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Monthly Archives: April 2003

Lincoln Towing

Friday, April 11, 2003

Something I just noticed, Lincoln Towing has a little Starfleet logo hidden in their sign. Odd.

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Trees

Friday, April 11, 2003

Revisiting an old theme. So many of the trees around town are growing out of the ground at odd angles. It’s like they have someplace to go. On Wednesday I joined Manuel and Tom for a photologger meetup. We met at Ancient Grounds, a really neat cafe that also serves as a Native American crafts [...]

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“completely consumed” – “flipping furiously”

Thursday, April 10, 2003

An acquaintance scribbles the time and address of a party onto the last page of my notebook. “Bring a bunch of people with you,” she tells me, “Most of my friends are guys, so I’m worried that the mix will be a little out of balance. If any of your friends are girls, bring them.” [...]

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Gardening at Night

Monday, April 7, 2003

I shift the heavy bag from one arm to the other on the way home from the grocery store. There’s a late night barbecue spilling out into the sidewalk up ahead. It’s a quiet scene as it turns out. The full-size grill is on the sidewalk right in front of the path. Someone is turning [...]

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Vulgar

Saturday, April 5, 2003

A man walks by with a pair of overly-groomed dogs of identical pedigrees. They stumble ahead with their leashes stretched out behind them. The dog on the right – the one closest to the street – falls behind to investigate a bush. Two girls, sitting several feet away, stop chattering to giggle. The other dog [...]

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Pairs

Friday, April 4, 2003

Here’s the weekly photo gallery. Four pairs of photos taken in the last few months. I guess it’s been a quiet week here at Chez Beans. I apologize – not for the quiet week, but for writing Chez Beans.

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Ten True Things and One Foolish Thing

Tuesday, April 1, 2003
  • Attractive women would prefer receiving more speeding tickets.
  • Protestants are more suceptible to altitude sickness than Catholics, and Catholics are more suceptible to motion sickness than Protestants.
  • Chefs on the east coast will only serve asparagus that’s been quartered lengthwise.
  • A pimple in between the eyebrows is a sign of wisdom.
  • Left-handed people are childish.
  • Politicians read the comics first.
  • Cat owners drink chocolate milk.
  • Middle children finish their dinner more quickly than their older and younger siblings.
  • Insomniacs are good at locating misplaced items.
  • Doctors read to their children more than lawyers do.
  • Sitcom writers prefer Pepsi to Coke.
  • Smokers enjoy the company of celebrities.
  • Men with uneven sideburns are untrustworthy.
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