Monday Meanderings - 9.3.2012

 
Barb was handed a $2 bill as change this past week, a rare occurrence. When I enrolled at ACU, back before the earth's crust cooled, the administration handed out $2 bills in every cash transaction made by every student. Book store, cafeteria, registrar's office - every cash back included the somewhat rare denomination. The purpose was to show the merchants of Abilene just how big a financial impact ACU's student body had on the town's economy. I don't know about the merchants, but I was impressed. Those funny bills turned up for months.
 
The US Women's Soccer Team - fresh off their Olympic gold-medal victory in London - has begun their Fan Tribute Tour back in the States. It's an effort to build on the interest that the Olympics created; the women are having trouble keeping a professional league viable. I don't know the full schedule yet, but the opener this weekend was against poor Costa Rica, who had not scored a goal against the US in 8 previous matches. They didn't this match either - the US coasted to an 8-0 victory. I don't think we'll see Japan or Canada in the Fan Tribute Tour.
 
I mentioned that I thought this year's pecan crop was a total loss. Not quite. There are some pecans still on the tree, usually at the very end of bare branches, like the one below. Very strange looking.
 

 
The great news for the day is - Seattle's Best is going to introduce bacon-flavored coffee! Yesss! Now you can indulge in two vices at once. The company held a contest in NYC to find the flavor, and Eileen Gannon’s “How to Win A Guy With One Sip” coffee beverage combined bacon-flavored syrup with candied bacon to win the $10,000 prize and the slot on Seattle Best’s menu.Now I can quit stirring my coffee with a strip of bacon.
 

 
 
Keeping Austin Weird - this sign is posted by a resident of South Austin as a reminder of the ongoing and seemingly endless construction on Oltorf Street. The number of months gets changed regularly, so is a bit smudged. It currently stands at 16 months with no end in sight..
 

 
 
And your guess is as good as mine about the name choice on this food truck.