Archive for September, 2009

Odds and Ends

September 18th, 2009 – 9:39 pm
Tagged as: Observational

Here a few things that have fallen through the cracks.
Nothing more American than a good ol’ fashioned Demolition Derby.

Sweet Mall coin-op ride.

I think that I would have gone with something a little more subtle for a “Secret Police Investigation.”

Although I wouldn’t mind driving this “Futuremobil” if it meant chilling in this vision of an utopian [...]

At the Supermarket

September 18th, 2009 – 9:28 pm
Tagged as: Observational

Is this kid’s potty a rocket ship hurtling through space?

Hands up kid! Woooooooo!!!!!
And if you thought this was pretty low to go for a joke, wait until you see what got me rolling at the check out…

No, not that 8 foot tall foreigner….
…over by the bags…

…Over there…
…The directions on the bottom of the sticker…

YES!
I’m coming [...]

Vipers Nest Tattoo

September 18th, 2009 – 9:23 pm
Tagged as: Observational

I just had to stop when I saw this place.

Vipers Nest Tattoo.
First, shouldn’t that be “Viper’s Nest Tattoo?”
Whatever, that wasn’t what got me to pull over.
What got me to pull over was the logo they have chosen:

Two major issues with this.
Firstly it’s a blatant rip-off. Am I the only one who remembers GI Joe for [...]

U-Haul

September 18th, 2009 – 8:51 pm
Tagged as: Observational

I was helping a friend move recently.
Everything went pretty great but something about the UHaul truck caught my attention.

As many of you may have noticed over the years they have started printing fun facts on the side of their trucks.
Normally these morsels of science fly by too quickly for me to get an actual lesson, [...]

My Thoughts On - Berlin

September 4th, 2009 – 8:24 pm
Tagged as: Observational, Story

Berlin was pretty awesome.
The best part is that I can speak *just* enough German that I could pass as a socially-awkward and shy citizen.

My Thoughts On - Prague

September 4th, 2009 – 7:39 pm
Tagged as: Observational, Story

Yeah… That’s the one in the Czech Republic (not Nebraska).
It took a while to get over there… but I had a primo seat on the plane with an awesome view!