Author: pete
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Peanut Butter Puffin..!?
When you pour a bowl of delicious Peanut Butter Puffins, and THIS THING falls out of it. A massive hunk of peanut butter and cereal pieces. We sampled it. It was good. Doesn’t LOOK good, nor does it belong in a bowl of cereal..
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New Fall Toy
Acton will be banning gas leaf blowers soon, so I decided to see what’s up with these battery ones – mainly so someone else could assist me while I wear the backpack! Pretty fun for all.
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Awaiting Bedtime Cookies
Don’t forget them! Everything in a dog’s world is centered around food. Even bed time..
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Satellite
Many years ago, perhaps a few decades, that is – I recall complete wonder after viewing a celestial object MOVE – as it cruised the sky. Later I learned it was a satellite – something that is now so ridiculously common in space that they are hazards to real space craft. And, on a good…
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Now THAT’S LA
Maybe I watched too much TV in the 90s.. but what a sight this was! And a good quote, unrelated.
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Meeting Day 1
First day of 2, all day affairs. Very little California was seen until we went out to dinner and walked back to the hotel along “The Strand” (map). Morning – some “Marine Layer” – aka, clouds/fog off the cold Pacific. Walking back, a stroll on the huge beach was not to be missed. Despite some…
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Travel Day
Started the day very early, with fog rising over the Assabet River. Then spent over 2 hours in the car, just trying to get to the airport. Following the 2+ hour drive, the seemingly endless flight to LAX allowed for many movies. Then there was the wild taxi trip to Santa Monica – 8? 10?…
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Skeleton Crew
The triumphant return of the undead plastic army! They were up to fewer shenanigans than usual this year. I aim to do better next season.
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It used to be a Camry
For a very long time, gold Camry’s were the worst car you’d encounter. Awful driving all around, not to mention the awful look. Today we face a gold Prius. Hovering 15 below the speed limit. Not too different, but definitely worse looking. And no, there were no children in the road. It was a school…