fire extinguisher
Taking a break from working late tonight, I went to McDonald’s to get some quick dinner. While at the drive thru I took this picture with my iPhone. I’m not entirely convinced that the sign above the fire extinguisher is necessary.
life photo archive and more
Google images is now hosting millions of photos from the LIFE magazine archives. There are photos that go far into the past, even some of the earliest photos from before 1800. Anyways, this is quite a cool resource to check out some photos from a long time ago. I haven’t taken many pictures since the last ones I have posted, but we should have our new house “presentable” soon. I’ll be taking some pictures around the house, and I will probably take a bunch on Thanksgiving. Soon enough I will be able to share those with you.
I’m excited that Jerry, Sam, and two more of their friends from school are coming out to visit around the second weekend of December. We are going to do some fun things while they’re out here, so I should have some new stories to share when they come.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving if you don’t hear from me again this week.
the dirty bird, the real “fatburger”
We all like Red Robin. Face it, their burgers are delicious. It’s that place we eat when we can’t agree on anything. I just got a link to Men’s Health magazine with some enlightening information:
An A.1. Peppercorn Burger has 1,440 calories and 97 grams of fat, more than you would find in 32 strips of bacon! Add onion rings to that and you’ve just crossed the calamitous 2,000-calorie barrier, more than most people should eat in an entire day.
Maybe we need to start looking for a better fallback restaurant. I don’t even think a boca patty can save you from that caloric onslaught.
my new favorite character
Meet the interrobang‽ It’s a lesser known of the typographical characters. I think it needs to come into more common use. I’ve often found myself wanting to write one, but not knowing the character existed, defaulting to the boring question mark.
autumn photos
I posted a bunch of photos tonight. I crossed the 4000 photo mark on flickr, and went well beyond it. There are two costume parties, a pumpkin patch trip, and a commissioning service. Check ’em out.
November will be a busy month. I’ll be moving soon, and we have a lot to get done at work before December. Fortunately, Pastor Judah is preaching on grace for the next several weeks. I’m gonna need it.
reading the bible
Now you know where I get it from. Some people have said I have an obsession with Bibles. Well, here is my Dad reading two at once. My Mom snapped this picture with her phone. She said at one point he had a third Bible on his lap too.
I definitely have a lot of Bibles as well, I’m not going to lie. From where I’m sitting in my room right now I can see… 15 Bibles. That’s not including the fact that some of them are parallel Bibles with multiple versions. So, I like Bibles. I figure if you’re going to collect something, why not collect something that can never stop changing your life (as long as you use it). I just never know. One day, maybe I too will have a need to read three Bibles simultaneously. No harm in being prepared.
who’s listening
I just checked the stats for my site, which I’ve had (at various addresses) for almost 6 years now. It turns out that I have an average of about 2000 hits per month. Which isn’t a ton I realize. But it’s actually more traffic than my flickr account gets, and I know everybody loves photos. It has definitely piqued my curiosity about who is out there checking my site. All my blogs get published to facebook and virb as well, but if you are checking my site regularly or subscribed to my blog feed I’d love to hear from you. You can leave a comment, text message, facebook message, or any of the other myriad of ways to contact me. No real reason, I’m still going to post whatever I want. It will only help ease my curiosity.
Mom, you need not reply.