I picked up a large bag of cheese popcorn from a gas station convenience store to have something to snack on while driving down the highway. I opened the bag before starting the car expecting the wonderful smell of processed cheesey goodness - but was instead greeted by a stale styrofoam odor. For two bucks I didn’t want to stand in line again, so I threw the bag in the car with thoughts of calling the company or visiting their website. However, a couple miles down the highway it started stinking up my whole car so I decided to roll down the window and just dump out the popcorn. I know, I know… littering. But I figured it was biodegradable and birds could eat it. Plus, it did really smell bad! I got the bag about half-way out the window when the wind caught it. As I was holding on to keep the bag and my hand (also biodegradable, I suppose) from flying down the highway I felt something hitting my face and arms. A good portion of the stinky cheese popcorn had flown back *into* the car in a flurry of powdery orange snow. Two days later and I’m still picking out stale popcorn from the seats. At least anything I miss is biodegradable, I remind myself.
Archive for January, 2007
My brother brought over his Nintendo Wii and a boxing game to my birthday party. Concept in a nutshell - for anyone living under a rock since this thing’s debut - is that you hold a controller in each hand, jump around and punch the air like a madman, and your video game avatar beats the heck out of your opponent (or vice versa).
Wii Boxing Game
Only two matches and the next day my right arm was falling off and my shoulder blade felt like I’d been working on a chain gang. No, it has nothing to do with turning 40. 
Me and my buddy Ken - Geek Boxing
It’s time for me to start writing children’s books.
Description: A fat old cow wanted to jump over the moon so her friend the mule gathered their animal friends together to build a rocket to get her to the moon. In the end, it didn’t work but she was happy as she got to stay on Earth with her friends.
Author: Louise Lawrence Devine, Illustrator: Irma Wilde, Publisher: Rand McNally (1965)
Really. No kidding.
Not a manly shopping cart.
I tried to think of it as a “sports car” model.
This would *SO* happen to me.
I’d be minding my own business, jumping out of a field and BLAMMO - hit by a bike.
You must be at least 8′ tall to use these cotton balls.
No kidding. This was the only place they were at!
The Amazing Race - Season 10 - Episode 12 & 13 (Finale)
Okay, okay. This is *way* late. I checked my blog stats, however, and nobody is reading these recaps anyway. So, to all of you not reading this, Nah, nah, na, na, nah! Oooga booga!!! Pbbt! See how childish I can be when none of you are looking. Episode 12 wasn’t much except the three remaining teams jockying for position for the final. Well, that plus I misplaced all my notes somewhere and deleted the episode off the TiVo. Oops…
WINNERS OF SEASON 10 THE AMAZING RACE… TYLER & JAMES - EX-ADDICT MODELS!
THIS WEEK - 1st
LAST WEEK - 1st, arrived at
Ex-Addict Models (Tyler & James) - So I’m glad they won… out of the remaining teams. By the timeliness of my post, I don’t have to tell you how excited I really was. Truthfully, they really do seem like okay guys. I think after thinking about it for a month, I’m still just jaded that my application for the race was never accepted. My New Year’s resolution is to just let the bitterness go.
THIS WEEK - 2nd
LAST WEEK - 3rd, arrived at ???
Rob & Kimberly - They came in second. They stayed together. Please don’t bring them back on an all-stars season.
THIS WEEK - 3rd
LAST WEEK - 2nd, arrived at ???
Moms (Lyn & Karlyn) - Ah, if only they hadn’t even made it back into the country. But in the end, I saved my final wish to the Jeanie of the Lamp (R) that more orphans might be adopted by Madonna and Angelina Jolie.