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Monday, August 29, 2005
2:22 PM

Dumb Crime

We are all, no doubt, cringing (or perhaps outright crying) every time we have to stop at the gas station. Just in case you were thinking of resorting to a life of crime to get gas, please learn from this clown's mistake:

Gas Thief Sets Self On Fire

A New York man used a lighter to see in the dark while he was allegedly stealing gas.

Thurman, NY -- Authorities have a tip for would-be gasoline thieves: when stealing gas in the dark, do not use a lighter to check on your progress.

Authorities say one man did just that when he was siphoning gas from a dump truck at a business in the Adirondacks.

The sheriff's department says he was transferring the fuel from the truck to a gas can when he used a lighter to see how full the container had become.

That sparked a fire that caused minor burns to his face and hands.

The fire spread to a nearby forklift, which was destroyed in the blaze.

The man has been charged with petit larceny and criminal mischief.

It was his second arrest in a month for stealing gasoline from businesses in the town of Thurman, about 65 miles north of Albany.

A link to the story: Idiot Gas Thief

Stories like these really do make me feel so much better about myself. I would at least have known to bring a flashlight.

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Friday, August 12, 2005
8:26 AM

Show And Tell

Hello all. I've been accumulating pictures for the past couple of weeks and figured it was time to post them.

First, some pictures from home.

Spot is still going strong. We still see him in the yard all the time. Here's the latest shot of him:

The squirrels are also still running amok. We have anywhere from 3-5 in the yard at any point in time. When they aren't eating all the bird seed or, more irritating, all of the flowers off of our plants, the love to sun themselves on the corner post of the back wall. Here is a picture of three of them on the post:

Just a minute before, there were four of them, but I didn't get the camera quickly enough. I love how they are all pointed in different directions.

Now for work. I took a few shots of the view out of the window in my new office.

This one is straight out my window:

This one is out the window and to the right a bit.

I managed to get one of a plane landing:

(The plane is rather small, but is the white thing in the middle of the picture.)
In that one, the plane is actually right in front of my old building.

Meanwhile, while I was uploading pictures I saw that I had previously uploaded pictures that I never posted. These were of a fabulous pizza we made some weeks back. We actually cooked it on the grill. It was sooo yummy:

Close up of pizza:

That about it. Everyone have a great weekend!!

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Tuesday, August 09, 2005
10:45 AM

Go Fish

Yesterday was dad's birthday (Happy Birthday again dad!) and to celebrate, we went out to dinner at a sushi place. Unfortunately neither Alex nor I are sushi fans, but everyone else (most importantly the Birthday Boy) seemed to enjoy it. As usual, an evening with my family is always educational. For those of you who missed it, I'll share the lessons from the evening.

1. All you can eat sushi is much less of a deal if the freaking waitress never comes by to take orders. Obvious, I know. But this kept happening again and again last night. Barbara got very good at flagging them down. Then the waitress would act somewhat surprised at how much we were ordering each time. Duh! Given that you might never come back, we have no choice but to order it all at once.

2. Having a huge tropical fish tank in a sushi restaurant just doesn't make sense. Would you want to eat a steak in the middle of a cattle yard? Violates the basic rule against seeing what you are eating in its natural state. A big no-no for me. And it's just plain mean to the fish in the tank.

3. For you parents out there: When your small child is having a meltdown in the middle of a restaurant, just repeating "It's time to stop that now" over and over and over and over again is perhaps not the best approach. Especially when you have been doing it for a while with zero success. Take the kid outside already! (Perhaps that is my kid-free bias rearing up. If so, I apologize.)) I was ready to stand up and yell "It's time to stop that now!!" myself, but directed at the parents.

4. Connor can easily eat an entire piece of shrimp tempura in one quick bite. Sometimes with the tail still attached.

5. Alex will never rely on me for ice cream recommendations again. I told him that green tea ice cream is really good (which I think it is). He disagreed. I personally think he just couldn't get past the color. Not a lot of green ice cream out there I suppose.

6. I still don't like sushi. Not sure how they won Connor over to the dark side, but I think there is still hope for him. Alex and I can work on that. We are greatly outnumbered and need reinforcements.

7. You can take just about anything, dip it in batter, deep fry it, and it will taste good. I had tempura last night. It was shrimp along with a bunch of other stuff. I could tell that there were onions, carrots, and zucchini. But then there were some things that I really couldn't identify. Could have been some sort of potato. Maybe squash? Or maybe an old shoe. Really no way to tell. Either way, it was still yummy after the frying.

8. I cannot type "sushi" to save my life. I realized in typing this post that I cannot type that word! Somehow I end up with a "c" in there just about every time. Maybe I just need more coffee. . .

Have a great day!

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