The Evilmobevil was running on less than an eighth of a tank so I found a Citgo & Dad insisted on paying for the fill-up, saying he still owed me from our trip to the family reunion two weeks ago. This is baloney because he payed for all of the gas we used except for the detour that ended us in Arlington Heights which was essentially my fault. But I'm not at a point where I can comfortably refuse charity so I amiably accepted.
Our next goal was to find the A&W in the next town where it is rumored to have the nearly forgotten car-hop service of our salad days. My home town A&W used to have one & every now & then my parents & I would go there in the evening for dinner. It was a fun having food delivered right to the car & the back seat was a delightfully uncommon variant of the dinner table. Later the car-hop was removed & then A&W left entirely to be replaced by an uninteresting local restaurant. Business today was slow but they still extended service out to the car & we relished our burgers & root beer. I'm not normally a big fan of root beer but whenever I'm at A&W it tastes quite good. Anywhere else it's blah so I'm trying to figure out what it is that makes it taste better, be it the atmosphere, the frosty mug or something else. The restaurant is a little out of the way to visit just for lunch but if I get the job down there I might make it a regular thing.
Afternoon plans involved
I'm still working on that story I mentioned in a previous post. It's coming along nicely but slower than I anticipated. I wanted to get it done by the end of the month but it looks like I'll need an extension. Still, the fact that it hasn't stopped progressing like my other false-starts is noteworthy. I look forward to sharing it with everyone when complete.
In my recent days days of excessive computer use I've collected a few interesting links to share.
toastmastertom - Dinosaur Comics (dialup friendly)
the_tick27 - Montage of flip-book animation on YouTube
sacredspud - bi-weekly horror podcast
also: Painings of tin robots. I may have shared these before but they're worth repeating.laviorli - Your Horoscope for Today flash video approved by Al. May take a while on dialup, tho. :-| May also be worth it. :-) (Warning, contains Ernest Borgnine nudity.)
matt_william - Some adventures of Capt. Avenger for when he gets more time in City of Villains
phil_bond - Super Scope games, for reals!
For anyone:
Flow in Games - slow-paced flash game where bacteria-like objects eat others under a microscope slide
Real Life Space Invaders - stop motion animation using people to play the game
16 common myths about athiests
And finally, the current world's oldest person died at 116. She was just a few months older than H.P. Lovecraft whose birthday was earlier this month. She could have read his work, met him, known him. Very, very few people are alive today that could say that. But since she was from Ecuador she probably never even heard of him.
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