Strange Daze

Tonight on the TeeVee they had a report of a swinger's club in Broad Ripple.
It's right in my 'hood not far from the defunct Saturn
What was funny is the interviews of two local businessmen who wanted the club shut down.

The first guy was from the Import Station where I'd been taking my Saturn to get fixed for the past 3 years. Before that he was fixing my Toyota Tercel. The owner objected to the beer bottles being strewn about the area.

The second interview was with the guy who sold me my kitchen flooring and bedroom carpet. He said he was a "good Christian man" and objected to the club in the vicinity.

Very strange, two back to back interviews with people I knew but when they showed the actual "business" in question I could not recognize the address. I've walked my dog down that street about 200 times in the past year but I drew a blank.

Defunct Saturn Update: I got a call from someone in Gary, IN and they told me they would come to pick up the car tomorrow around 9.

Stay tuned........

Four for Friday

Q1 - Pictures: When was the last time someone took a picture of you, and what were you doing? If you can't remember, then when was the last time you took a picture, and what was it of?


I can't remember my last picture and I don't care too. The last time I took pictures, I was getting my CamCorder up and running and uploading the movie to the PC. It's just 60 seconds of me filming my basement as I sing along to an acoustic version of "405" by Death Cab for Cutie.


Q2 - Vice President Cheney: Texas authorities have already cleared U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney of any wrongdoing over last weekend's incident in which he shot, i.e., “peppered pretty well,” a 73-year-old hunting companion in the face. Do you feel the White House and Mr. Chaney himself have acted appropriately in their handling of the incident?


No comment. I'm a C-Span/political junkie but I like to think of myself as an observer. My Dad had an opinion about everything and would debate any topic to the break of dawn.


Q3 - Real Estate: Do you feel real estate agents' commissions are justified?


Sure why not? If you don't like the commissions go to HomeYeah.com or just do a plain old FSBO. It's how the agents make their money. It's like asking if you think that food servers tips are justified.


Q4 - Best Friends: Who was your first bestest friend, and, are you still friends with them? If you're not in touch with your first best friend, do you keep in touch with anyone you knew--aside from family--when you were between the ages of five and ten?


Scott Miller in Niagara Falls back in 1973 - 1975. I moved to Ohio in 1975 and only saw him a few times after that. I saw him last in 1983 when I was 16 and found I had little in common with him. I haven't seen him since. No I have not kept in touch with anyone outside of family who I knew before I was 10.

Death of a Saturn

Tuesday night I'm heading up a major artery from downtown when I notice my car is losing power. The bucket is 13 years old and has 141,000 miles on it so I knew it wasn't going to be around much longer. My only question was if I could get it home.

Apparently not. As I hit each cross street I felt the energy being sapped out of the mobile. 38th street... 42nd street... 49th ... 52nd and then the car dies. I managed to get it off to a side street and was pushed to the curb my some helpful bystanders. The car remains there (I think) 3 days later.

I went out and bought a new car not wanting to mess with any repairs as I have done enough of that for the past 3 years.

Good to the last drop....

me! me! me! me!

4 things meme or is it 4 things me!me!me!me!me!me!me!me! (we all love to talk aboutourselves)

Four Things Meme

FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE:

1. Web/Database Programmer in Indianapolis,IN
2. Bartender/Waiter/Cook at PJ's Pub at 3333 N Charles St in Balto,MD
3. Waiter/Chambermaid at the Hotel Schweizerhof in Grindelwald, Switzerland
4. Funeral Home worker in Columbus Ohio.

FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:

1. Godfather II
2. Cool Hand Luke
3. Taxi Driver
4. Deliverance

FOUR CITIES YOU'VE LIVED IN:

1. Indianapolis,IN
2. Niagara Falls, NY
3. St Moritz, Switzerland
4. Baltimore, MD

FOUR TV SHOWS YOU LOVE TO WATCH:

1. Washington Journal - C.Span
2. Six Feet Under
3. Rockford Files
4. Blind Date

FOUR PLACES YOU'VE BEEN ON VACATION:

1. Van, Turkey
2. Rheboth Beach, Delaware
3. Red Lodge, Montana
4. Zermatt, Switzerland

FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY:

1. en.wikipedia.org
2. www.yahoo.com
3. www.informit.com
4. Itunes store

FOUR OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVOURITE RESTAURANTS:

1. Ho Sai Gai (Chinese restaraunt in Columbus, long gone but first ethnic restaraunt I ever went to)
2. Hotel Jura (Dornach, Switzerland.... it's where my grandparents took me)
3. Sal's Pizza (Larchmont, NY)
4. Some Guys Pizza (Indianapolis, IN)

FOUR OF YOUR FAVOURITE FOODS:

1. noodles and butter
2. buffalo chicken wings
3. gipfelis (swiss croissants)
4. general tso's chicken

FOUR SCHOOLS YOU'VE ATTENDED: (all in Columbus, OH)

1. Westgate Elementary
2. Mohawk Junior High School
3. Columbus Alternative High School
4. The Ohio State University

FOUR THINGS YOU FIND YOURSELF SAYING A LOT:

1. at some point...
2. just go to Wikipedia
3. death cab for cutie rocks
4. biscuit

FOUR PLACES YOU'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:

1. Arizona
2. Switzerland
3. NY, NY
4. Miles City, Montana