I’d mentioned going to the Boulevard to ride on Saturday. Well, I never made it down there. Why not? Well, first off, I slept way too late in the morning. By the time I got up, I didn’t have time before having to run an errand for Mrs. Guy before noon. I got that done and just went to the vet clinic where she was filling in for the day, hoping we could go get lunch.
That didn’t work out either. She had so many records to complete that she wasn’t sure when she’d be done. I went on home to wait so I could get other stuff done. She finally got home at 1:30 pm or so, and we had lunch of leftovers. I thought about heading out with the bike then, but she announced that she wanted to go do some shopping and that I needed to go with her. Why? She just wanted me to drive so she could work on a PowerPoint presentation in between stores. Makes a guy feel wanted, eh? “Alright Ms. Daisy. I be drivin’.”
I eventually got home close to 5:00 pm, and knew there was no time to go to the Boulevard before dark. That’s why I decided to do a ride from the house, heading east until I felt tired or saw the light failing or had gone “far enough”.
I ended up riding only about 15 miles before I figured that the sun was getting a bit low. Besides, I didn’t want the sun in people’s eyes as they came driving up behind me. It was a decent ride, and I felt less sore (and feel less sore today) than I’d feared.
We’ll call that a successful first post-injury outing.
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
Eccentric Explosion
No, I'm not titling this post after more spam. Rather, this is a two word phrase uttered by my orthopedic surgeon today when discussing with Mrs. Guy whether she and I could restart our semi-weekly racquetball matches. I think that ultimately the answer was "probably should wait a bit longer," so I think we're looking at December. Before this I could always start back playing with the uninjured arm, but I don't have one this time.
"Eccentric Explosion." That doesn't sound very good, does it?
All in all, I think he was happy with my progress. I can start running again, and do some light cycling (mostly slow laps down on the Boulevard, I think). Mrs. Guy wants to start back on the tandem soon as well.
And no more PT!!! It seems that I have graduated.
I may have to head for the Boulevard tomorrow morning...
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10/12 Trivia Answers
1. Each branch of the US military has it's own band, and some have more than one. Which branch has a bluegrass band? That would be the Navy. Mrs. Guy called me up one day last week to let me know that they were doing a bluegrass rendition of The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" on XM Radio.
2. Where did Chris Columbus land on this day in 1492 (be as specific as you can)? San Salvador in the Bahamas.
3. Portnoy and Hodge Podge were characters in what comic strip that started in the 1980s? I miss Bloom County. I know we still get to see Opus and a few other characters these days in the Sunday paper, but I miss Milo and Cutter John and Binkley and his dad and especially Portnoy and Hodge Podge.
4. What is the distinguishing feature of a Manx cat? A Manx cat has no tail. I don't know why not, but they don't. Mrs. Guy had one when I first started dating her way back when. The Manx originated on the Isle of Man, hence the name.
5. What color is the number 5 billiard ball? The five-ball is orange.
Bonus question: What were Portnoy and Hodge Podge? Portnoy was a hedgehog or groundhog. Hodge Podge was a rabbit and played a mean set of drums.
"Eccentric Explosion." That doesn't sound very good, does it?
All in all, I think he was happy with my progress. I can start running again, and do some light cycling (mostly slow laps down on the Boulevard, I think). Mrs. Guy wants to start back on the tandem soon as well.
And no more PT!!! It seems that I have graduated.
I may have to head for the Boulevard tomorrow morning...
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10/12 Trivia Answers
1. Each branch of the US military has it's own band, and some have more than one. Which branch has a bluegrass band? That would be the Navy. Mrs. Guy called me up one day last week to let me know that they were doing a bluegrass rendition of The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" on XM Radio.
2. Where did Chris Columbus land on this day in 1492 (be as specific as you can)? San Salvador in the Bahamas.
3. Portnoy and Hodge Podge were characters in what comic strip that started in the 1980s? I miss Bloom County. I know we still get to see Opus and a few other characters these days in the Sunday paper, but I miss Milo and Cutter John and Binkley and his dad and especially Portnoy and Hodge Podge.
