From the Orange County Fair!

Tony wins a goldfish! UPDATED 8:50 p.m.: I was the first Fair customer at the Ten Pound Buns sourdough pizza place! Am I proud of this? Yes. Yes, I am. That thing on my head is a foam cheese hat which coincides with this year's theme of "Say Cheese!" Only those that were waiting in … Continue reading From the Orange County Fair!

Downsizing, Part Trois

"I miss the truck, Daddy." Those were the words Anthony uttered to me the other day while we were out for a drive. "I know, Tony. I miss it, too." And it's true. I really, really do miss my Explorer for so many reasons: the leather seats, power driver's seat, third-row seating, all that room, … Continue reading Downsizing, Part Trois

The Vegas Trip

The title of tonight's post should summarize everything. We left Wednesday night at around 6:45 p.m., drove non-stop through the desert, and arrived in Las Vegas at about 10:30 p.m. Considering we drove 70 MPH maximum, that was pretty good time. Once we got there, however, it was the usual Las Vegas Ritual that included … Continue reading The Vegas Trip

I’m Not Here

Last night, I got the grim confirmation that a friend's father had passed away after being on life support for a few weeks. I'm not going to go into full details about everything so to make the story short, chances are this will be my last blog entry for the week as I plan on … Continue reading I’m Not Here

Baja Humbug!

Blog visitor "ANAL RETENTIVE" left a SCREAMING COMMENT on this post regarding a small spelling error on my "About the Banner" widget. Quite simply, in reference to the Dodge Caliber we once held in our possession, the text read "on" and not "own." But rather than fix the error I decided to take another route. … Continue reading Baja Humbug!