Archive for April, 2003
Wednesday, April 30th, 2003
I gotta go see Traviata
My folks are came to town to see La Traviata, and said it was wonderful, especially
Renee Fleming. I guess I better go see it, which means Friday or Sunday, since those are the last shows. It also means that they are sleeping in my bed, and
since Joe Rawley is in my guest room [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Joe White
Wednesday, April 30th, 2003
Mobile Surrenders
While driving in Alabama this weekend, I saw lots of billboards and heard many radio spots touting the 300th anniversary of the founding of Mobile by the French. I may be mistaken, but with the popular perception of France in this country at the moment, especially in the patriotic South, is
that really a wise [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Joe White
Monday, April 28th, 2003
Austin hit-and-run
I got a ticket for allegedly running a red light back in September (it was broken, but what can you do). I took defensive driving a while ago, but forgot to
send off for my driving record. All the paperwork is due in court tomorrow, so that meant going to Austin to pick up [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Joe White
Monday, April 28th, 2003
May Itinerary
Monday 19 May 03
BA 2024 departs Houston Bush 4:05pm arrives London Gatwick 7:10am +1 day
Thursday 22 May 03
BA 700 departs London Heathrow 10:50am arrives Vienna 2:10pm
(to Budapest???)
Monday 26 May 03
BA 697 departs Vienna 11:40am arrives London Heathrow 1:05pm
Tuesday 27 May 03
BA 2025 departs London Gatwick 10:00am arrives Houston Bush 2:05pm
Anyone care to volunteer for airport [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Joe White
Monday, April 28th, 2003
Punks on the Tracks
While driving to Austin this evening, just as I was about to cross the Brazos River, I notice some people standing on the railroad tracks. Just some punk kids,
I though at first. But as I got closer, I realized they really were three Punk kids, all dressed in leather: one with a spiked [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Joe White
Monday, April 28th, 2003
Susan’s Wedding, Part II - Karaoke, Huntsville-style
Apparently, karaoke is very poular in Huntsville, Alabama; we saw three places just on the stretch of highway by the hotel: Bruce G’s, Mr. C’s, and one whose
name I forgot, because it didn’t fit the pattern. Mr. C’s was where we were Saturday, and although it was ostensibly open only for the wedding folks, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Joe White
Monday, April 28th, 2003
New Death Pool
One of the more morbid things my friends and I do from time to time is have a death pool, where you select a bunch of celebrities, and if one of yours dies
first, you win. In the last pool we did, Princess Diana barely beat out my Mother Teresa, and since she died by [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Joe White
Sunday, April 27th, 2003
Susan Kenyon’s Wedding
Friday I flew to Alabama for the wedding of Susan Kenyon and Herman Porter. Got into Birminigham at 7, then rented a car and drove to Huntsville. Really
pleasant drive in rolling hills, with the sunset lighting up the clouds very nicely. Got to Susan and Herman’s a little after 9. Snuck up [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Joe White
Thursday, April 24th, 2003
Sold Separately
My friend Kitty Karn and my new friend Julia Kay Laskowski have written an “opera farce” called Sold
Separately that is playing at Ovations in the Village tonight at 8pm, and again May 16 & 17 at 8 &
10 pm both nights. It is hilarious. I highly recommend it. It has been very well [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Joe White
Sunday, April 20th, 2003
Whence cometh ‘dibs’?
Don’t know how I got on this one, but all of a sudden I had to know where the term ‘dibs’ came from (when a person has ‘dibs’ they have right of first refusal to
the subject at hand, eg “I’ve got dibs on the drumstick” means I have the right to eat the drumstick).
Googling gave [...]