Well, tried my first pack or Wrigley's 5, Solstice flavor. First piece was slightly wintergreeny. Put the second one in and hmmm, this tastes familiar.

Then it hit me. Cool mint Listerine. And I mean exactly the same. Probably uses the same flavorings, menthol, wintergreen, yadda yadda yadda.

Why do I keep having the beginning and ending songs from Billy Joel's "Turnstiles" running through my head? Say Goodbye to Hollywood, and Miami 2017 (I've Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway). Bloody 1970's. Why do you still haunt me ( Read more... )

While at a rest stop near Toledo, OH, I happened upon an elderly couple having some consternation with the soda machine. They thought a soda only cost $1.15. I pointed out it's actually $1.75. See if you looked downwards at the display, the top of the 7 got cut off, making it look like $1.15. That's how it looked originally to me too, but then ( Read more... )

I love blood oranges! Aka moros and other names.

May not have mentioned this before, but I've decided to name my iPod Ma'at. I know I'd talked about what I COULD name it, but not exactly what I DID name it.

Oh yes, whilst stopping at the Petro in Joplin, MO., I took in some interesting things on display there. What REALLY caught my eye this time were two life size kemetic statues, one male, one female. I was like "Paint the guy white and you have Boaz and Joachim!". What at first started out so fanciful now has turned into something a little more ( Read more... )

Wow. Sometimes Micro$oft's knowledge base really DOES come in handy ( Read more... )

Remarked to aubkabob in a comment that I have eyebrows like Leonid Brezhnev. This still holds true. It doesn't help that only the right one is going gray.

( That collage thing going round, some images not family friendly. )

You've sat down. The computer is booted. Your net connection is up. You've got your web browser or whatever program that needs the net booted. You're all ready for today's experience and...

At that precise moment...

Nature calls.