In the song “King’s Lead Hat”, Brian Eno claims that “the passage of [his] life is measured out in shirts.” Time and motion, motion failed. I’m going to talk about something other than shirts.
Instead, what I have “collected” in the last few years and worn have been wristbands, as shown in the photo below.
Every state has places that you’ve never heard of, even if you live in the state. You always see those maps with the “top name of a place” in the state.
One of those top names I have driven past, but never been to. In Iowa, there’s a place called What Cheer.
But, let’s talk about places in my current state.
Continue readingWow, it’s been a while since I have blogged! It’s a Mobile Style, though. As usual, the title could have a few different interpretations.
But it’s not the Young Men’s Christian Association. It’s not short for Yes… Although it could be. It’s not a Wisconsin county trunk highway.
Consider the following picture!
It’s an electric pole! When I used to drive to Kansas City (whether as driver or passenger), this pole, in St Joe, was a landmark to indicate I was getting close. It was also memorable on a return trip from KC, as we exited to eat at Denny’s off Exit 47… And being that trip was Science Olympiad, I ordered dihydrogen monoxide to drink!
But I like considering other landmarks on road trips. Examples:
Of course, that pole is far away from halfway. But, Samantha’s Waze showed it’s about the two thirds… From central Missouri back to Lincoln. We visited her sister in her new place for the first time, and it was a fun weekend!
This post is short enough to not need a separator. I just figured that I would write a post since it has been two weeks.
On many states’ license plates, the generic plates involve letters and/or numbers in some pattern. For example, Wisconsin plates (when I moved) had the form 123-ABC, but now have the form ABC-1234.
In Nebraska, the plates in Douglas (1), Lancaster (2), and Sarpy (59) Counties are of the form ABC 123 (no dash).
However, as seen in the heavily-redacted picture above, license plates in the other counties are of the form (county)-A123.
WAIT! Look a little more carefully at the dash.
It’s the outline of the state of Nebraska! However, this only appears on the plates for cars. The dash on truck license plates is just a regular dash.
This state-outline-instead-of-dash also appears in several other states’ license plates, including Texas, Tennessee, and Minnesota. It’d be interesting to see how many states do something like this.
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Year 6 Begins: 6 days
Sam & Steven: 19 days
Chagim: 32 days
Several years ago, I wrote about “whom you are with” as I was reflecting on some weekends of loneliness in Menomonie. Evidently I’m also going to post something about May 1, 2011… maybe I’ll do that tomorrow!
Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.
But what about today?
Never A Worry 