Well, not really. The photo at the right is of a gasoline station sign down the street from my house. $0.99 a gallon obviously dates it a bit. From the looks of the station, it’s been abandoned for quite some time.
The odd thing is that the county just tore up the entire area around this defunct gas station to put in new water lines. But while they tore everything around it to shreds, they took great care not to knock down this sign. Guess somebody is a bit nostalgic for the past.
Last weekend we took a road trip to Florida to visit my sister as she graduated from college. I’ve posted two “non-vactiony” photos from the trip.
It was a round trip of about 3500 miles. That’s a long way to drive in a week when you are not a trucker.
Hey, I know I haven’t update my Mac Adventures yet. Well, the good news is that I am now into the deep coding of SwordSearcher for Mac. So I will have some more insights to blog pretty soon. Apparently there are quite a few people watching this blog for that information, if my email is any indication.
From the archives of the totally useless…
While looking through my documents folder on my hard drive, trying to find something important, I came across this little piece I started writing in August of 2003:
Colonel O’Neil didn’t know what to do so he sat there dumbfounded.
“The Storm Troopers will find us her very soon,” Data advised. “We should move out of here as quickly as possible.”
Captain Sheridan held up a hand. “We can’t leave without her!”
Sean Hannity sighed. “Then you stay here and get caught.” Everyone knew that Sean didn’t care much for Hillary Clinton. “For all we know, she’s working for the Peacekeepers!”
“How dare you…” Sheridan lunged for Sean Hannity’s throat.
“Would you two knock it off!” O’Neil demanded.
“My tricorder shows four lifesigns headed this way,” Data said. “It is likely that they are Storm Troopers.”
“Oh for crying out loud,” an exasperated O’Neil said as he readied his P9 automatic rifle.
“Show yourselves, rebel scum!” a Trooper shouted as they opened fire. Blaster fire hit all around the four rebels.
This was no time for political arguments. The four misfits quickly responded to the attack with their various weapons… Sean Hannity’s musket, Colonel O’Neil’s P9, Captain Sheridan’s PPG and Data’s phaser all fired simultaneously, making quick work of the four Peacekeeper Storm Troopers. “I’m sure more will be on the way,” Sean Hannity said.
Suddenly, behind them, Hillary Clinton ran up, gulping for air. “I got away as soon as I could. I couldn’t believe they found you. Is it true?” She gulped for more air. Sean Hannity sighed.
“Let’s go!” Captain Sheridan yelled. They all ran towards the shuttle. “If they know we’re here, they’ll find the Enterprise in orbit soon enough!”
A little heavy on the sci-fi references, I’ll admit. But that “gulping for air” bit still cracks me up.
Yes… too many obscure references to bother completing the story. LOL.
“The policeman in the western city of Pilsen first fired a warning shot in the air. But when the man refused to return to the pavement, the officer shot at him twice but missed…”