Its a little known fact that if you cover a cow's feet in wood chips they can't move.
I flew from Altanta to Tampa (again)with the intent to then go to Ft. Lauderdale. As it turns out, you can't really get there from here. I was left with having to fly Tampa to Tallahassee, and then Tallahassee to Ft. Lauderdale.
Or so I thought.
On check-in at the Tampa airport the helpful kiosk told me that an illegal proceedure had occured and I would need to speak to an agent. The helpful agent told me that my flight was delayed and I would miss my connection, so she was going to put me on another flight. They had to put me on a Continental flight, which required a lot of typing and special airline code words ("you need to XO his flight and set the Q tab...") So many code words and so much typing that I missed that flight too. The end result was a flight from Tampa to Atlanta, and Atlanta to Ft. Lauderdale - all first class.
Flying in the big boy seats is really nice, and I had a good conversation with a guy who turned out to be a long time employee of the same company I work for. On the last leg I was reading and noticed that the man next to me was watching 'Balls of Fury'. He didn't so much as crack a smile, but as the movies are free in first class I decided to give it a try. I spent the next hour giggling and covering my mouth while my neighbor just looked at me like I was 12.
I'm about halfway through The Book of Other People and it is an enjoyable read. Each chapter is written by a different author, and the assignment was for the authors to just make somebody up and write about them. I'm impressed by the depth of the characters and the amount of detail they are able to put into such a short space. I also really like the cover art - I recognize the style and am hoping that jondernethica will poke me to remind me why.
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Well, they are drawings by Charles Burns (though they resemble the Rogues Gallery from old Dick Tracy comics). Charles Burns did some art for Sub Pop (when it was a fanzine), and currently does the cover portraits for the Believer magazine. I hope you will loan me this book when you're done with it.
Sub Pop! That was it. I was pretty sure it was some kind of fanzine you had but I couldn't put my finger on it. You are more than welcome to the book when I'm done, which should be next week.
that is interesting about the cow's feet. what up with your meal there?
Cuban food. Chicken with onions, rice & black beans, and plantains!
I'm back in Ft. Lauderdale this week and I just had this for lunch again today.
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