The Monkey Exhibit

All in all, Vermont has the most beautiful natural scenery out of all the places I’ve been. You’re constantly driving among forested valleys while looking up at mountains surrounding you. Plush farmland also often sprinkles the view.
In my mind, living at the foot of one of those mountains would offer a lifetime of [...]

Yesterday we finally decided to drive 45 minutes for a decent meal. Longhorn is in Willington, which would have been another place better to go to than Burlington. Willington is where all the big box stores are like Wal*Mart, Circuit City, and Best Buy. Also the good chain restaurants like Longhorn, Chili’s [...]

Stayed in. All day.
Took a shower around 6…PM. Only got dressed because my skin started sticking to the wooden chair where I was sitting playing my computer game. At Oreos for supper and Ben & Jerry’s for dessert around 11 PM. Payed for it by 2:40 AM.
Krissy read 2 [...]

Before I start day 5, I bet you can’t guess what the weather’s like today, day 6? Yeah. Overcast with 50% chance of showers. Thank you, Vermont, for a stimulatingly sunny week. It’s too bad we’re going to have to go back to MAINE to warm up!!
Day 5. Lazy day. [...]

Taste of Vermont. We came, we saw, we tasted.
Trapp Family Lodge. When the Von Trapps left the set of the Sound of Music, they settled in Vermont. Now their lodge is a timeshare. There is a good bakery on-site, though. We bought 4 things for under $10. They were [...]

Burlington, oh Burlington. How can Church St have so many shops that neither one of us were interested in? Seriously, we totally wasted our time going down there. On the way back we stopped at the Essex Shopping Plaza. This…this, I tell you, is what we were looking for all day! [...]

Rain, rain on my face
Hasn’t stopped raining for days
My world is a flood
Slowly I become one with the mud…
RCI Orientation Meeting: >1 hour history lesson on Vermont. I could have listened longer, though we weren’t hearing much about the resort. Actually, I don’t think there is much to hear about the resort, [...]

I forgot to mention the concert on Saturday night. In a word, Selah was powerful. Todd, the male lead singer is pretty darn amazing. The piano player was rather into the concert, too. I don’t really want to run out and buy their CDs because what I’ve heard recorded is no [...]

I have transported my wife safely to her vacation destination. I’ve signed up for week-long internet access while she soaks in the jacuzzi in the master bedroom.
Why is it that low-rate hotels and motels will provide you with free wireless internet access, but the last two resorts we’ve stayed in charge us $30 per [...]

Teeth vs Lips

I don’t know what the shop did to my car that second day, but now I can time travel.
Eat my dust, rusty Delorean!

My podracer, Optima Prime, has come to be feared far and wide in the local area.
Today I left it at a reputable business, which Cousin Dave suggested, for routine spark plug, fuel filter, and oil changes. When I tried to pick it up and drive it off the lot, the check engine light was [...]

Since my tennis elbow seems to be a popular subject around here, I thought I’d list some signs/symptoms and the things I was told to do to help cure it. Maybe others could self-diagnose and try to treat themselves before having to see a medical professional.
Signs/Symptoms
Elbow pain: Hold your arm in front of you, [...]

On Monday, the wife will have a wonderful gathering of social misfits and other people you wouldn’t normally invite into your house (except you, of course). This is called a candle party.
How do you prepare for a candle party, astute readers might ask. First the wife sends you outside. This performs two [...]

The elephant lifted Maya up to the platform on its trunk. That alone was enough to capture the crowd’s attention. The seemingly docile behemoth took a couple steps back, swaying while moving.
Her salvar pants ruffled in the slight breeze up on the platform. They were just loose enough to billow, but not [...]

Why would someone who just joined a message board with thousands of members PM me with a “Hi I’m new. How’s it going?” message, followed by a quote about Buddhism, when I’m one of the least contributing members of the forum? I mean, this guy hasn’t even posted yet; he only seems to have [...]

I have an arm band and a wrist splint for my tennis elbow. This could severely limit my typing for a while.