Arthur! Arthur!

Arthur came and went, hope he wasn't viewed too lightly because the damage around our neighborhood wasn't that bad, especially for a  CAT 2 storm. We were without power from 10:30 PM until about 11:00 AM, not bad at all, and we got to use the generator for the first time. It worked well. Friday was so pretty that we took Elizabeth, Jackson and the grand-dog Daisy out for a boat ride. Found some flotsam, but nothing good enough to keep, awwwwwwwwwwwwwww

It was a lot different when I came in on the AMTRAK bus Friday afternoon, I thought we were in for a bad one.

Now for some levity, more often than not I ask for audience participation and more often than not I get very little. This is easy, you don't have to give the punch line, you can if you like, but let's see if you can give the setup line. And it's OK if you answer as ANONYMOUS. Here we go:

...............................next week we will work on the punch line.

And speaking of punch lines, on my way to the airport in Dallas a couple of weeks ago I drove by a Frisbee golf course. I looked over and saw a guy in a ditch under a low hanging branch trying to throw his disc. See, if you look hard enough you can find an honest man.

Last week in Maryland, Virginia and DC. Next week in Phoenix, yes, at 107 degrees (it's a dry heat) I'm crazy but the hotel rooms are cheap this time of the year.  

Texas

(warning: this blog has been rated R (Restricted – under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)

Everything is bigger in Texas

Having a productive week in the West, got a lot done, got a lot to do, and now will be travelling each week through July. I thought this was going to be the summer of George, sitting around with a big hunk of cheese..............

And speaking of food, I have tried plenty this week and each meal has been great. I went into a Mexican restaurant with a high Urban Spoon rating Wednesday that did not offer alcohol. Had salmon and ribs at the boss' house Tuesday night, a Mexican reception for me at my rep's office Thursday, even found an In-N-Out Thursday night. I'm thinking I will run home tonight rather than take the plane, maybe I can work off half of those additional calories.

Among my many other bad characteristics (TAR has a 1,000 page book listing just a few of mine if you'd like a copy it's on Amazon) I have the dietary habits of a twelve year old, but I didn't eat these:

Proud of me aren't you? I saw this picture in a Fort Worth restaurant Wednesday, tell me your first thought when you read his name...

Yeah, I thought the same thing. Fortunately I was on my way out of the restaurant so they didn't have to toss me out, and I'll just bet I wasn't the first one to sing that at the top of my lungs, well maybe I was the first one so off key?

Before you say in your urban voice "oh no you didn't" no I didn't. I decided on the Japanese weinerschnitzel, it had a whimsical taste but after digestion they united in a distrustful axis and decided to try to take over my world. Too soon?

An actual sign seen in Dallas, care to make a joke or two, three, four? I'll get you started:

• Can I use your fitting room?
• What do you mean you only have an off-premises license? That is soooooooooooo retro
• Having a sale this weekend, the sign says "come one come all"
• Thinking about buying a new one, do you take trade-ins? OK, I'll try to sell it on Craig's List.

Fill in your one-liners in the comments section. That should just about offend everyone and if I did, sorry. That is a real sign for a real store in Dallas and I couldn't resist.

Maryland, DC, and who knows where next week, and then the day when our nation celebrates our biggest birthday, yes Jay turns 34 on the 5th. 

Statistics

First of all I've never seen a picture of me in my boat, yes that did sound a little Gump-ish there didn't it? Thanks to the FO for sending me that picture. We fished with his daughter last weekend; she had trouble with the "fun" part of fishing.................we had a lot of fishing and not too much catching. A fun weekend nevertheless, good food and good company. We laughed, and we all need to do more of that these days.

Nice little cobia gave her a fit, especially after I hit him in the tail with the net, I wanted to make sure he gave he a good tussle. 

We decided to come in a couple of hours earlier than scheduled, I told Amanda that in trying to decipher the summer weather pattern I've sat at the house in pretty weather and been caught outside when it was nasty, I prefer missing the forecast sitting inside. We caught just a little bit of a shower and then got in just at the right time Saturday

And here what I hope will be one of the last sights many fish will ever see, thanks again for the pics. 

In other news Casey Wagner did indeed win the Big Rock, lots of happy faces when he pulled in with his fish. Congratulations to Inspiration. 

Statistics about this website: I've posted 392 posts seen be 43,447 people. 53% of views used mobile phones so they never get to see the statistics. I've changed the listing to the number who look at it daily for a change of pace.

