Sunday, August 27, 2006

10/31

Smith's wins. We saw Halloween candy in the aisles yesterday. Which, of course, means next time we go to the grocery store, there will be Xmas decorations up.

In related news, Saren and Steph are trying to determine what everyone is going to be for Halloween this year. No concensus yet, but, you know, it's still over a month away.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

taste

We went out to eat for dinner today, and I had Subway. While I was eating it, I realized that I was just...there. Eating. My heart wasn't in it, so to speak. I asked Steph if her burrito (she had a burrito from Rufio's instead) was good, and she said that it was, but I started thinking -
It's weird that humans expect all meals to taste good. We eat a variety of stuff (although it's not really all that (and a bag of chips) varied) because we want our meals to have different flavors and to enjoy them all.
Cats - as an example - don't do this. They eat the same thing day in and day out. Or at least, our cats do. I'm sure many of the domestic cats in the world are the same. Does cat food taste good to them? Or is eating for most animals just like my Subway was - just another task, with no real joy in it? I mean, other than not being hungry afterward. Do nonhumans taste things? Do they have preferences of what they'd like to eat? I know that our cats (all cats??) REALLY like tuna, so I guess they do have some ...um...taster's choice. (heh.)

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Church Sign Wisdom 7

Finally! Sheesh. Those people seem to never update their blog!

Although, um, these are confusing and depressing. We'll go with the downer first:

DEATH
TAKES ALL WE ARE AND
LEAVES ALL WE HAVE


Cheery!!

And now, the one that, even though I've read it several times, still doesn't make sense.
TO BE CHOSEN TO LEAD IS
AN HONOR TO BE ACCEPTED
NOT A POSTITION TO OCCUPY


Oh!! Got it. See, I was (mistakenly) putting a period after "honor". I think it's still worded oddly, but, hey, so is half the stuff I write.

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

July mileage

January - 730
February - 1357.8
March - 872.4
April - 1056.9
May - 278.3 (car, which is currently not running); 486.6 (minivan) --total for May is 764.9
June - car = 0.0; minivan = 1489.6
July - car = 0.0; minivan =1796.3
Year to date is now 8067.9