Clarity
Last night I watched the Super Bowl. I actually enjoyed it. I was surprised by that.
So often these big games, built up by weeks of speculation, scouting reports and sports writers’ focus, deliver much less than they promise. But last night was different. The Colts took a commanding lead early in the game, only to see the Saints fight their way back with hard work and imaginative play. The lead bounced between the two teams a number of times throughout the game … and the game really did go down to the last few minutes.
Wasn’t that a nice change for us all?
As for the commercials, I was underwhelmed. I thought the Google ad was good (good, not great, but good), but nothing else really caught my attention.
So, I’ve been listening to some Johnny Cash this week, to help me get through a busy work week. When listening to his I’ve Been Everywhere (which is a fantastic song), I envisioned the following conversation:
A large, canvas-topped semi-tractor and trailer slows to a stop alongside a desolate stretch of country road. Dressed in black, Johnny Cash runs to catch the stopping truck. He opens the passenger door and climbs in …
Johnny Cash: Hey, mister, I sure appreciate the ride. It’s tough walking out there.
Truck Driver: If you’re goin’ to Winnemucca, Mack, with me you can ride.
Johnny Cash: Great! That’s where I am going.
Truck Driver: Ok, get in then.
… and a few minutes later, trying to be friendly, the truck driver starts up the conversation again …
Truck Driver: Have you ever seen a road with so much dust and sand?
Johnny Cash: Listen, I’ve traveled every road in this here land. I’ve been everywhere man, I’ve been everywhere, man. Crossed the desert’s bare, man. I’ve breathed the mountain air, man. Of travel I’ve had my share, man. I’ve been everywhere. I’ve been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota, Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota, Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma, Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma, Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo, Tocapillo, Baranquilla, and Perdilla, I’m a killer.
… and then Johnny Cash spends the next 3 minutes listing all the places that he has been, to which the Driver responds …
Truck Driver: I’ve was just trying to be friendly. I’m a truck driver. I’ve been loads of places too. But ya don’t hear me going on about it! Geez! You shore are a cocky ol’ som-ov-a-gun!
I appreciate the meaning of the phrase 'strip mall', but in my mind, 'strip center' conjures up different meanings.
A devoted and loyal reader in the Chicago area submitted the following comments:
I was thinking the other day that there are some foods that I like better as leftovers than on the first time around. Take spaghetti. I like it enough when it is just cooked, but give me some left over spaghetti and that is even better than recently cooked. Lasagna and turkey too.
This raises a couple of questions for me:
1. If a person made the meal and just put it in the fridge and subsequently served it, would it still maintain all the benefits of leftovers that made me like it in the first place?
2. Does it matter if I was a party to the original meal? So the food was cooked and served and leftover stored and I take my first crack at it as leftovers. Same effect?
3. Are there any beverages that are tastier as “leftovers”?
Thanks to our reader from Chicago for contributing this post!
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I haven’t held on to an escalator handrail in … probably years. It seems dangerous to hold on to something that is moving independently from the the other moving thing you are touching. More dangerous than not holding on anyways. And if I’m walking on the escalator instead of just standing, then 3 different things are moving. There’s just too much opportunity for error.
Also, germs.
Do we have any dedicated escalator handrail holders out there? Or dedicated handrail avoiders like me?
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