I've got a lot of World Cup jokes ready, I'll save them for a later date, but did you see that guy score? I mean actually get a goal? Very exciting!

Here's where it gets weird, TAR and I watched the old movie Pillow Talk last night; yeah, not much on, but in an odd way we both enjoyed it. No nasty comments, OK, just a few, but it was really funny. Great line from Rock to Tony about his numerous failed marriages "you're only ambitious when you're getting ready to climb into the ring." That's funny. 

Beach week begins tomorrow, I'm heading to Mineral Wells and Dallas. My new employer is working two shifts a day, six days a week, good news. Stay cool. 



June 13, 2014

Really?  Or......................Where's Waldo?

Short haul week, in and around NC for some distributor calls, even got to bounce a grandchild on my knee Thursday afternoon.

Let's see, where were we? Oh yes, while in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago I was listening to terrestrial radio when an ad appeared..........................the ad was telling about an area youth soccer team which was preparing for tryouts. This was not a public service ad advising parents that the league was going to have tryouts, this was a paid ad telling parents how to have their children try out for this one team. One team.....paid ad...............the only way I can begin to try to justify this is that maybe, just maybe one of the bigwig parents on the team owns the radio station. Even then I can't really understand. As Professor McCants so eloquently stated (or something to this effect): it isn't a UNC problem, it's a NCAA problem; or better yet....................... an amateur sports problem.

Off the rant; it seems as though everywhere I go there are advertisements trying to sell giant things, or sell things to giants. Either way I guess I'm missing out on a market segment. Regardless, a store in Durham is trying to cash in. For regular sized people I think the concept of a giant laptop defeats the intent of a laptop. Maybe a giant-sized laptop helps with the nearsighted. Or is it the farsighted? Or is this too insightful? Or do I have too much time behind the windscreen without satellite radio?

OK, time to play Where's Waldo? The FO found this picture online this week, from a party last weekend celebrating the beginning of our little local fishing tournament. I don't want to jinx anything so I'm not going to mention the name of the tournament or the name of the gray(er) headed guy I'm talking with..........but I sure do hope we congratulate him tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 PM.

Now Where's Waldo gets harder. This was in the local newspaper Wednesday and I sent it to the FO to see if he could..............find Waldo. Took him all of 30 seconds, I think he must be doing this a lot online or something. See if you can find Waldo, the FO did, and TAR didn't take too much longer. Here's a clue, I have sunglasses on...............

And tomorrow we fish! Gotta find some dinner fish for the Highs. No pressure

Work Work Work

............hello boys, miss me? Have a good night's rest? I missed you! Back to my own blog, but still with a few more pictures from Indianapolis.

I'm not sure the guy with the leg drink knew how much he paid for his drink, but he told me it was $20. Maybe he was pulling my leg? What a great souvenir to take home and share with his family.

In case it didn't come through on last week's entry: WE HAD FUN!!!

And we weren't the only ones: hotties with the botties relaxing in fancy deck chairs!

Next week: working in NC, then I'll be gone through July. 

This Was Easy


I'm tired, here's my entry for this week:
What he said
http://thealwayshighfishinoptishin.blogspot.com/2014/05/indy-500-weekend.html

Gradumatation Day !!!

Yes indeed the young man graduated cum laude with double majors in History and Government. The whole weekend was fun and memorable; the baccalaureate was indoors due to rain, then we went to a lecture by The Honorable Kathleen Kennedy Townsend as the school marked 50 years since her father Robert Kennedy was in the area. Not a proud moment for the area as he fought against the anti-integration closing of the Prince Edward county schools for 5 years. Too bad they didn't take questions afterwards, I was going to ask if it was true that her grandmother had a black dress......yeah, still too soon I guess.

Scott Cooper (class of 1992) gave the commencement address after his daughter won everyone's heart by singing that d****d song from Frozen. He's working with Johnny Depp on a movie about Whitey Bolger. I got really excited to hear that, but then realized he said Bolger, thought he said Ford.

So Jackson got his diploma:

Then had his picture taken at the picnic with Elizabeth, yes, she is lovely

Then realized he has to pay for all of this.................just kidding!

TAR took this picture as they drove off campus, it really is a good shot of his "one last look"

Free food brings a crowd! We were glad so many could attend and enjoy

So it is now Friday at lunch and we have a very sad funeral to attend at 2:00. Pat was a wonderful lady, Scout leader, and faithful church lady who often drove the handicapped bus. She died far too young and we will all miss her, so I thought something funny would make us all feel better:

Tonight we set off for the Indianapolis 500, can not wait!