4. What is the distinguishing feature of a Manx cat? A Manx cat has no tail. I don't know why not, but they don't. Mrs. Guy had one when I first started dating her way back when. The Manx originated on the Isle of Man, hence the name.
5. What color is the number 5 billiard ball? The five-ball is orange.
Bonus question: What were Portnoy and Hodge Podge? Portnoy was a hedgehog or groundhog. Hodge Podge was a rabbit and played a mean set of drums.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Final PT, Take Two
OK, last Thursday I went to Physical Therapy thinking that I was going to my last session, and I was, as reported then, entirely wrong. In the interest of trying not to be wrong again, I will simply say that tonight was my last PT session...of this round. I go see my orthopaedic guy tomorrow, and I realize that there is a possibility, no matter how remote it may seem, that he may tell me to keep going for some reason or another (though the therapist admit that I have met all of my long-term goals in just the last four weeks).
I hope that the doc will tell me to go get back on the bike again after tomorrow. Just as well I coulnd ride today, or any of the last several days, because it's been raining. I hope that Mom Nature is just getting it over with now so She'll have sunny skies ready for me when I do get back in the saddle again. Which is a nice segue to...
...a card I got in the mail yesterday. It was one of those musical cards that played, yes, "Back in the Saddle Again" when opened. So my heart-felt thanks go out to Wally, Holly, Jordan and Taylor for the very thoughtful and very welcome message. I really did appreciate it.
On to the weekly Trivia!!!
I spent some time coming up with today's questions. I haven't done a theme in a while, but once I came up with the first two, the rest just fell into place. Please remember to follow the Rules of the game, and please send your answers to bgoab at mindspring dot com.
Here we go. Some of these are quite hard according to Mrs. Guy.
1. What two fictional characters' "real" names were Scoobert and Norville Rogers?
2. What two fictional characters' "real" first names were Jonas and Willy?
3. On Tuesday I told a story using some names of other fictional people. If I were their uncle, what would my name be?
4. Louis Cristillo and William Abbott (their real names) were famous for talking about a baseball team. Name as many players (and their respective positions) as you can. [For this question I will award one-half point for each correct answer and will round down to the nearest whole number. Get one and you get one-half point which ends up being zero. Two or three correct equals one, four or five equals two, et cetera.]
5. These men, listed here by their birth names (or as much of their birth names as I could find), were all at one time or another associated with what well-known comedic group?
I hope that the doc will tell me to go get back on the bike again after tomorrow. Just as well I coulnd ride today, or any of the last several days, because it's been raining. I hope that Mom Nature is just getting it over with now so She'll have sunny skies ready for me when I do get back in the saddle again. Which is a nice segue to...
...a card I got in the mail yesterday. It was one of those musical cards that played, yes, "Back in the Saddle Again" when opened. So my heart-felt thanks go out to Wally, Holly, Jordan and Taylor for the very thoughtful and very welcome message. I really did appreciate it.
On to the weekly Trivia!!!
I spent some time coming up with today's questions. I haven't done a theme in a while, but once I came up with the first two, the rest just fell into place. Please remember to follow the Rules of the game, and please send your answers to bgoab at mindspring dot com.
Here we go. Some of these are quite hard according to Mrs. Guy.
1. What two fictional characters' "real" names were Scoobert and Norville Rogers?
2. What two fictional characters' "real" first names were Jonas and Willy?
3. On Tuesday I told a story using some names of other fictional people. If I were their uncle, what would my name be?
4. Louis Cristillo and William Abbott (their real names) were famous for talking about a baseball team. Name as many players (and their respective positions) as you can. [For this question I will award one-half point for each correct answer and will round down to the nearest whole number. Get one and you get one-half point which ends up being zero. Two or three correct equals one, four or five equals two, et cetera.]
5. These men, listed here by their birth names (or as much of their birth names as I could find), were all at one time or another associated with what well-known comedic group?
