New Cartoons
It's been far, far too long since the last time I put up new cartoons. But I just uploaded not one, not two, but three new cartoons for your entertainment. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep them coming.
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March 28, 2007
March 27, 2007
Recap
After leaving Memphis this morning at 5:00 am, I got into Batesville with just enough time to drop off my suitcase and check my mailbox before heading to work. Here are some highlights from my long, working weekend in Miami.
Thursday:
Arrived in Miami, showered and ate stone crabs for dinner.
Friday:
Worked until 1:00 am meeting non-English speaking Japanese at the airport and driving them to the hotel. Ended the night with a black and tan at the hotel bar.
Saturday:
Shuttled Germans from the airport to the hotel, driving a 15 passenger van through rainy, downtown Miami during rush hour for a Miami Heat and an international tennis tournament. Ended the night with a Blue Moon and a Black and Tan at the hotel bar.
Sunday:
Helped assemble luggage outside, stuffed vans full of said luggage, took it to the docks and unloaded. After several of those trips began shuttling Germans from hotel to cruise ship. When the last of the Life Plusers were on the cruise ship, I had a few administrative tasks to finish, including returning two (2) $100 a piece storeroom keys to hotel security. To celebrate a job well done, I ate a huge Cuban lunch (including a tasty Mojito) then watched television for a few hours and went to bed.
Monday:
Woke up, had a nice breakfast, hopped a cab to airport, flew into Memphis, watched a few episodes of The Critic, ate gas station hotdogs, ate BBQ ribs, had a Blue Moon and went to bed.
March 22, 2007
Memphis, Miami, Nachos and Beer
It’s Thursday morning and I’m sitting in Kathryn’s apartment. It’s not a place I generally find myself sitting during the week. But in a few hours I’ll be sitting on an airplane heading from Memphis International Airport to Miami where I’ll be spending a long weekend driving Germans from the airport to the Hotel then from the hotel to the cruise ship. I was essentially given yesterday off to run any pre-trip errands that I might need to do.
I woke up planning to fill a couple of prescriptions and just head straight to Memphis. However, when I walked outside I found I had a nasty flat. Seeing as that particular tire already had two or three cans of Fix-a-Flat in it already, I decided it was time to replace it. After inflating the leaking tire I went to the pharmacy, but the pharmacist wasn’t in yet. So left my empty bottles there and drove over to the discount tire. Not having the money for a full set I picked out the cheapest tires that matched what I already have. Cheapest being a relative term as they were $115 each. Forty minutes and $250 later I had two new front tires and was heading back to the pharmacy, only to find that there was a problem with the dosage (on something I’ve been taking for years) and they weren’t ready yet. I zipped back home, put on my leg brace that I had forgotten earlier, transferred some money to my credit card for the tires and zipped back to the pharmacy. Still not ready. They asked if I had any more errands I could run and I told them I was trying to get out of town. Fortunately, the pharmacist took pity on me and changed the dosage himself figuring that the doctor would agree with him.
I finally got to Memphis late and incredibly frustrated. But Kathryn, being the awesome woman she is, eased my pain by buying me nachos and beer. And really, is there nothing that nachos and beer can’t fix?
March 19, 2007
Saint Patrick's Day Yummies
The pain in my knee is gone. Vanished. The swelling and inflammation are gone too. I don’t know what happened, but my plan now is to just wear the brace for a couple of weeks just for good measure and to forget the whole strange affair.
In other news I had the most Irish Saint Patrick’s Day weekend ever. It was an Irish Food Fest in my apartment all weekend long. First we ate corned beef and cabbage, then we ate reubens, then we drank Harp and Guinness, then we ate Irish Soda bread, then we drank more Guinness and finally we ate Boxty. Mmm Mmm good. What did you eat/do for Saint Patrick’s Day?
March 15, 2007
1-800-Doctorb... the b is for bargin
Two interesting things happened in my life today. First, I got a new computer at work with Word 2007 on it. I don’t like it.
The second is I visited the doctor because of a strangely sore knee. When the poking, prodding and X-rays didn’t reveal anything, the doctor decided I need an MRI. There’s some finagling to be done before I can get in for that, so in the meantime I’m wearing at big, black knee brace and I’ve been given some painkillers. The latter of which made me a little loopy so I took the rest of the day off to be loopy in comfort on my couch. Good times.
March 14, 2007
Back in Town
Three kites, seventeen raw oysters, one dead shark and countless jellyfish later I’m back in Arkansas. It was a fast trip full of good food. We ate out just about every meal, several of which were right on the water... as in sitting on a deck built over the bay. It always feels good to take a vacation and escape daily life for a while, but it also feels good to get back home and settle in.
Kathryn is on Spring break now so she and her cat Zimmy are staying in Batesville for the week. Tonight we plan on making hot tuna heroes and eating in front of Stranger than Fiction.
March 08, 2007
Oysters
Well, my massively busy month of March has begun. Today is my last day at work for the week. It’s amazing how one day off can make a week go by so fast. Tonight I’m heading to Memphis and tomorrow, early afternoon, Kathryn and I are hopping on a flight to Corpus Christi to visit her parents. Kathryn is looking forward to some time in the sun; I’m looking forward to finding an oyster bar. Mmm... Oysters. Is there anything better than a cold beer and a dozen oysters on the half shell? Sure there is: a cold beer and two dozen oysters on the half shell. I can’t wait. Jealous? I know you are.
March 01, 2007
Road Safety
I just read some statistics that said one in ten people fail this driving test. I scored 90%. One I truly didn't know, and the other was just a stupid mistake. Can you beat me?