August 2006 Archives

Two solicitors approached my house while I was busily playing on my xbox - I know this because addie stood up on the front porch and started to growl. My sweet little dog has a pretty damn deep voice and she threw in a couple of little half barks. Now these two solicitors are standing on the opposite side of a chain link fense and still a good 15 feet away, but close enough to notice that this growling, currently unhappy dog is black and tan (rottweiler) and obviously made of a fair bit of muscle. They debate what to do. Do they call out to get the attention of the home owner (who has left the front door open and is currently watching this exchange through the blinds)? Say hello to the dog and try to make friends? Perhaps they just cut their losses and move on to the next house? Nope, the one convinces the other to just open the gate and go in the yard. They crack the gate, Addie takes a step to warn them that perahps this was not the best course of action, they close the gate and run - literally run - the hell away. Addie trots back into the house wagging her tail and smiling.

Best "no solicitors" sign ever.

I was standing in line at the UPS distribution center today, waiting to pick up a cardboard tube to pack some posters (exciting!), and I started reading the big List-o-Rules that they have posted there. Packages only so big, no acids, corpses, things like that. All standard and nothing really amuzing. I then immediately turn and see two long wooden boxes ready either to ship or to be picked up. They're about 5 feet long and have wooden handles on the end. One of them still has some spraypainted stencil lettering on the side:

Ooo, a word puzzle. Let's see, the initials J.M.S. and Javelin *********stem - yup it's a Javelin Missle System. So no dead bodies, but a shoulder fired missle is just fine to transport. Probably ground shipping only though.

I think this is the first time having a camera phone has come in handy.

Freshly back from visiting the Iowans which now includes Aimee and man, I don't think I've ever wanted to be in a darkened office on a clowdy day less than I do today. Sun, good food, wakeboarding all day - it's enough to make one want to be unemployed again.

Some fun time with the camera - in fact you can see what I look like bald if you're so inclined - but this picture of Scott is by far my favorite:

and the rest. Sadly no pictures of the spectacular spine altering crash on the last day, but at least there's no pain. Though I did wake up with absolutely no sense of balance for about an hour this morning. I'm sure it's unrelated.