- Harry Moses Horwitz
- Samuel Horwitz
- Jerome Lester Horwitz
- Louis Fienberg
- Jerome Besserer
- Joseph Wardell
- Emil Sitka*
* Emil, though officially made a member, never actually performed with the group.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Fe E
I was driving to work this morning and listening in to NPR (local radio news has been too ‘dumbed down’ or is too pedantic for my tastes), when I heard the following interesting clip about a new DVD that the Vatican is hoping to get out by Christmas. The DVD is about 30 minutes long, and features four animated characters to tell the story of the life of Pope John Paul II.
That is a worthy thing to do, especially if you are Catholic I suppose. It sounds like a good way to get kids to watch a lesson on one of Catholicism’s most important people from the latter part of the Twentieth Century and part-way into the Twenty-First. The characters that tell the story in this film are a pen, a diary, and two snow-white birds, all of whom can talk.
Did you get that? Two inanimate objects and two animals. That can talk.
The animators of the film said that the aim of the DVD is to present the “human side of John Paul II.”
Present the “human” side…with two inanimate objects and two animals…that can talk. “We thought animated characters could do it best,” they said.
I didn’t need any vitamins this morning when I got to work. I already had my 'One-A-Day with Irony.'
That is a worthy thing to do, especially if you are Catholic I suppose. It sounds like a good way to get kids to watch a lesson on one of Catholicism’s most important people from the latter part of the Twentieth Century and part-way into the Twenty-First. The characters that tell the story in this film are a pen, a diary, and two snow-white birds, all of whom can talk.
Did you get that? Two inanimate objects and two animals. That can talk.
The animators of the film said that the aim of the DVD is to present the “human side of John Paul II.”
Present the “human” side…with two inanimate objects and two animals…that can talk. “We thought animated characters could do it best,” they said.
I didn’t need any vitamins this morning when I got to work. I already had my 'One-A-Day with Irony.'
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Vociferous Effigy
Once, long ago it seems, I titled a post after the subject line of an email I'd received (it was "Unreliable Coffee", and it was back on the old site (somewhere in the archives). Tonight I'm doing it again, in part because it's a really funny subject line (sometimes spam at least makes you laugh), but also because I just happened to have occasion today to use both of those words, though not together. I rarely use either, so it's just a case of "Spam imitates Life" ... or something like that ... maybe.
On to the story I promised last night. There is a small group of us at work who tend to try to outdo each other (just for fun) with our stories on occasion. The main rule is that they all have to be true. They've all given up on trying to one-up me on the injury/surgery/scars categories, so it's often more mundane minutiae. Yesterday it was about office moves at work. I am currently in the process of moving from one building to another, and may be doing so again in the next few months as my group moves closer to the field work. I actually started working in my new building last week, but I sat at another guy's desk near mine to use his computer while he was on vacation. This week, however, he's back and my computer access is almost nil.
[ASIDE] It's strange to think back to 16 years ago when I started working for this company, that in my department of 20 people, we had maybe three computers - and they were rarely used. We worked by hand. Even our drafting department only had one CAD machine, and most of the drafters didn't like using it. Nowadays, you can't get much at all done without a computer. [/ASIDE ]
So, we were sitting at lunch and I mentioned that even though I'd put in a move order way back early last week, that my computer and my boxes were still over in my old office. Thus it began:
[NOTE: All names have been changed because I wanted to.]
Hugh: Aw that's nothing. When I moved out to the J area trailers it took them two weeks to move my computer and phone. I had to stay over each evening for an hour just to check email and do my daily reports.
Dewayne: Did you remember to put the new coversheets on those TPS reports?
Big Guy: Yeah, didn't you get the memo?
Hugh: Shut up.
Dewayne: When I moved from up on the hill to my new office, it took two weeks to get a phone, three to get my computer, and my boxes arrived at various times over a two week period.
Lewis: Ha! Lightweights [not the actual word he used, but you get the idea]. I moved from one office into an office in the next building, a move of all of 150 feet, and it took them a month to get my computer, another week to get the phone, and I eventually had to go to the central warehouse to point out which boxes were mine so they could spend another 3 days getting them to me. I don't think any of you pansies [again, not the actual word uttered] can beat me on that.
