Calling All Chimacum!

Just a hundred yards from the business in the last post, you now know where to be two weekends hence! They're gonna show Babe!
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A Saturday That Was NOT Caturday

Today's my eleventh day in Washington, and I have yet to pet a single feline. Four dogs, NO CATS.

But, I went to a garden party!

Fog Farm!  Bob's been having this party for over thirty years.

Freak flags: Flown.

Not Spin-Glos.

Also not Spin-Glos.

Much open range, and garden...

... and the kids ran around like little meth addicts.

Three kegs of Port Townsend Brewing's beers... including their very hoppy IPA. I think I preferred the Scotch Ale, of the three. Oh, and recycling and composting for all disposables/reusables.

Horse! (of course)

Spot the Guam. Who wants to ride a Grom.

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Get A Nurse Drunk Week

Did you get a nurse drunk this weekend?  No? Well, you have the rest of the week to make it official.

Love your nurses, folx. They're the heroes.
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And Now, No. 3

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Yazoo, Too

Many photos, much fun.

Yours, Hoppily, and Sara, Ross' ladyfriend. Ross and the boys were off twisting each others' Italian nuts.

Fine folx, and spent hop vines.

These folks are awesome. They gave us two kegs of beer last year for Blue vs. Grey II.

Yessir. Nossir, I wasn't. Yessir, I was.  :)

Fuck, I'm in Vermont.

Nope. Nashville, baby!

Spent vines.

Van on tap!

 

Linus and J.P.

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Dollar Store Dementia

See this?  Yes, of course you do. It's a solar-powered 3-LED lamp I got at Dollar Tree. For... $1. Plus tax. So here, $1.10. Cheap, Chinese crap, right?

Well, sure -- what isn't, these days?  Amazingly, they actually work!  For now. At $1/ea., I splurged, and bought six.

At 5 a.m., they were still providing enough light in the bathroom to at least conduct a necessary transaction in there, if need be. And they were on from ~8:30, last night?  Yeah -- they automagically come on at dark if you leave the switch on (and shut off when there's enough light to charge by), which is a lot to ask from something that cost a buck, I think.

But I want MOAR.

Six more ought to do for the bathroom. I'm going to affix them to a strip of clear acrylic plastic, and put a nylon rope handle on each end, so that I can hang it/them in a window, and then elsewhere where a little illumination could be handy at night.
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Firepit Happenings

I got invited Saturday night to a gathering... not by the property owners so much as by Ivy, who is a close friend of all. I was expecting a group of 5-6 people, maybe. When I pulled up, there were a score of cars and motorcycles parked in the yard, at least.

Ivy and Jensen (LarryFlowers' BFF!) were there to ease my social anxiety, as were some friends named Busch that accompanied me, under Wanda's ample seat.  ;)  I know the person who was hosting, so I didn't feel too gatecrash-y, but I was truly welcomed by all. What a nice group of folx.

I drank enough to cause my friends some concern, but apparently not enough to become an obnoxious ass ("You were fun!" was Ivy's take), so I accepted a sober ride from Ivy & Jensen at the end of the evening. No one wants to be "that guy" who worries his pals at the end of festivities. It was very nice of them to be concerned, and probably the better call, all around.

So, this morning, Ivy texts me to get me back to Wanda, as we had prearranged... but with a twist:

Click to embiggen

I was eating a Fat Mo's burger there at the end, a weekend reward.  ;)  It's so nice to meet new people, and to have your friends lookin' out for ya, y'know?  I hope all of you have that. Is it better than money?  Well, I didn't win Powerballs again, so I can't compare it, but yeah. I think it is. By a longshot.
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Curly Wants To Run Away With See The Circus

He's not sure that the storage bin will hold his weight, so instead, he'll leap onto the sill that is narrower than his two front paws are wide.

Stupid local carny action is about to happen.
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Farm Livin'

Goats like rails.

Mabel & her calf. Mabel is foreground, L.

Hawsies!

Monster sow. Friendly!

Cheekins.

Same cheekins, more artistically-framed.

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My Dinner With Andre

This crazy fucker is Andre, my (now-naturalized U.S. citizen) buddy who grew up and lived most of his life in Durban, South Africa. You've probably seen me mention him, before, but we had a falling out a few years back over something completely stupid, and I'm in the frame of mind to stop being stupid and to begin setting things right with people I have wronged in the past. So!  We have reconnected, and it's pretty awesome.

The stories he and I could tell about one another would make an entertaining book. Really.

Good to have him back in my life. I missed Andre. Now, to work on James in Columbus.
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Aww, For Damn!

Best. Night. EVAR. At PartyPoker.com... up 110,500 play chips on the night (never sat at a table with more than 100K, before -- you have to start with 2K maximum on the 5/10 NL Texas Hold 'Em tables, which I do). They sent a system message -- "rebooting servers." The bitch of it is, when I log back in, I'll just have 250K -- the limit! Dammit, Janet.
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Play-Money Poker

Would anyone like to play some play-money hold 'em on a regular basis?

I can recommend PartyPoker. Their application, though dependent on Internet Explorer, is clean, and has presented no security issues in the 4+ years I have used it.

If interested in setting up a semi-regular game, let me know at my gmail address (jprestonian, which is also my PartyPoker handle, btw... look me up if you sign on, and say HEY on the chat!).
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I Finally Cashed In

... on the I.O.U. I was issued back in October for this pint glass, from Flying Saucer.

And, I met TN State Representative Gary Odom's Chief of Staff. We talked about some cool stuff.

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Free DVD Rental, Today

If you have a Redbox DVD vending machine near you, you can get a free one-night rental every Wednesday in March.

Today's code is 75EA16. You can check the Redbox Blog every Wednesday in March for the new code.

I love Redbox. I have three within 3 miles of me, and even when you pay, it's only $1.09/night per DVD. Cheap!  And, if you'll give up your SMS-capable cell number, they'll text you a code every Monday for a free one-night rental, too. Cain't beat it with a stick.

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My Good Buddy From KCMO

... sent me this cartoon from The New Yorker. That's my boys!
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I'm Gonna Be In A Country Music Video!

... in case anyone missed it (which you easily could, if you never visit my scooter blog).

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Yo Sonic High-Colonic

I went for ice cream, which is stupid. I'm lactose-intolerant. Still, once a year, in the summer, I suffer for the cause!

Me: I'd like a whatever-whatever-yum, a large, please.
Sonic Gal: Okay. Is this your first time?
Me: Um... pardon me?
Sonic Gal: Is this your first time?
Me: Uh. Are you asking if I'm a virgin? I mean, I'm 45!
Sonic Gal: [laughs for a while] No -- I meant, "Have you had this, before?" If not, and you don't like it, I'll let you have something else.
Me: Oh. Well, no -- this is a new one on me, but I'll risk it.
Sonic Gal: [laughs] Okay! Your total is $3.27...
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I Invented This

The Bolshevik. It's basically a White Russian that uses vanilla soy milk instead of moo product.
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Ginger Said I Could!

Another kateo shot. That's (clockwise, from left) GingerSnaps, Malia, Holly, (a thankfully very blurry) Jeffraham, Halfdan, Steph (whose blog URL I have misplaced! is now here, thanks to the Bez), and the right forearm of Chris Wage.
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This Is Why

... one should never hand kateo one's camera, and ask her to take snaps at the local blogger meetup. A cautionary tale.
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