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BACON WHORE! BACON WHORE? BACON WHORE.
BACON WHORE! No matter how I phrase it, I don’t think it is a compliment. For those of you who don’t know my eating habits I don’t eat too many different things for breakfast and most of them have a bagel in the equation. So today for breakfast I went to the fridge, grabbed my milk, a bagel from the freezer and took the last two pieces of turkey bacon in the fridge. I don’t have the time to cook the bacon on the stove but it tastes good enough cooked in the microwave. So after about a minute and a half I have the perfect breakfast: a bacon bagel sandwich…
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Should I have a beer with the painters?
We’re having the exterior of our house painted this week and, of course, the temp has jumped to 100 degrees here in Wichita. I feel badly that they are out there working in this heat and humidity and it got me thinking: what’s the proper etiquette regarding service and repair people visiting your home? Besides just being the right thing to do, I’m wondering if there are certain gestures that result in a better job or an on-time completion. Should I offer them water? I can see that they have a cooler and bottles of water, though, so they likely don’t need my water. Should I offer them something else…
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In search of: someone who believes M-P-3 is an F-A-D
Do you own more than 10 CDs? Do you quickly tire of getting up from your davenport to change those CDs? Are you unfamiliar with the term MP3? If so, I have just the item for you! No more aches and pains from swapping out your extensive CD collection: the Kenwood CD player with 200-disc changer will change your life. Guaranteed, or your money back. {Called the number on my pre-paid legal card and they advised I remove this line.} According to Kenwood’s owner manual: This unit can accommodate up to 200 discs and can be used like a home jukebox. Text information (disc title, track titles, names of the…
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What’s that smell? It’s superstition and sports
Have you noticed that during March Madness superstition in sports seems to ramp up? People be crazy. Other people, of course, not me :) After watching Wichita State beat Gonzaga to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament last weekend, Lee mentioned that the WSU T-shirt he was wearing had done its job – he had pulled it from “near” the dirty clothes to wear Saturday night because when he wore it Thursday, the Shockers had also won their game. {Seinfeld fans: I think this is the same as the pastry that George ate after it was “hovering” in the trash} Lee’s done this before – in fact,…