Random Picture Friday
November 26, 2010
Mel left her mark when we ate at Rhinehart's Oyster Bar in Augusta a couple of months ago.
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Did You Know? --Time
November 24, 2010
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinkingRacing around to come up behind you againThe sun is the same in a relative way, but you're olderShorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorterNever seem to find the timePlans that either come to naughtOr half a page of scribbled lines
--from Pink Floyd's Time
I'm sure everyone has noticed how time seems to accelerate as age increases. You've probably said, or heard someone say, "Man, it doesn't seem like it should be Christmas time already." Ever notice that the people who say that are not children? This one's a simple explanation.
Time isn't going any faster as you age, it's just that each block of time you experience represents an increasingly smaller percentage of your life. For example, to a five-year-old, a year represents 20% of her life. To a 50-year-old, a year is only 2% of her life. This creates the perception that time is going faster and faster.
What must the seasons be like for elderly vampires?
I'm that cat by the bar toasting to the good life
Last week, a Trumpf salesman brought me and a group of others up to Farmington, Connecticut (home of 50 Cent) to check out some of their machines.
The first night, we ate at Piccolo Arancio, and I had some homemade ravioli stuffed with lobster and scallops -- mmm mmm mmm. I had sesame crusted salmon at Confetti! the second night. Still, the best salmon I've ever had was in the Venetian in Las Vegas. I didn't see 50 at either of these places.
Oh, I was impressed by Trumpf's machines, too.
The area is gorgeous, and we'll definitely have to do a New England road trip up there soon.
Large Families Are Not Welcome at Haywood Mall
November 14, 2010
We took our annual Christmas shopping trip to Greenville yesterday, and had an interesting encounter with one of their Barney Fife security guards.
It began with Chad taking a picture of me with his phone while I was getting a massage. Barney saw this and let Chad know that photography is not allowed in the Mall, except of children in the Santa area. Pedophiles take note of that, or not, on second thought.
Photography in public places IS PERFECTLY LEGAL. It might be against Mall Policy, but if that's the case, then the worst they can do is ask you to leave. I would have turned my phone toward Barney and took his picture.
Then, Barney told us we were loitering when we were resting from spending hundreds of dollars in that mall. Barney said groups of more than five are not allowed, and apparently there's no discretion to be had in enforcing the rules.
I guess if you have four kids, you're out of luck if you want to shop at Haywood Mall.
Barney followed us and stared at us the rest of our time in the mall, like we're criminals or something.
Idiot.
http://www.simon.com/mall/guestservices.aspx?id=206
Random Picture Friday -- Eggs, Milk, and Flour: Pancake Power!
November 12, 2010
IHOP 2006
Greenville, SC
In honor of our annual family shopping trip
Now hear, you blissful powers underground -- answer the call, send help. Bless the children, give them triumph now.
November 5, 2010
Almost Deathly Hallows time!
When UPS delivered it, I read it cover-to-cover in 14 hours.
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