Creature of habit

I was eating with a long-time friend yesterday and he said, "You know, we are really creatures of habit. We find something we like and stick with it." I paused for a few seconds and said, "Somebody told me not that long ago that what I am about to say is rude. Duh!"

There is one restaurant that we go to where we sit down and, without ordering, our food shows up. With other restaurants we always order the same thing, literally. There was a restaurant added to the mix last week that will become a part of the regular rotation (Bahama Breeze) because of the Tostones (Caribian nachos) and the tomato salad with goat cheese.

When in high school I was a DJ on our school station an hour per day. I didn't realize it at the time but when I listened to my monitor tape I realized that I played the same songs 80% of the time. I suppose I am still like that as I stick with something I like and don't add to the mix unless I hear something that I don't have to go searching for....basically, I don't wander the web looking for music.

That being said, I am still in shuffle mode on my iPod. What spawned this post was I wanted to post about a song that came across a few minutes ago.....

I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred

It is 'nice' to hear songs that I haven't heard in recent memory.....even if some of them are no good.

Along for the ride

I can't imagine that I am really that different than most people. Done laughing? No? I'll wait.











Now that you are back I know what you are thinking. I know I am wierd. You know I am wierd. What I meant above is that I have a habit of getting roped into things that I am not terribly excited about and then actually have an ok time. This weekend was one of those occassions. I was along for the ride. "So what are you doing this weekend E?" "I am going somewhere in Ohio," I said. "You mean you don't know where?" "Nope," I said. "I am just along for the ride." Literally. Neen drove almost the whole way down while I worked on the ol' Celeron laptop (ok, 75% work). There is just something cool about surfing the web while cruising down the highway.


We did touristy sort of things. There are lots of caves in the area with waterfalls and the like. The site for the area is here. After arriving in town we went to a place called Rooster's. It is sort of like Hooter's but without the girls in tight shirts. I was in pretty good shape by the time we were done. :)

After we got back we started playing pool. What kind of pool? Guess.

On Saturday we went to garage sales. I know, I know. When in Rome......
There is an annual thing in the area that is touted as "10 miles of garage sales". I did get a cool "Danger Ahead" road sign and a nice etching. After all of that we went to "Old Man's Cave" and walked around for at least an hour. We went to another place but E was tired so he stayed in the car and took a nap while the others wandered.

This is the place we stayed:



I meant to be at work an hour ago (by 7AM) but then again I always do...so it is off to get ready and make the morning stop at the coffee shop.

I still want to fly Jet Blue

A couple of notes:

1) I have wished (for a long time) that Jet Blue would service Detroit because I really want to fly them.

2) I have had a feeling (again, for a long time) that I was going to see a plane crash. I am not sure whether I would see it in person or whether it would be on live TV/internet.


I almost thought that #2 was going to come true tonight. The landing was perfect. It was better than most landings where the equipment is functioning properly. Kudos to Jet Blue! I look forward to you coming into the Detroit market.

Position changes

I am still in Google (quote) and will likely hold some of the position until the end of time. I got rid of JDS Uniphase (quote) and split the position evenly into two stocks. I am not overly crazy about Hot Topic (site and quote) but what I do like is their Torrid chain (site). It is "fashionable" clothing in plus sizes. I like the idea of the chain and since it is completely owned by Hot Topic the only way to buy Torrid is to buy Hot Topic. The other half of the JDSU position went into Fuelcell Energy (site and quote). I am looking for a trade up to 15 or more.

Sunflowers

When I was young I never thought that I would be/get into flowers, gardening, and the like. Even though I spent a lot of time down on the farm (literally) and loved it I never pictured myself defining much of anything by plants. We learn that beauty comes in many forms as we grow (no pun intended) older. Neen and I were on the west side of Michigan this past weekend visiting a friend and his wife and spending some time by the lake. On the way over/up I saw two fields of sunflowers. It wasn't a farmer/gardener with a twenty foot square of them. It was acres upon acres of them. I suppose it sort of struck me because I have never seen a field of sunflowers before. I was in awe as I drove past. After it was out of view I said out loud, "I guess sunflower seeds have to come from somewhere."