Big Guy: Um, well...
Lewis (with suspicious look): Okay, you'd better make this a good one.
Big Guy: I came out here in April of 2001 from the downtown office. They called me out here because they needed somebody quick, and I was just coming off of the Huntsville job. What they failed to consider was that I'd need a place to sit. There weren't any offices available, and most existing offices were already doubled up. I ended up sitting in a manager's office at a typing table that was all of 24" wide by 18" deep and already had a bunch of stuff piled on it that I couldn't move out of the way - giving me about the size of two pieces of paper to work in. There was no phone I could use - I didn't even have a cell phone at the time. I had no computer access except at a secretary's desk down the hall for about 10 minutes each day while she was getting her lunch. I had a bunch of boxes, but they stayed in my car and I compiled what I really needed into a small banker's box that I carried in and out each day, with a trip to the car if I needed something that wasn't in that box. I worked like that for three, count them, T-H-R-E-E months until they moved me down the hall into a small office with another guy, with limited storage room for either of our stuff, and we had to share a phone and computer for another five, yes, F-I-V-E months until I moved down to the trailer by the back site gate.
Hugh: I think I'm going to have to call bull**** on that one.
Big Guy: Dewayne...?
Dewayne: No, that's all true. I worked in that building back then. No BS. Well played, Big Guy.
Lewis: You make it sound like a game...
Big Guy: Oh, everybody plays the "one-upmanship game" ... [dramatic pause] ... I'm just better at it than you. [flashes devilish grin]
On to the story I promised last night. There is a small group of us at work who tend to try to outdo each other (just for fun) with our stories on occasion. The main rule is that they all have to be true. They've all given up on trying to one-up me on the injury/surgery/scars categories, so it's often more mundane minutiae. Yesterday it was about office moves at work. I am currently in the process of moving from one building to another, and may be doing so again in the next few months as my group moves closer to the field work. I actually started working in my new building last week, but I sat at another guy's desk near mine to use his computer while he was on vacation. This week, however, he's back and my computer access is almost nil.
[ASIDE] It's strange to think back to 16 years ago when I started working for this company, that in my department of 20 people, we had maybe three computers - and they were rarely used. We worked by hand. Even our drafting department only had one CAD machine, and most of the drafters didn't like using it. Nowadays, you can't get much at all done without a computer. [/ASIDE ]
So, we were sitting at lunch and I mentioned that even though I'd put in a move order way back early last week, that my computer and my boxes were still over in my old office. Thus it began:
[NOTE: All names have been changed because I wanted to.]
Hugh: Aw that's nothing. When I moved out to the J area trailers it took them two weeks to move my computer and phone. I had to stay over each evening for an hour just to check email and do my daily reports.
Dewayne: Did you remember to put the new coversheets on those TPS reports?
Big Guy: Yeah, didn't you get the memo?
Hugh: Shut up.
Dewayne: When I moved from up on the hill to my new office, it took two weeks to get a phone, three to get my computer, and my boxes arrived at various times over a two week period.
Lewis: Ha! Lightweights [not the actual word he used, but you get the idea]. I moved from one office into an office in the next building, a move of all of 150 feet, and it took them a month to get my computer, another week to get the phone, and I eventually had to go to the central warehouse to point out which boxes were mine so they could spend another 3 days getting them to me. I don't think any of you pansies [again, not the actual word uttered] can beat me on that.
Big Guy: Um, well...
Lewis (with suspicious look): Okay, you'd better make this a good one.
