Archive for May, 2008
Seriously — a Geo Metro pulled over for speeding?
On my way home this afternoon I passed one of Nashville’s finest writing a speeding ticket to a guy in a Geo Metro. Which seemed rather surreal to me — I’ve ridden in a Metro before, I don’t see how it could possibly have been going fast enough to break the speed limit.
Now I […]
The Amish make a fine banana nut bread
Last Saturday I went to the Nashville Farmer’s Market, but I did not walk away with any fresh produce. All I ended up buying was a loaf of banana nut bread from this Amish couple.
I’ve been eating a slice of the banana nut bread every night, and I’m still not tired of it. […]
People should stop telling Hillary to quit
Now look, I agree the math isn’t looking too good for Hillary Clinton. She is almost certainly not going to be the nominee. But she has a fair point when she says there isn’t a nominee yet. And until either Obama or Clinton actually has the numbers to be the nominee, neither […]
I’ve joined the XM nation
A few months ago I rented a car for a quick trip to Atlanta, and it happened to have XM. I hadn’t rented it for that reason, it was just coincidence. I was so impressed with XM that I decided, if I could find a good portable XM receiver for cheap I would […]
Filling up more often is less painful
With gas prices continuing to soar, I thought I’d try an experiment. See normally, I wait until my fuel gauge is below the 1/4 mark before I even think about filling up the tank. But even though I use regular unleaded, filling the tank at that point takes over $40. That’s a […]
I’m surprised how badly Iron Man beat Speed Racer
Iron Man absolutely crushed Speed Racer at the box office this weekend. That’s not how summer blockbusters are supposed to work. Last year in May, each week’s new release managed to be the number 1 movie at least for that initial weekend. Only to have its crown taken the following week when […]
Al Gore would be very angry with me
Fellow Tennessean Al Gore would be quite cross with me. Last night when I got home I realized I had left a light on all day. It’s not a big light, I think it’s a 60-watt bulb. The one that lights the stairway up to the second floor on my little townhome.
Still, […]
Looking up your paystub on ADP is freaky
At my previous two jobs they had internal Web-based payroll systems where you could look up and print out paystubs if you needed them (i.e., when you are applying for a mortgage they usually ask for your most recent two or three paystubs to verify salary). My new employer is a believer in out-sourcing […]
The Louisville home is officially sold
As of today I no longer own two homes. The new owner officially closed on my home in Louisville, and I ordered her a thank-you box of cookies from the Mrs. Fields Web site.
The sales price wasn’t great but given this market I’m actually pretty happy with what we got. I’m especially happy […]
Iron Man: movie was great, price of concessions was not
I saw Iron Man last night and it was great. Good start to the summer movie season. But the price of concessions was horrible.
So first the movie itself — Robert Downey Jr. was inspired casting as Tony Stark. He really makes this move, he’s perfect as the drunk womanizer who has his […]