My vote for Dad of the Year goes to the man who walked patiently behind his son on their way to be seated in Chuy's the other evening. The boy - about 4 years old - was wearing giant yellow plastic clown shoes. And he went CLOMP, CLOMP, CLOMP as he walked through the restaurant.
I was watching ESPN Game Day last weekend, where they set up the cameras on some college campus lawn and do all the talking head stuff while the student body gathers in the background and waves signs, like the one aimed at Stanford that said "How many push-ups can your tree do?" Or the one that simply said, "Clever Game Day Sign."
The New York Daily News on 28 September had an article about the shooting on the UT campus. According to the News, “SWAT officers and explosive-sniffing bombs were dispersed on campus.” Say what?
And that department in Home Depot mentioned last week? Carpet and flooring, but good guesses, all.
Have you ever had a conversation that lasted well over ten minutes before you realized that you and your spouse were talking about different people?
The Williamson County Republican Committee filed an expense report with the state that listed an expenditure at Round Rock Doughnuts of $5,272,010. Now if you've ever had a big yellow, greasy Round Rock Doughnut you know that they are worth every penny you pay, but folks, that's 813,058 dozen doughnuts! Someone estimated that if laid side by side that would be a trail of doughnuts from Austin to 20 miles past Amarillo. The Committee says it's just a typo, but I can't get that trail of doughnuts out of my mind. How long do you think it would take to eat your way 20 miles past Amarillo?
ACL Music Festival has come and gone, and I didn't get out to hear the Screaming Cabbages. Or was it the Shrieking Cauliflowers? I get those bands mixed up. This year, for the first time in a long time, the weather cooperated; last year everyone was knee-deep in Dillo Dirt (aromatic mud). C3 Presents, the folks that put on the fest are pretty sharp. If you stop by and get a garbage sack, then bring it back full of recyclables, you get a free ACL tee shirt. And this year you can't buy plastic bottles of water in the park, but they will fill and refill any container you bring with you (or the aluminum souvenir bottles they sell) at a number of free water stations.
I ordered some audio accessories for the church, and when the package came there was a handful of candies tossed in. Jawbreakers, some taffy, and a couple of Bit-O-Honeys. Raise your hand if you remember Bit-O-Honeys. Okay - keep them raised if you have seen that particular candy in the stores recently. Me neither.
And this photo - which I have made slightly more family-friendly - was sent to me by my great-nephew Aaron. A friend of his took it during a recent visit to Austin, and Aaron forwarded it to me with the comment that while he understood the concept of "Keep Austin Weird," should it be kept this weird?
I assured him that many bicyclists in Austin ride with no helmets, and that it was not weird at all.
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I actually walk by a store every morning as I go to work that sells Bit-O-Honeys - and other candies you would remember from back in the days of your youth. Want some?
Locally, you can buy Bit O Honey at Hobby Lobby. It was my dad's favorite candy. Occasionally I buy a bag in his memory.
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