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So... where's the exotic new template and the new ...

2009-09-29T09:16:05.340-04:00

So... where's the exotic new template and the new approach to blogging that won't make everyone angry?

:)

Hmmm?

I'm still WAITING! (said with a slurred English accent, of course)

So...I get the feeling this will be an unpopular o...

2009-08-11T09:03:33.093-04:00

So...I get the feeling this will be an unpopular opinion, but I like three bean salad. At least when it's got homemade dressing stuff on it. :)

What insane person (or marketer of canned beans) d...

2009-07-21T09:04:22.589-04:00

What insane person (or marketer of canned beans) decided it would be tasty to mix green beans, wax beans, and kidney beans fresh from the cans together and add salad dressing?

You remember the kidnappers? Wow! You were, what, 3 or 4? I can't remember if I was in 1st or 2nd grade when that happened. I know we got Sparky after that, but I'm not sure how long we had her before we moved.

Beth, I don't remember that either. It may be jus...

2009-07-21T01:27:28.506-04:00

Beth, I don't remember that either. It may be just another memory I blocked, but I doubt it ... this one sounds like fun. I do remember the three bean salads, which was usually the only food available after the KFC chicken was selfishly consumed by the alpha relatives who were first in line. I suppose I could have been as young as 5 or so, so maybe I don't remember. I do remember the Pontiac kidnappers, but then they were downright entertaining young dudes.

No, it wasn't the Workmans; the people were named ...

2009-07-07T11:39:37.827-04:00

No, it wasn't the Workmans; the people were named Edwards but I'm not able to come up with first names for them. They were friends with the Unterbrinks, maybe he worked with Bob U. I remember them both as being very tall (of course I was probably 8 or 9, so most adults were tall) and I think she might have had red hair.

If I ate the three-bean salad it was under duress and it was the only time. :) What an awful concept. Take three kinds of canned beans, drain them, combine them and put salad dressing on them...bleahh...

Beth, I don't remember that particular Independenc...

2009-07-06T12:23:31.065-04:00

Beth, I don't remember that particular Independence Day, but I'd guess it was at the Workman's place (if anywhere).

I don't think technology exists today to do that detailed of a fireworks display at the sub-$1M price point. It certainly didn't exist in the 70's.

I was commenting to Julia Saturday night that the "slower" portions of the Red, White, and Blue Ash fireworks were bigger, faster, and (obviously) much more expensive than the finale of any fireworks display we had ever seen in our youth. I wouldn't be surprised if more powder is burnt in one of today's big finales than in all the shows combined on any 1970's-era Independence Day.

Bottom line: you were hallucinating. :)

(Perhaps you had a little of that three-bean salad after all?)

I know people with anchor phrases, and I am sure I...

2009-07-05T22:23:21.748-04:00

I know people with anchor phrases, and I am sure I have anchor phrases, as well as uhm...

I remember seeing a special on fireworks when I was a child. The show explained how they were set up and then worked for the show. This show had fireworks that exploded into shapes. (This is what I expected in DC, but the DC fireworks were bursts of color. They were pretty but not extravagant. I will probably post photos on my travel blog.)