Big Guy: I came out here in April of 2001 from the downtown office. They called me out here because they needed somebody quick, and I was just coming off of the Huntsville job. What they failed to consider was that I'd need a place to sit. There weren't any offices available, and most existing offices were already doubled up. I ended up sitting in a manager's office at a typing table that was all of 24" wide by 18" deep and already had a bunch of stuff piled on it that I couldn't move out of the way - giving me about the size of two pieces of paper to work in. There was no phone I could use - I didn't even have a cell phone at the time. I had no computer access except at a secretary's desk down the hall for about 10 minutes each day while she was getting her lunch. I had a bunch of boxes, but they stayed in my car and I compiled what I really needed into a small banker's box that I carried in and out each day, with a trip to the car if I needed something that wasn't in that box. I worked like that for three, count them, T-H-R-E-E months until they moved me down the hall into a small office with another guy, with limited storage room for either of our stuff, and we had to share a phone and computer for another five, yes, F-I-V-E months until I moved down to the trailer by the back site gate.
Hugh: I think I'm going to have to call bull**** on that one.
Big Guy: Dewayne...?
Dewayne: No, that's all true. I worked in that building back then. No BS. Well played, Big Guy.
Lewis: You make it sound like a game...
Big Guy: Oh, everybody plays the "one-upmanship game" ... [dramatic pause] ... I'm just better at it than you. [flashes devilish grin]
Monday, October 16, 2006
Break
My body is trying to tell me to take a break today. I've just woken up from falling asleep in the chair in front of my computer for the third time tonight. My left hand is numb because of the way my arm was hanging down over the arm of the chair. I need sleep or I think .... I think ... zzz.
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Tomorrow: My post on office one-up-manship.
Zzz.
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Tomorrow: My post on office one-up-manship.
Zzz.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Banner Day
I won't have much time today to do a proper post. Since we got home from church/lunch, I've been working on the new banner/logo for the new business venture. The logo itself is rather simple (for putting of business cards, t-shirts, et cetera), but I spent a little more time on the banner. I'm trying to resist going back and tweaking either one right now. As Alton Brown would say, I need to "walk away, just walk away...".
And now it's time to go work on laundry, my wood project for Lisa, ironing shirts, finishing up addressing invitations, going over to feed Kelly & Kevin's cats, ... and I still need to watch "Hidalgo" before it's due back at the video store. Plus, Mrs. Guy just stuck her head in the office door and said "Let's run to Target".
I might get to bed by midnight ... tomorrow.
And now it's time to go work on laundry, my wood project for Lisa, ironing shirts, finishing up addressing invitations, going over to feed Kelly & Kevin's cats, ... and I still need to watch "Hidalgo" before it's due back at the video store. Plus, Mrs. Guy just stuck her head in the office door and said "Let's run to Target".
I might get to bed by midnight ... tomorrow.
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Birthday Wishes
Happy Birthday, Floyd. My birthday wish for you is a quick and fair resolution to your case before USADA. I've read the documentation that you posted through your site, and I must agree that it seems very suspicious against the people performing the testing.
I've been pulling for you for some time, ever since I met you at the 2003 Tour de Georgia (you may not remember, but I have your autograph on a hat to prove it). Now I'm pulling for you again in this new test.
Good luck to you, Floyd. Oh, and I hope the hip is healing well.
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And a quick Happy Birthday nod to my friend Philippe, the crazy Belgian who also happens to be the current president of my cycling club. Many happy returns.
I've been pulling for you for some time, ever since I met you at the 2003 Tour de Georgia (you may not remember, but I have your autograph on a hat to prove it). Now I'm pulling for you again in this new test.
Good luck to you, Floyd. Oh, and I hope the hip is healing well.
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And a quick Happy Birthday nod to my friend Philippe, the crazy Belgian who also happens to be the current president of my cycling club. Many happy returns.
Friday, October 13, 2006
Takin' Care of Business
A busy day, but a good one. Hard to get started, though. I guess I was up to late last night.
Mrs. Guy and I rented movies last night and decided to watch one late in the evening. She wanted to see “Failure to Launch”, which she’d picked out. I wanted to watch “Hidalgo”, since I knew she’d be asleep before the end anyway. “Oh, no I won’t.” Oh, yes she was. Still, it was a pretty good movie (I loved the mountain biking bit).
