Ice Ice Baby

2 glass on ice.  Pretty nice no?  This is at a bar in Nashville, Tennessee, just off the Vandy campus.  It appears they run a condenser underneath this section that spans the bar, allowing frost to form.  Really a nice idea.  Would love it in my house, but that is probably asking a bit much.

I didn't stick my tongue to it, but would it have stuck?

You got a problem?

Do you ever feel like you're looking into the eyes of a cold hardened killer?  This creature may look cute and cuddly but make no mistake, he will kill.  Your best bet is to find him on the day of his daughters wedding, as we all know a Don can not refuse a request.

You can just picture the gold chain on him right?


*Taken with Sony, sometime in the summer of 2007

The seaweed is always greener

Nothing says Romance like a giant Ferris Wheel that looks out onto the Pierce Elevated right?  Fortunately, the Downtown Aquarium can offer all of this and more!

With a giant aquarium in the dining room, white tigers, and something else (never been, going on what I read from Houston people) this is sure to be the most romantic place in Houston.  I have no doubt this Valentine's Day deal they did was spectacular, and every guy that night got lucky. 

I went to Perry's Butcher shop, bought some choco strawberries, and made a pizza.  I should go ahead and mention how thankful I am to not have to do something ridiculous like go to the Aquarium. 

Something about this sign does seem Back to the Future-esque though.  We all know that if you can incorporate Marty into your advertising, it is solid gold.

We're Back!

For those not following the news, the Blogger strike local 77598 has ended!  This was a long and heinous process, but I think both sides came to an amicable agreement.

We, the Bloggers, were demanding higher compensation for our work.  The Man felt otherwise.  The agreement was reached that our pay would remain the same, but we would be held to less frequent output.  A new Dental Plan was also brokered.

So yes, for the time being, let us return to Random Photos.  As always, these photos are taken by me, unless otherwise specified, and our copyrighted 2010.

This photo needs no description, but I will venture one anyway.

This was taken at the Cathedral of Junk, in Austin, Texas.  While this was 1 of many, many CD's hanging (for some of you younger viewers, a CD was the mundane thing we had to deal with before iPods and the concept of an MP3 player), this was the CD that I felt truly defined a Cathedral of Junk.  Let's jump in.

What we have is technically a CD-ROM, but really, now we are just being capricious and arbitrary.  This CD is apparently from the 200 edition of Windows Server.  So basically, this cheap piece of plastic actually costs hundreds of dollars, and will still break daily.

The Dictionary.com (no link unless I am paid extra, see page 46 of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement) app on my iPhone tells me that junk is defined as old or discarded material, anything regarded as worthless, or just no longer of use.  Let's look at each aspect of this.

There is no doubt this is a piece of discarded material.  How else would it end up dangling from a string in a Cathedral of sorts?  So we have met that definition.

Worthless?  Of course, 10 years after a technology product debuts it is generally outdated.  I would guess this is the real reason they stopped giving their products names with years in them.  Of course then they did it again, so really it's anyone's guess.

That brings us to no longer of use.  Well, yeah.  One could argue that it being a PC product, it was never of that much use anyway.

So here we have this piece of junk, that is really junk for a variety of reasons.  And naturally, it is sitting in the Cathedral of Junk.

As a side note, the Cathedral is under pressure from the City of Austin, which apparently doesn't appreciate it's own culture.  A laundry list of Code Violations were handed out, and the owner isn't sure what he is going to do.  So when in Austin, stop by, view it, and donate so he can fight.


*Taken with iPhone, 3/27

Through the looking glass

Sorry for this non-post yesterday, was at a junior high band concert, and then just played some video games till I fell asleep.  Pretty nice little Tuesday.

This is a blue line.  This is a blue line as viewed from my seat at the Toyota Center on Sunday.  I really enjoyed these seats to say the least.  This picture was taken immediately after what I believe to be the 1st goal of the evening.  They would score 3 more.

As you can clearly see, attendance skyrocketed for this game, possibly even clearing the almighty 3,000 barrier.  Look out world!

 Sneak preview for tomorrow.  It will be the Main Event!

*Taken with iPhone, 12/13

Herbert wants this sign

Really?  I mean really?

This is like one of those pictures that is really 2 different things, depending on how you look at it, like the old woman versus the young beautiful woman, or the 2 people kissing versus the vase.

Here are the 2 things I see:

1. A man grabbing a handful as he stands behind a woman
2. A couple making out in a warm embrace

That's it.  Somehow that qualifies as a safe place.  My theory is these signs are some sort of underground code for hookers and Johns.  You see this sign, you know it is a safe place to do "business."

It is about this time I should go ahead and mention this is affixed to a gas station, the Valero across the street from my apartment complex.  I have not yet visited others to see if they too have this sign, or if this is merely a local thing.  If the other stores don't, then I must say my theory holds true. 

How long before we see one of these on a white van with no windows in the back?


*Taken with iPhone, 12/12

Get off the road moron

It doesn't get more true than this.  This belongs to the lovely evening clerk at the Hampton Inn in Buffalo, Texas.  Quite a nice woman, called about 10 minutes after I arrived making sure the room was ok.

This sticker is great, and pretty much describes the way I feel about driving.  I just wish there was a feasible way to tell the person in front.how much their driving sucks.  Well, a way more feasible than getting out from behind them, speeding up, getting in front of them, slowing down, and then flipping them  off.  Don't get me wrong, I like that way, just not the best.

I did go to Dickies for dinner than evening, a first time.  It was good, reasonable prices, and good food. 

If I take the picture from behind the car, does that make me the idiot?


*Taken with iPhone, December 6