Prince William is engaged. I know that because the Today Show led with that “news” this morning, spending at least the first five minutes of the program telling us all about it - which wasn’t much since nobody has any details beyond that. But hey, I simply would not have made it through my day without that info.
Note: I don’t usually watch the Today Show, and the above tidbit explains why. But Mike & Mike weren’t on ESPN2 this morning. They got bumped by Sports Center, which got bumped from ESPN by a college hoops marathon. By the time the Today Show came on at 7 a.m. I’d already been watching Sports Center for two hours and the same stories were starting to come around again.
While we’re on the topic, I sure enjoyed Michael Vick’s performance last night! First, I like a comeback story (OK, except for Brett Favre, in which case it seems more like the movie Groundhog Day than a comeback story). And I’m still cautiously optimistic this is also a story of redemption. But as an added bonus, my opponent this week in fantasy football had the Redskins as his defense. Halfway through the first quarter he was already in negative points and I had secured the W.
My younger brother sent me this video. I had to watch it a couple of times before I "saw" it. It happens before the bus passes by. Look down the street.
Headache all day. I almost never get headaches and I suspect this one is allergy related. Stuff in the air this time of year...at 75 degrees with a slight breeze.
I got well into Ivanhoe while eating dinner at BK tonight. Not as obtuse as I'd feared, but it certainly helped to have read an article about the conflict between the Normans and the Saxons. Seems like it's going to be a good story.
I took Gerta to dinner tonight. It seemed inappropriate to take her to a nicer place than I'd take Pam. On the way we pulled up alongside another Beetle, a post-'68, AKA "fat chick." The Feds passed a whole bunch of safety standards that took effect in '68 and changed the look of the Beetle, making it bigger and rounder. The bumpers had to withstand a 5 mph crash which meant the end of Gerta's "towel bar" bumpers and the introduction of those ugly wrap-around things. They went to high-back seats (an alternative to headrests), put the gas cap behind a door on the fender instead of under the hood, the windshield got curved and the fenders got wider and rounder (hence, fat chick). They also changed the suspension (from swing arm to IRS) and some other mechanical features.
People who drive a fat chick nod with deference to anyone driving a real classic. And he did.
I got well into Ivanhoe while eating dinner at BK tonight. Not as obtuse as I'd feared, but it certainly helped to have read an article about the conflict between the Normans and the Saxons. Seems like it's going to be a good story.
I took Gerta to dinner tonight. It seemed inappropriate to take her to a nicer place than I'd take Pam. On the way we pulled up alongside another Beetle, a post-'68, AKA "fat chick." The Feds passed a whole bunch of safety standards that took effect in '68 and changed the look of the Beetle, making it bigger and rounder. The bumpers had to withstand a 5 mph crash which meant the end of Gerta's "towel bar" bumpers and the introduction of those ugly wrap-around things. They went to high-back seats (an alternative to headrests), put the gas cap behind a door on the fender instead of under the hood, the windshield got curved and the fenders got wider and rounder (hence, fat chick). They also changed the suspension (from swing arm to IRS) and some other mechanical features.
People who drive a fat chick nod with deference to anyone driving a real classic. And he did.
2 comments:
Are you sure it was deference?
Maybe it was deference to YOUR age & not Gerta's.
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