So I was dragging a bit this AM. I finally got going at 9:00 or so, but it was tough. I worked on some Halloween Cocktail Party invitations (doing them all myself since I couldn't find any I liked at any of the stores). It’s a lot of work since I had to get 18” x 24” stock to get the right thickness, and I have to cut them down to 8” x 9” to get them through my printer and then cut them to 4” x 9” to mail them out (printing two per sheet). Still, it’s a lot cheaper than buying preprinted invitations, and I have complete creative control.
I was going to go out and get a lot accomplished this morning, but it became apparent that I wouldn’t even make it to the shower before noon. Since my buddy Todd was going to come borrow some camping gear between 12:30 and 1:00, I figured I’d just go after that. He arrived just in time to get the first invitation delivered by hand (the rest will be mailed – stamps are cheaper than the gas it would take).
I hit the road at about 1:15 and did a couple of errands for Mrs. Guy first. Then I was free to go to the Bike Zoo to leave a jersey that Wally J. wanted to borrow for a cyclocross race. That might have taken all of 2 minutes to do, but I ended up staying down there for over an hour. There were too many friends down there to talk to, and I even set up a photographic training session for Elle to be conducted by Daniel and me during the upcoming 12 Hour Race.
And then I did the one thing I really wanted to get done today. I headed downtown to the County Clerk’s building. After wandering around the building searching for the right office, I finally found the Business Tax office. And now, $20 later, I am the owner of D&G Crawford Photo/Graphics, which will be in the photography and graphic arts business. Too bad I can’t retire from my main job to do this full time.
The first “job” I’ll do will be at the 12-Hour Race. Should be fun. I’ll be sure to give a full report.
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Answers for October 5 Trivia
1. What's the name of the cartoon character and his "pet" stuffed tiger that graced the comics pages for several years. Man, I used to love Calvin and Hobbes in the daily paper. And the fact that his dad was an avid cyclist was a real bonus. For a current comic featuring a cyclist, check out "Frazz".
2. Which author owned the house where six-toed cats enjoy sanctuary to this day? One of the great things about my trip to Key West was the tour of the Hemingway House. Ernest had a whole posse of them back in his day, and I thing most of their progeny are still there.
3. What is the capital of Australia (negative points if you answer "A")? Canberra. I've never been there, but I'm told that Sydney and Melbourne are more interesting anyway. When I make it to Oz I will still have to go, though (just to see for myself).
4. Which actor lent his voice to help make "Shrek" come alive on the silver screen? Shrek, the only ogre I know of with a Scottish accent, was voiced by Mike Meyers (of "Wayne's World" and "Austin Powers" fame).
5. Name the female characters featured in the game "Clue"? I am extremely disappointed that nobody got this one, especially since they even made a movie based on the game. The ladies are, in no particular order, Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock, and Miss Scarlett (which is the one Mrs. Guy usually picks - I usually end up as Professor Plum).
(This one was Mrs. Guy's.)Bonus Question: Who drew the characters mentioned in Question One? Bill Watterson. Why did he ever have to quit? It makes me really appreciate the longevity of Charles Schultz.
Mrs. Guy and I rented movies last night and decided to watch one late in the evening. She wanted to see “Failure to Launch”, which she’d picked out. I wanted to watch “Hidalgo”, since I knew she’d be asleep before the end anyway. “Oh, no I won’t.” Oh, yes she was. Still, it was a pretty good movie (I loved the mountain biking bit).
So I was dragging a bit this AM. I finally got going at 9:00 or so, but it was tough. I worked on some Halloween Cocktail Party invitations (doing them all myself since I couldn't find any I liked at any of the stores). It’s a lot of work since I had to get 18” x 24” stock to get the right thickness, and I have to cut them down to 8” x 9” to get them through my printer and then cut them to 4” x 9” to mail them out (printing two per sheet). Still, it’s a lot cheaper than buying preprinted invitations, and I have complete creative control.
I was going to go out and get a lot accomplished this morning, but it became apparent that I wouldn’t even make it to the shower before noon. Since my buddy Todd was going to come borrow some camping gear between 12:30 and 1:00, I figured I’d just go after that. He arrived just in time to get the first invitation delivered by hand (the rest will be mailed – stamps are cheaper than the gas it would take).
