice." 

Is it Friday yet?

Jumping over to the old blog I see I failed to toss up a post yesterday. Mea culpa.

Don't get your hopes up for something interesting, controversial, or entertaining today. 

I will say this, it is starting to look those "nonessential" government jobs really are nonessential. Your experience may vary.

Half-Cannonball Run

 Never one to shy from a road trip the wife and I motored out to the greater Denver area last week to visit my son. We had a great time. Outbound we took I-70 -America’s most boring hi way. On the return trip we cut NE to pick up I-80 across Nebraska and Iowa. While the route was only about 30-40 minutes longer, it sure seemed to take far more than that. It didn’t help that I pulled over to take what I thought would be a short catnap in the wee hours of the night and actually slept in the reclined driver’s seat for three hours. Thus we didn’t hit the driveway until mid-morning Sunday. 

Back when my job took me on the road much of the time 8, 10, or 12 hour drives were the norm. Now, as I get older and out of distance driving shape these long overnight drives are getting harder. 

Why don’t you fly, you ask. It’s not the air fare. It is rental car fees that are so expensive. When renting a car costs as much as a flight, there is a problem. Besides, despite a bit of whining, I like to drive. It may be that in a few years a 1,000 mile trip may necessitate a hotel instead of an all-nighter. Not yet though.

Lettuce Know

The wife and I moseyed down to Chipotle for a cheap supper last night. They were out of lettuce. The wife likes lettuce on her build your own taco, me, I usually forego the stuff on my burrito bowl. The real question was why they had no lettuce. This particular store is literally (and I am literally using the word correctly) is in the parking lot of a grocery store. One could walk less than 100 yards and grab a couple of heads of iceburg.. 

I’m sure it is company sourcing policy or something. More likely, it is easier to tell customers too bad than to try and reconcile the cash register if the manager took cash to buy lettuce. 

Where you been, Joe?

 

Not bad for a cell phone pic 

I gave you a weeks worth of clues

Get out of Denver

 

Yet another