Asymptomatic

There must be intelligent life down here

The Mad Dash
November 27, 2006

Black Friday. One one of my virtual co-workers showed up online, and only for about an hour. So, I finished some miscellaneous stuff I wanted to get done and went out to do some errands.

Riley’s electric car part came in at Mom’s office, so I ran over there and we had lunch at the mexican place that used to be Pizza Hut, where I had a job interview with this crazy dude that wanted me to write tax software but gave me the impression he was going to stab me suddenly during our two-hour pizza interview.

Light Thanksgiving
November 22, 2006

We’ve been having a family debate about this year’s Thanksgiving. In addition to changing the venue from Nana’s house to our house, we’re thinking of having a different menu for Thanskgiving dinner. Explaining what I’m after when I refer to a “light” dinner has been a challenge.

Every year, we have the traditional turkey dinner. Our meal usually includes stuffing, mashed potatos, cranberry sauce, corn pudding, biscuits/rolls, sweet potatos, perhaps some other vegetable like green beans, and pumpkin pie. All of this is served family-style, and there is often much more food than we really need. I guess that’s the seed of discontent.

Holiday Shopping?
November 19, 2006

It’s crazy out here.

We’ve gone out for lunch and to pick up a few items for the house, specifically paint for Abby’s room. All of our tasks are common - we’d be doing it anyway no matter what time of year it was. But everyone else out here is nuts.

Missed the PS3. Wii?
November 18, 2006

I was out shopping for a UPS the other day after the power went out at home and I encountered a strange thing while pricing at Circuit City.

There were several tents erected outside the from door of the Circuit City store. What the heck?