Electronic campout
Here's a shot of Loyal Readers Numbers One and Two from a campout many moons ago in Virginia. The Loyal Readers are engaging in the typical outdoorsy activity of playing games on their Palms. Good Loyal Readers. This picture was definitely taken with my original lousy digital camera. Very poor quality, yet outstanding content, I think we'll all agree.
I believe that campout was at Jellystone Park up in the Virginia mountains near Luray. It was a beautiful area. We went to see the caverns, which were okay but not on the scale of Carlsbad or Timpanogos. They were the only caverns I've ever seen with their own stalacpipe organ.
The thing I remember most about that trip, though, is that the campground wasn't far from a restaurant called Cooter's Place. It was owned and operated by Ben Jones, who played Cooter on The Dukes of Hazzard. That particular weekend there was some kind of General Lee-fest. There must have been fifty General Lees in the parking lot. Very impressive.
Short post tonight, as it's already late. I just got back from my new member discussion with my friend Danny. Danny's a relatively young guy - probably about 21 - who is very pleasant and really likes to talk. He's just beginning to get a grasp on what we believe in. We had a really nice talk.
Drove the Miata to work, as scheduled. I did a little bit (well, seventy miles) of top-down motoring on the way home. It was just a little cool. My leather jacket does a great job of keeping me warm, but my head was just slightly uncomfortable. I kept the heater vents blowing on my hands, so they were fine. I drove the old Miata top-down in much colder weather than this, so I can't complain. It's supposed to be a little cooler tomorrow, so I'll probably keep the top up. Either way, the car's turning out to be a pleasure to drive. Not as comfortable and luxurious as the Sable, certainly, but a pleasure nonetheless.
Not much else to report. I was pretty busy at work today and accomplished very few things from my list. I need to drag out of bed early for a few days and get there at 7:00 or so if I want to avoid the workload getting overwhelming. Sigh.
So, I'm off to bed. See you tomorrow.
posted by Michael at 9:36 PM
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Ahh, the many happy hours spent as a younger boy playing Palm games. I think very few kids actually used the Palm as a portable gaming platform. Actually, I think very few kids ever had a Palm. Anyway, I interviewed for a job fixing computers at a cyber-cafe near here and hope to be hearing from them soon. If I don't get a call today, I'm going to call them.
It'd be cool if you could get a job, Andy. Especially a job fixing computers. My parents won't let me work a regular job while I'm in high school. It'd be cool if you got the job, Andy. Especially where it's a job fixing computers. My parents won't let me work a regular job while I'm in high school. Unfortunately, they won't pay for some of the things I want either, so that leaves me with occasional babysitting, not very stable violin teaching ( I have 1 student, but she cancels on me most of the time) and an occasional job to help set up/take down for Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra dinner-concerts. There's only 2 dinner concerts a year, but I work from about 2pm until 11 or 12 after the concert, and I get paid $50 for the night, so it's not a bad job. It's not steady income either.
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