Showing posts with label WI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WI. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

A very random list

I wrote this last week while I was in Wisconsin. I’d never been there before and found it to be remarkably like the Kansas City area in terms of geography. I’m sure the winters are more extreme, and maybe the summers are hotter. I felt positively nostalgic when I saw typical Midwestern sights while I was there—I saw billboards for Love’s truck stop, the Black Cat Fireworks stores and I stayed in a Holiday Inn that probably hasn’t been redecorated since the 1960s. I took a video just so you could see the horribleness of the room, but apparently I deleted it. The room had both a king size bed and a Murphy's bed and the ceiling was in three distinct pieces like a modular home. Very odd.

Wednesday night I had dinner at Ed’s Tee Pee Supper Club. Seriously, that was the name. I was really surprised to walk into the restaurant and see people smoking there. I guess I’ve lived in Boston long enough to forget about smoking in a restaurant.

Friday as I headed south to Madison, I almost hit a turkey as it took off flying low over the road. I’ve never seen a wild turkey flying and I struggled to make sense of what I was seeing—almost to the point of hitting the damn thing.

I’m glad I got to visit a part of the Midwest I haven’t seen before. I was also very glad to get home again. I’ll be gone for two weeks this month so having a week at home first is refreshing.

This list is pretty random and consists mostly of things that make me go “huh?”
  • I don’t get smoking as something pleasurable.
  • I am completely baffled by couples who share a Facebook page. You really need to be that enmeshed?
  • The same thing is true for email addresses. Come on, they are free, get your own.
  • I will never understand sports fans who so hate another team that they threaten physical harm to the players or the fans—and seem to mean it.
  • I don’t get people who relocate to be near grandchildren. Are you that positive your children want you that close by? And what happens if they move?
  • Why do people wear pajamas out in public; for example, to run errands or go to class?
  • Why does one of my cats drool when he’s apparently very happy?
  • What makes someone think it’s a good idea to hold a personal telephone call while in a public bathroom?