Saturday, June 05, 2010
and you just don't see it. Recently we left our happy
home to find the London Bridge. It was only about 3 hours from us.
What it's doing in Arizona I'm still not sure. But it's pretty cool spanning the new Thames River, nee Havasu Lake feeding into the Colorado River. Does it look out of place? Well, yes, but so does the London Eye if you want to compare and/or get technical.
But it's been a boon to Lake Havasu City which has become a haven for Spring Breakers from AZ and CAL. For holidays and weekends, too. After driving across the bridge several times in our two day visit there, we got used to it, and enjoyed the river walk watching the boats and taking in the sights.
However, that's not really the focus of this communicado. It's purpose is to inform, so that you dear readers will be knowledgeable in a variety of topics and subjects and subtopics and subsubjects. Many that don't matter at all. Some are vital, of course.
This one falls into the former category. FedEx trucks have a big arrow pointing to the right between the letter E and x. It's quite apparent to the naked eye once you know it's there. You'll never look at the truck again without trying to see the arrow. Not subliminary at all; just something out of the ordinary. Something to watch for on a road trip.
You may not see it the very first time, but once you do, you'll wonder where it was all the time you didn't notice it.
This has been a business advertisement and I approve.
Friday, June 04, 2010
That's right. That's what I fell in love with the last time I was in Maine dining on lobster.
Oh, the lobster was great. Maine lobster is the best. But the mussels, my goodness, I must have eaten two dozen. On top of the lobster and corn.
It's not quite going to a steakhouse and ordering fish or vice versa as Albert Junkins said in the sixth grade, teaching me that term for the first time. We were not as bright then. At least not according to Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
By the way, though not a regular viewer, I've probably seen 25 shows or partial episodes and I've yet to see someone who was smarter than a 5th grader. Present company not an exception either. For instance yesterday the formula a2xb2=c2 had to be used to get the squared root answer of 13. The contestant and I bought bit the dust on that one.
But I'd imagine my first grade grand would know vice versa. I'll ask him. I know his 3rd grade bro will know. But there I go, not playing fair. Since school's out for the Summer, they're now 2nd and 4th graders. I'll report back in a future entry.
So this entry started with mussels, went through a memory word(s) recollection to a syndicated tv show to what a 2nd and 4th grader might know. I know, too, when it's time to quit.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Times were hard, I was in Ushiwawa at the tip of the end of the world. Although it seems there was competition from another city also boasting to be the Southern-most city on the planet.
I had been in South America for about 17 days on my way back up to Santiago, Chile, totalling 28 days I had spent there.
I decided to work as a mannequin as you can see me pictured. Ok, untrue.
But I admire clothing stores that use mannequins that have some facial features. Even if it is an Ed Grimley type hairstyle, that come to think of it is in vogue with young men these days. You know the smush up on both sides to give it a start of making a poor sand castle look. The total nerd style of a few previous generations. Either that or shaved heads on young guys. There's one more hair style for the YGen and that's wear a baseball cap to hide the hair. For an even hipper style wear the cap catcher style backwards. Or to one side. Have a flattened bill. Gosh, I hadn't realized there were so many dumb ways to wear a hat until I started listing. I'm waiting for the one big crease in the middle of the brim to be stylish. That's the way you used to tell a real non-athlete when I played Little League.
Why it took clothing stores (notice how I got back on track without any transition whatsoever? Only established writers or some merit can pull that off), so long to give some facial features or personality to their mannequins. Only a few had discernible features. Some no heads at all. In AZ, I think it was Macy's that did it first. I took note and approve.
Of course none of the mannequins were quite as life-like as I in Chile. But I don't think I turned any heads in my brief international modeling career.
Monday, May 31, 2010
That's a funny word. That's what I would entitle this picture.
Why? Because I see anger. Along with some sort of weapon raised. I see the bleeped out letters of words unsuitable for print. I see a headache of the one turned aggressive who has been ill treated.
Furthermore, I see an exposed tongue and a hairy middle finger with claw like projections. And I see a patched eye, a blackened eye, something like venom spewing from the mouth.
I think it has happened a number of times (note the symbol for number just to the right of the weapon) and two love triangles below, one intersecting the other.
So I'm assuming the angry one is the middle of a second triangle with this person and has had enough.
If you see anything different, then you're wrong. Because I lived that in high school. She even wrote about it in my Senior yearbook. She even tried a third time when I was in college.
Evil one; but I'm over it. I have been for many years now. But I don't know why the artist included the weapon and eye stuff. That never happened.