Kim and I enjoyed lunch at Luigi’s on The Strand in Galveston.
Category: Life and How to Live it
Our second year
I’m pretty sure I bought this record player for Kim for our second year wedding anniversary, but a year later (March 2013) when I’m actually writing this post, neither of us could remember what we actually did to celebrate our second year as husband and wife.
I’m also pretty sure she hasn’t used the record player, either.
Bored to death to death
HBO cancelled my favorite show on HBO, Bored to Death, which is just as well because I don’t have HBO and it was tiresome seeing something without a cord.
I think the third season sucked. My theory, despite the evidence, is that it was intentional. Suicide by bad plot lines and character arcs; also, way too many damn guest stars. It’s as if Jonathan Ames wanted to go out on his own terms, or, drive his own damn nails in the series’ coffin.
I mean, really: Sperm bank fire? Elder love? Locavore restaurateur rivalry? Alcoholic relapses involving plushies? Incest?
All, too much, I say.
It was great a run. I loved seeing Ted Danson, Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis, Oliver Platt and John Hodgman perform in an off-beat comedy based in Brooklyn.
And even though its final season sucked — I knew the show was cancelled before I started the third season — I would have kept watching the damn thing because at its worst, it was still better than the predictable drivel that passes as comedy elsewhere on the tube.
After the party
There are two parking lots that serve as a carpool meetup, right next to US 59, just outside of Rosenberg.
But on New Year’s Eve and the Fourth of July, the commuter lots become a place for the community to come together and — burn ban or not — litter the ground with thousands of firecracker casings and other remnants of an apparent good time.
By the looks of it, this sort of thing is tolerated in this unincorporated portion of Fort Bend County. The location of the lots mean the celebrants’ explosions can be seen from the highway and throughout the surrounding area.
Retirement
I saw this sign back on May 14, but only got around to posting it now because of its recent personal significance, which has nothing to do with the subject of this sign.
Blue monsters and laptops
I love the brushed aluminum blue Toshiba laptops; but they’re hard to find at the price points I want. I saw this one at a Wal-Mart, but they were out of stock – of course – and three other Wal-Marts didn’t have it, either. Because I checked. Wasn’t online, either.
At Target, I found this Cookie Monster toy. It talks, and munches cookies. If only I were five again! It was also about $40, which I think is a little excessive, but so was Cookie Monster.
Update: Dec. 27. Ok, it wasn’t $40. It was $25. But still. It’s available from Target.com.
We’re expecting!
Kim and I are expecting our first child! We’re really excited and we can’t keep the news to ourselves any longer! This is big — we’re even using exclamation points, people!
Update Dec. 23, 2011
See photos from Kim’s second ultrasound appointment from October 26.