Had a blast. Big Bad John, Janette, Lizette, and I went (along with a few others) and enjoyed the day. John and I rode together and the others drove/rode separately. We saw them intermittently throughout the day. Here are some of the more memorable pics:
Continue readingBinary Bikers!
So I was watching the movie “Wild Hogs” the other day and realized, in my own nerdy way, that having a “gang” name for a friendly group of bikers is pretty damned cool. I wanted one. So I talked it over with Big Bad John. Since we’re both in the software engineering field we humorously […]
Continue readingMy New Puppy
Cassiopeia is her name She’s a full bred Beagle puppy. I got her with my ex-girlfriend a few weeks ago. I think she pushed me into it to get me used to the idea of having a baby with her, but I LOVE Cassie. She’s a full-spirited, very loving and playful dog. As Beagles go […]
Continue readingSpiders Galore
A couple of months ago I was in my back yard in one of my two utility closets. As I opened the door to walk in, a very large spider dangled in front of me. A large spider with a red hourglass on her belly. For those of you who don’t know, I have a […]
Continue readingDeep Conversation
Some mornings are more weird than others. This from a random IM conversation as I was trying to get my day started this morning: [08:47] Sparks: The Silver Surfer / Fantastic Four preview rocked[08:48] Code Monkey: yeah man – that is going to be cool as hell[08:49] Sparks: Wonder what Galactus will look like[08:49] Code […]
Continue readingWhat would YOU do?
It’s a horrible tune that commercial television seared into my consciousness as a young teen back in the 1980’s. A freaking square of chocolate covered vanilla ice cream wrapped in silver foil with a polar bear on it. The commercial would come on and you’d see seemingly normal people doing outrageous things for this frozen […]
Continue readingMy Two Lives
Happy Manufactured Spend-Your-Money Day, people… Let me spend a moment telling you about my two lives. The absolute best thing I did when I split with the ex was to insist on split custody. My two boys and I are closer now that we have ever been. Every moment I have with them now is […]
Continue readingOpen Your Eyes and Be Amazed
So I’m driving home from work today. It had been a rather stressful day at work – as Monday’s usually are. I was tired, and more than a little irritated because I knew I couldn’t just go home. I had to go to my mom’s house because my sister-in-law’s brother was going to detail my […]
Continue readingMisadventures of Fat Ernie Chapter 6
Ernie Gets Mad By Chris Parker “What?” asked the creature, perhaps taking a moment of umbrage at Ernie’s slack-jawed reaction to its presence to breathe. Through nictitating membranes in its eyes. No. No, days of driving over dead bodies… that was weird. Days of making his own food in restaurants filled with the bodies of […]
Continue readingMisadventures of Fat Ernie Chapter 5
Another Survivor by Ron Sparks For some reason, Ernie had always expected Texas to be, well, bigger. In every way. The cars he passed on the road were normal cars. The dead people he squished were normal-sized. The buildings looked normal. Of course, they didn’t have Bingo Burger in Texas, apparently. That diminished the Lone […]
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October 22, 2007 