Monday, May 9th, 2005
- First thing I saw upon arrival at DFW: guy in a cowboy hat
- Second thing: a big ad for STEAK
- Everyone was super-friendly in a way that not many are in Michigan. I regret not checking out a few grocery store parking lots, but I suspect that these are a people who put shopping carts in the cart corrals.
- The "ya’ll" thing is really endearing.
- The suburbs are one giant Collins Rd. There are a lot of suburbs.
- 80 degrees and breezy is an exceptional way to live.
- One surprise discovered driving around: many towns are proud of the exceptional purity of Texas drinking water, so much so that they erect signs at the city limits proclaiming the existence of this tasty perk.
- One suspicion confirmed driving around: white ladies and white SUVs are a too perfect match.
- I took some pictures. Most are from the Dallas Arboretum (pictured below, on the left), a very cool place to wander around for a few hours.
- Can’t wait to get back in a couple weeks.
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May 9th, 2005 at 7:16 am
Around the office, eh? ORifice, maybe. Question: How does innocent mattbot know just what that is? and honestly, don’t we deserve some explaination as to where and when it was viewed? I can’t wait for Kate and Scott’s comments on that picture.
May 9th, 2005 at 9:24 am
We just found it in the grass and decided to snap a pic. I knew what it was because I had seen a Discovery channel special on scorpions and their poisonous venom.
May 9th, 2005 at 4:38 pm
too bad it didn’t bite that ass. ’cause i would have.
May 9th, 2005 at 5:09 pm
hey matt,
why didn’t you tell me you were coming to town? i would have picked up some of the garbage i had strewn about my yard. btw, i found the rubberband and the IOU note for the other item, no wories, get it back when you can (i suggest some hush puppies from long john silver’s, they should flush it out).
love,
ScatASStic
May 10th, 2005 at 10:09 am
Starbucks?! You didn’t go find a local coffee shop that doesn’t serve boiled potting soil?
May 10th, 2005 at 10:20 am
Starbucks was the local coffee shop, mang! Plus we knew they would have wireless access, courtesy of T-Mobile and Catherine Feta-Jones.
May 10th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
mmm . . . feta.
May 10th, 2005 at 7:31 pm
(drawl)Whell call me Ismael! That there is a fine cawfee!(/drawl)
*shoots pistol into the air*