Showing posts with label The Interesting Internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Interesting Internet. Show all posts

Saturday, April 27, 2019

What’s a Little Bit of Sushi Between Friends?

Tracy and I were spontaneous for a late lunch/early dinner and I drove us to Sushi Huku Japanese restaurant. It is on the west side of Atlanta and about an hour’s drive away. They are supposed to have the best sushi in Atlanta. My ex-wife loved to go there for dinner and I did as well. I thought I would start a new tradition. Tracy thought it was wonderful as well. We both got sampler bento boxes with all different kinds of fried Japanese delicacies. I asked for sweet tea as is common in the South and my waitress brought out hot green tea in a dainty cup. I smiled. We also got to showoff our chopstick prowess. Tracy can thread a needle with chopsticks.

What are your thoughts on sushi or eating raw fish? It is definitely an acquired taste. I especially enjoy the varieties of tuna and I ate some sea urchin roe today as well. I keep wanting to put it on a saltine cracker like we always did “fishing food” like sardines and those little fish steaks in the South. 

Tracy was talking and lamenting on the drive home that she didn’t have enough purses to match her wardrobe. Well, it was just my luck that I turned on the TV when we got home and it was tuned to QVC and they were showcasing purses. I snuck in the computer room, browsed to QVC.com, and ordered Tracy an expensive navy blue purse or tote as they called it. It is going to be a neat surprise for her later next week. You’ve got to take care of your woman folk and spoil them sometimes.

Now, I feel my day is done and I am going to spend the rest of the evening sequestered in my computer room. Tracy’s got her laptop out and is watching TV in the den which is her usual modus operandi. 

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

“Yes, dear!”

Quiet time for me is putting on a little Beethoven and reading about Queen Victoria and the British Monarchy on Wikipedia like tonight. It never fails that I get too loud with my surround system. Maggie will be laying on the floor beside me. I’m convinced she adores classical music as well. I was listening to Ben Folds’ album Songs for Silverman earlier which I highly recommend.

“Andrew! Put on your headphones!” Tracy will say loudly from the den as she watches the television.

“Yes, dear!” I will reply in kind as I don a set of headphones muting all noise from the computer room.

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

A Meandering Morning...

I watched the most fascinating video on YouTube this morning. It was a shuttle launch from the astronaut's point of view. You got to experience the launch in the cockpit of the shuttle. It has got to be so exhilarating for the crew.


Groceries Ho!

Maggie and I very forlornly ate the very last of my bacon and eggs this morning. We were both starving after a fitful and restful night's sleep. It is grocery time indeed. I called Papa and told him to call me when he is ready to go grocery shopping this afternoon. He doesn't feel like he will get "caught" at the Piggly Wiggly which is beneficial for me.

"You can bring my Cokes and smokes before we shop," I told my father, hopefully saving him a trip to my house.

I just about can't take going grocery shopping at 9 PM at night. Hell, Maggie and I have been going to bed around 8 to 9 PM these days.

It was almost ten in the morning and he was just waking. I have been up since before sunup. He sounded like the walking dead.

Friday, February 09, 2018

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Friday, July 21, 2017

Blessed...


Papa's been by and administered my medications. Maggie has a full belly and is contently laying on the floor licking her front paws. I still have three more diet Cokes to drink. I am enjoying reading things on the internet and writing as well. The caveat? Big storms are on the way. This is an Andrew evening made in heaven.

Monday, April 24, 2017

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Engrish!

I came across this paragraph looking for Sega Saturn controllers. I love Engrish and this made me smile.
To my valued customerIf you have any problem when you received the item, please feel free to contact us first. We are responsible seller. We will try our best to help and fix your problem for sure. Your feedback is very important to our store. They are always the valuable suggestions to improve our service better and better. Wish you shopping pleasure!

Monday, March 27, 2017

Living a Double Life...

There are now several places on the internet that mentally ill people can meet and find dates. Sounds like an accident waiting to happen, doesn't it? Well, it is and I should've known better.

I've been corresponding with a lady I met a few weeks ago. I put up one of my photos and profiles on one of the sites. We hit if off pretty well from the start of it all. She has sent me several photos that showed she was a very pretty lady. The only problem is she lives in Concorde, California -- a suburb of San Francisco. I was planning on flying out to see her which would have been an incredible feat for me. I noticed speaking of my flying out there always made her nervous.

She wrote to me this morning with a picture attached.

"This is the real me," she ended her paragraph this morning with a photo attachment. "You are going to hate me now."

I was flabbergasted more than anything. A tear dropped out of my eye and rolled down my cheek. I had really gotten smitten and attached to this woman and was totally duped. I was caught hook, line, and sinker. She weighed well over 300 pounds, couldn't get out of the house without help, and had been sending me pictures of her much younger sister, Patty. She said her real name was really Theresa but that wasn't true as well.

The Glory Days of Shopping With Charlie...

It's Monday and then means grocery shopping around here, Charlie's going to get an earful tonight about what happened today and then he will tell me, "I told you so." The nice thing about shopping with Charlie is that he encourages his entourage to get more food when they think they are ready to check out. That means solace and comfort for me -- kind of like being let off the leash so-to-speak.

My father asked me last week why I never bought frozen pizza and I was also thinking about that this morning. .

"It is too tasty and I will eat it all up too soon," I told him. "Leaving me nothing to eat for the rest of the week."

Monday, May 16, 2016

The Marvelous Mars Curiosity Rover...

When you picture these Mars rovers of late, you think they are small little agile mobile robots, but they are actually huge and larger than a car! Look how it dwarfs the scientists and engineers preparing it for launch.


Sunday, February 07, 2016

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Friday, August 21, 2015

Down With Trump!

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Art Form…

This really cracked me up being a liberal arts music education major in college.  You’ve got to love some good satire like this.

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