I hit the road at about 1:15 and did a couple of errands for Mrs. Guy first. Then I was free to go to the Bike Zoo to leave a jersey that Wally J. wanted to borrow for a cyclocross race. That might have taken all of 2 minutes to do, but I ended up staying down there for over an hour. There were too many friends down there to talk to, and I even set up a photographic training session for Elle to be conducted by Daniel and me during the upcoming 12 Hour Race.
And then I did the one thing I really wanted to get done today. I headed downtown to the County Clerk’s building. After wandering around the building searching for the right office, I finally found the Business Tax office. And now, $20 later, I am the owner of D&G Crawford Photo/Graphics, which will be in the photography and graphic arts business. Too bad I can’t retire from my main job to do this full time.
The first “job” I’ll do will be at the 12-Hour Race. Should be fun. I’ll be sure to give a full report.
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Answers for October 5 Trivia
1. What's the name of the cartoon character and his "pet" stuffed tiger that graced the comics pages for several years. Man, I used to love Calvin and Hobbes in the daily paper. And the fact that his dad was an avid cyclist was a real bonus. For a current comic featuring a cyclist, check out "Frazz".
2. Which author owned the house where six-toed cats enjoy sanctuary to this day? One of the great things about my trip to Key West was the tour of the Hemingway House. Ernest had a whole posse of them back in his day, and I thing most of their progeny are still there.
3. What is the capital of Australia (negative points if you answer "A")? Canberra. I've never been there, but I'm told that Sydney and Melbourne are more interesting anyway. When I make it to Oz I will still have to go, though (just to see for myself).
4. Which actor lent his voice to help make "Shrek" come alive on the silver screen? Shrek, the only ogre I know of with a Scottish accent, was voiced by Mike Meyers (of "Wayne's World" and "Austin Powers" fame).
5. Name the female characters featured in the game "Clue"? I am extremely disappointed that nobody got this one, especially since they even made a movie based on the game. The ladies are, in no particular order, Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock, and Miss Scarlett (which is the one Mrs. Guy usually picks - I usually end up as Professor Plum).
(This one was Mrs. Guy's.)Bonus Question: Who drew the characters mentioned in Question One? Bill Watterson. Why did he ever have to quit? It makes me really appreciate the longevity of Charles Schultz.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Oh, #%&@!!!
Well, I thought when I went to physical therapy tonight that it would be my last session. I was wrong. Dina even pulled out the original paperwork to prove to me that it said four weeks instead of just three. I was so looking forward to not going any more. Oh, well. C'est la vie, they say (at least the ones who speak French).
Let's delve right into trivia on that note, okay?
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Mrs. Guy is becoming even more involved in picking out the weekly questions. She is a leat in part responsible for most of this week's questions. Remember to follow the stated Rules, and to send your answers to bgoab at mindspring dot com. Let's begin...
1. Each branch of the US military has it's own band, and some have more than one. Which branch has a bluegrass band?
2. Where did Chris Columbus land on this day in 1492 (be as specific as you can)?
3. Portnoy and Hodge Podge were characters in what comic strip that started in the 1980s?
4. What is the distinguishing feature of a Manx cat?
5. What color is the number 5 billiard ball?
Bonus question: What were Portnoy and Hodge Podge?
Let's delve right into trivia on that note, okay?
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Mrs. Guy is becoming even more involved in picking out the weekly questions. She is a leat in part responsible for most of this week's questions. Remember to follow the stated Rules, and to send your answers to bgoab at mindspring dot com. Let's begin...
1. Each branch of the US military has it's own band, and some have more than one. Which branch has a bluegrass band?
2. Where did Chris Columbus land on this day in 1492 (be as specific as you can)?
3. Portnoy and Hodge Podge were characters in what comic strip that started in the 1980s?
4. What is the distinguishing feature of a Manx cat?
5. What color is the number 5 billiard ball?
Bonus question: What were Portnoy and Hodge Podge?
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