Was watching Dinner for Five, a show on IFC, with my buddy Tran after biking this
afternoon. We learned two new phrases, both very useful:
Mahna Mahna!
Whenever I hear or read the word ‘phenomena’, I instantly think of this song. It is one of my all-time favorites. I know it from The Muppet Show, but apparently it originated in a Sweedish porn film! Go figure.
Stopped in at Schlotzsky’s at Westheimer and Montrose (when will they get wireless???) for some lunch yesterday. I usually park on the back side to avoid the panhandlers, but this
time I parked in front, and am duly approached as I exit my vehicle by a guy asking if I can spare some change, “’cause I’m really hungry.” I say, “No, but I
can buy you a sandwich. Come on in.” He follows me in, says he wants beef, so I buy him a roast beef combo (he asks for it to go), and, for me, my standard #1 combo. I tell him that the combo includes the drink and some chips. We get our drinks and our chips,
and as I’m sitting down, I see him go back to the area where the prepared salads are, look around, then start to snag one. As I get up to tell him that that’s
not included, the manager chases him off. After he leaves, I apologize to the manager, but he says no problem…that guy pesters customers all the time, and
does that quite a bit.
Global Warming…back to where we
used to be
This story highlights a report showing that global temperatures were actually much higher in the Middle Ages than they are today, and that the warming trend of
the last couple of centuries seems more dramatic becuase of our emergence from a mini-ice age that followed the highs from the 900s to 1300s. We humans do
impact the planet, but the hubris exhibited by some at the extent of that impact is remarkable.