caught this outside of Strange Brew in Manchester, NH. looks a bit … crooked.

Posted on September 20th, 2007 by mike
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who knew? guess i’ve been living under a rock. full-scale replica of the parthenon in Nashville, TN. been there for a century. cheaper than a plane ticket to Greece, plus you get the Opry and a kick-ass beer bar.

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by mike
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this is a refinery in McPherson Kansas. the blurry picture sadly doesn’t do it justice; it’s downright surreal to approach one of these things are night. this is how i imagined the Sprawl would look from William Gibson‘s cyberspace trilogy.

to see this view, approach on KS 61 from Hutchinson.

Posted on September 9th, 2007 by mike
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i’ve been an Apple fan for a while, not necessarily a Squee-spewing fanboy. but i really want an ipod touch (or “iPT” as i will here-to-fore call it). so i’ll pre-order one as soon as possible.

oh, by the way: SQUEEE.

Posted on September 5th, 2007 by mike
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this is a montana-style solution to making long-lasting public restrooms in rest areas. first, watch out for snakes!

this stall is more sturdy than any portion of my house, garage, or any vehicle i own. in fact, i could probably stack all the above named objects on top of this thing.

the lock is sturdy enough to defend you from invading armies. it sounds like lockdown time in the state prison.

and don’t even think of stealing the toilet paper.

okay, so i guess i have a ‘restroom’ theme as of late.

Posted on August 23rd, 2007 by mike
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so, i finally got a shot of my favorite piece of plumbing, EVAR. forgive the dim, blurry camera phone pics. i don’t usually snap photos in public restrooms (on a weekday).

before you shout “sacrilege!” note whose beer was in that keg:

life is a circle.

Posted on August 21st, 2007 by mike
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i don’t personally recommend taking the Bad Route Road exit. even if there is a Rest Area.

this was in Montana, btw.

Posted on August 14th, 2007 by mike
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here’s my good deed for the week: i advise you to start any password that you have to type from your mobile phone with a number.

why? it defeats the auto-capitalization for text fields that they won’t let me give me a mechanism to turn off. otherwise you (well, I) end up typing your (my) password twice when you (I) realize that the first time – it capitalized the first character in your case-sensitive password.

Posted on August 14th, 2007 by mike
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