Monday Meandering - 6.11.2012

Why yes, it is legal to drive on the shoulder of a Texas highway to let other cars pass. Just in case you were losing sleep over that.
 
We are trying meals from the new My Fit Foods store near us; they sell a large variety of ready-to-eat meals that are actually good for you. The portions are controlled (the lunches are typically less than 250 calories) and the ingredients are uber-healthy. Some are tastier than others, but so far so good. The cost is less than a meal for the two of us at a restaurant. I'll keep you posted.
 
Been seeing a promo in the paper for a one-man presentation of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. According to the ad, this dude "plays all the characters, creates the sound effects, sings the music, and plays both sides of the battlefield." Not sure how he handles the 10,000 Orcs. This is the same guy who did the one-man show of the Star Wars trilogy. "Luke! I am your father!"
 
It sounds like summer around here: the cicadas are out in numbers. Must be the 13th year of the cycle (though here in Central Texas we have some variety of cicada every year).
 
TV news item the other night said that some foods, including chocolate, may become unaffordable. Barb says, "Nope. Not possible."
 
My wife is an ardent supporter of University of Texas sports - any and all UT sports, and is conversely NOT a supporter of any University of Oklahoma sports program. So, while researching family records, she was rather startled to learn that her father was apparently once the college minister at the Norman, Oklahoma Church of Christ!
 
Had to make tough decisions for our weekend activities. Had to decide between the Republic of Texas Motorcycle Rally, the Gillespie County Antique Tractor and Engine Show and the Blanco Lavender Festival.
 
Defrosted the chest freezer this weekend. Found some things that either need to be submitted to the authorities as potential bio-weapons, or buried in the back yard under the cover of darkness.
 
Must have been a rough Saturday night in Austin. On our way to church we passed a police-closed intersection, crime scene tape blocking access to the post office and a wrecked car amid a half-dozen uprooted shrubs in font of the Walgreens. This all in the space of one block.
 
Y'all have a good week.