Last night we went to Tinto y Blanco for the first time. It’s owned by a sommalier/chef bloke and is famous for its wines, so we felt quite safe ordering carafes of the house red. Sita reckoned the Pinot was where it’s at though. The portabella appertiser was the best thing we had there, though my asparagus and mushroom crepe was well nice. Having returned recently from the British Isles it’s nice to convert the prices to pounds sterling and feel even better about what you’re eating. Anyroad, then on to bowling. Somewhere along the line, my thumb’s got bigger and thus a shot where I couldn’t let the ball go and ended up chucking it in the air and it landing somewhere half-way down the lane, amazingly without leaving some smoking crater… It was a dodgy game all round, though Monica improved 10 fold, Daniel was consistantly brilliant and Sita’s always been a great bowler. I was not on form… Any road. We’ll play the decider once our scars heal.
cos it’s a huge waste of time. But it was that or Pacman and we got our taxes done today and had the dog innoculated against every plague going around so I don’t feel too bad… Anyroad, it led me to this page of winning entries for a “Make up a Jack Handey Deep Thought” compo and for that I thank it… almost as good as the old-as-the-hills originals. My faves?
Give me the strength to change the things I can, the grace to accept the things I cannot, and a great big bag of money.
Once, I wept for I had no shoes. Then I came upon a man who had no feet. So I took his shoes. I mean, it’s not like he really needed them, right?
If I understand this correctly, I’ve been tagged by Kristen and should fill out the following: (edit) and since this post needs some kind of decoration, here’s my transparent laptop again
Four jobs I’ve had in my life: Daffodil Picker (Taunton, Somerset) Scrumpy Bottler (Monkton Heathfield, Somerset) That would be a great name for this blog… maybe not… TEFL Teacher (Seville, Spain) Itinerant Web Designer (Santa Cruz, California to Guadalajara, Mexico and beyond)
Four movies I could watch over and over: The Big Lebowski, Serenity, Ghostbusters, Withnail & I
Four places I have lived: Swansea, Wales Amherst, MA, USA Aranjuez, Spain Taunton, UK
Four places I have been on vacation: Donegal, Ireland Prague, Czech Republic Provence, France Llangynidir, Brecon, Wales and that was just this summer…
Four websites I visit daily: boingboing.net flickr.com guardian.co.uk bbc.co.uk
Four of my favorite foods Chips as in Fish’n’chips. But without the fish. And with proper vinegar. And from the Kowloon House opposite Sainsbury’s at 12:30am on a Friday ideally. Tacos al pastor– like mini doner kebabs (actually starting to salivate now…) Filet mignon… or any rare steak. God, it’s like an addiction. I’m making up for those vegetarian years… Milk chocolate hobnobs.
Four places I would rather be right now: down the pub, at the cinema, in a 3rd rate seaside amusement arcade playing on the fruit machines, back in La Matera awaiting the main course…
Four bloggers I am tagging: Ed, just to see if he does anything with this, since he’s got a travel blog and isn’t into memes of any description. And he’s just scored a ticket to Brazil. Flash, who’s another one for self-absorption in her posts. In the good way, natch. Annelise, who’s always working extremely hard in paediatric wards in Rugby. At nighttime too probably. Chris, whose film reviews I always wish I’d written.
Blimey, quite a few links in there. Am definitely changing to a better blog engine if I have to write a href=”http://www.w.w.w.w.w…gergerg.er.gr.st.h.com” one more time… Anyroad, viva el meme, and cheers for now…
