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Another item from the “I can’t make this any funnier” category. Today I bring you the latest in pet products, POOP-FREEZE. Be sure to read the testimonials.

I’m in Huntsville, AL for a business trip. I had an hour and 45 minute delay in Atlanta, but that wasn’t too awful. I have reaffirmed that I don’t like business travel and that I don’t want a job that requires it. Even when nothing particularly bad happens, it still is a drudgery that takes you away from home and family. There’s not enough money to make me like it.

Here’s the photo of Lisa’s Nail Designs aka Tropical Illusions Tans aka United States Post Office.

If you order Key Lime Pie and it’s served smothered in raspberry sauce… you might be in Kingsport.

If your pint of Guinness comes in a frozen glass with an icy head… you might be in Kingsport.

If one of the cereal choices on the breakfast bar is “Raisen Bran”… you might be in Kingsport.

On the other hand, if you’re in a shoe store that carries Birkenstock, Ecco, Dansko, Josef Siebel, Earth, and more… you might be in Kingsport. Really. I can’t explain it, but it’s true. Shoozies in Ft. Henry Mall.

Not much to discuss lately. I getting over my first bout of apathy since starting the blog. I’ve got my annual dread of Christmas coupled with a significant dip in job satisfaction. Ugh. On the plus side, the long Thanksgiving weekend went well. The kids watched way too much TV, but the adults needed some quiet time.

The past couple of days I’ve had a chance to play around with some macro shots in the backyard. Nothing special, but I’m finally getting a chance to get used to the D50. Check the Fall page of the main site for some sample results.

We went downtown last night to see the Colin and Brad Show. If you’re a fan of the Drew Carey hosted show Whose Line is it Anyway?, then you know Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood. Their talent is amazing. I had tears literally streaming down my cheeks.

The show consists of variations of the games seen on the show, with an extra or two. There is lots of audience participation with most games including audience members on stage. The Raleigh performance included one guy in an aisle seat on the front row that was wearing an inflatable horse. Brad brought the guy up on stage for individualized ridicule.

My favorite game was Mousetrap. In this game, one hundred mouse traps are scattered over a portion of the stage. Brad and Colin remove there shoes and socks, put on blindfolds, and play the alphabet game done as an opera. (They alternate phrases, each beginning with the next letter of the alphabet.) All this while wandering among the loaded mousetraps. The performers end up tossing the traps at each other, while still blindfolded, and the whole game was the funniest thing I’ve ever witnessed.

Woke up with a bit of a hangover this morning. Not happy about it, but I know the cause so I don’t have a right to complain. I did a quick search for a relevant quote and found one that I liked.

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won’t let himself get snotty about it.

~Raymond Chandler

A couple of weeks ago I decided to track down an old friend from college that I hadn’t seen in ten years. Thanks to Google, I was successful and it’s great to be back in contact. Today I was on the receiving end when I got an email from another college friend. Maybe this is the beginning of a big reunion?