Possibly Awesome News...But Just Possibly

It's certainly no sure thing, but to think that the possibility even exists is weird. Friday night I got news that we may have a business relationship forming that has a real possibility of allowing us to all quit our day jobs much sooner than expected. What gets really ridiculous though is the part where there's the possibility that we wouldn't have to worry about money anymore...ever. That just seems totally unreal. So that's the positive part. The flipside is that we'll be working harder than Japanese beavers to get things up and running. The flipside to that (what kind of three-sided coin is this?) is that the really insane hours would taper off after deployment. All this with never actually going out to try to find work. God is good.

Slapped in the Face by the Long Arm of the Law

Here's a bit of advice. Don't pass somebody in a double-yellow zone when there's a cop behind you when you're going to get groceries. The cop will pull you over and give you a ticket for $110. How do I know this? Well, I did it yesterday morning. It was safe to pass, it just wasn't legal. Why come I don't get to take care of signage and lane markings on roadways? Probably because the "Slow Traffic Keep Right" signs would be 20 feet tall. I really had my head up my pocket.

My Life of IHOP, Art Museums, and Shirtless Gay Men Doing Tae Bo

What a fun holiday weekend...and not just because I didn't have to come into work for 3 days. On Saturday, Darren, Liesel, and I went to Cincinnati to go to IHOP (as is our Labor Day Saturday tradition). Of course the food was delicious. After all, that's why we went.

Afterward, we headed over to the Cincinnati Museum of Art, which has free admission. The museum highlights for me were the orange 1968 Lamborghini Miura P400S (1 of 140 built) that was on display and the exhibit of Saul Steinberg's art. Also, Liesel assuming the "booty position" of an African carving every time she walked past it added to the fun. Before leaving the museum, we went to check out the gift shop where a couple of gay guys were making inane comments about some of the wares to the workers. It was kind of amusing, but didn't think too much of it. As we were in the car leaving, one of those guys came out the front entrance, removed his shirt, and made Tae Bo-style air-punching movements. Very odd, very amusing, very Cincinnati. We finished the evening over at Casa de Kautz, where Chris joined us for Wine and Cheese Party.

On Sunday I finally got to race my car this year. I had forgotten how much fun it was. My body was literally shaking after my first run from all the adrenaline that was running through it. That's a fun feeling.

Monday was pretty relaxing.

The only way the weekend could have been better is if I had a "friend" to go with us on Saturday to make things a foursome. Oh well, that's how life goes.

Help for U.S. Americans Is on the Way!

Finally, something is being done to blunt the scourge of our country.

Yes, you can has a maps!