“One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.” - Winston Churchill
Posted in Food and Drink, Travel on Jun 10th, 2008
The Wife and I went to Pensacola this weekend. More about that later.
But, on the way back, we stopped for gas at Greenville, Alabama.
And, at that exit, there’s a Russell Stover outlet.
So, like a couple of kids in a candy store, we walked around, pointing, wanting this, wanting that. And, when it was all done, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 10th, 2007
Tastes change.
For example, I used to eat grits with salt (just a touch) and butter. Now, I eat them plain.
Circumstances caused the change in my taste. Plain grits was all I had at one time, and I got used to eating grits that way.
But, other things cause changes, too.
In Korea, they ran out of Coke [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 20th, 2007
One of the things about changing the way you eat … or drink … is that it can have a long-lasting effect.
For instance, when in the Army, I found a change to the way I ate certain things.
Grits, for instance.
I always ate grits with butter and salt.
Oh, I wouldn’t always add salt to my grits. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 24th, 2007
Met the Wife for lunch at Subway today. Still there as I write this, by the way.
She likes the roast beef sandwiches. Orders them most of the time. Me, I prefer the Subway Melt or the Italian BMT.
But, today, I decided to go crazy and and order a chicken bacon ranch sandwich. I’ve had them [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 14th, 2007
So far, I’m liking my new Macbook.
There are some things that are different. But some things are the same.
My browser, for instance. I quit using Internet Explorer when Firefox came out. And I use Firefox on the Macbook instead of Safari, Apple’s own browser. So the browser’s pretty much the same. Minor differences, sure, but [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 2nd, 2007
I was driving near Conyers, GA recently. And ran across something that just caught my eye.
In case you have a hard time seeing it clearly, click here for a larger image.
Yes, right next to the combination Dunkin’ Donuts / Baskin Robbins … is a weight loss institute.
On the one hand, you’d think that it’s the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 10th, 2007
So, what do Snoop Dog, a motor pool in Korea, cell phones, and the lady that ran a Lafayette Electronics store in my home town all have in common?
That’s a tough one, huh?
Well, here’s the missing piece of the puzzle that puts it all together: nachos.
Make sense now?
No?
Let me explain.
I had a really odd dream [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2007
I’m from the South. I drink sweet tea.
Now, being from the South doesn’t mean you must drink sweet tea. And sweet tea isn’t limited to being only for Southerners.
But I do believe that any restaurant in the South should serve sweet tea. Oh, also serving unsweetened (we call it “unsweet”) tea is fine. Especially if [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 26th, 2007
We went to Tony Roma’s for supper last night.
Yeah, I know. We’re in Panama City Beach, and the only non-chain restaurant we’ve been to has been a local Chinese restaurant. All these local places, featuring food with a local flavor, and we go to Tony Roma’s.
Still, we do like the food there, so we went.
The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 1st, 2007
I’m full.
It’s early morning … okay, it’s morning … and I’m not hungry.
I ate a large lunch yesterday. And a large supper last night. Oh, and had a big ol’ honkin’ piece of cheesecake for dessert after supper.
I’m thinking I ate too much.
That’s the only reason I’m not hungry, I think.
Seems I’m going to have [...]
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