It’s not sweltering because it’s not Michigan. I hear there is a fire going on somewhere in the state but it is not here.
But it was 105 today.
Yeah, but it’s a dry heat.
I got up, threw on my jeans and a t-shirt, jumped in the jeep and tore out of the driveway.
Then I turned around, went back home, threw the luggage in the vehicle and woke the kids to say goodbye for a few days.
Ran into work, stopped long enough to throw together one last panicky overnight box and issue a few vague orders and ran out the door there, too.
The airport was interesting. An absolutely scary lady was heading right towards me and in my state it’s hard for me to change direction rapidly. It was a collision course in the making. She had some kind of fake wig, a big old mu-mu, mis-shapen face, five o’clock shadow, large nose, and huge pores… I was freaking out because we were heading right towards each other. Then, about fifty feet away she veered off.
Yes, painkillers and Red Bull™ are quite a combination to behold.
I might have said something silly earlier about first class accommodations on the flight, complete with footrubs, aromatherapy, chocolate fondue, and all-you-can-eat-ribs. Seriously, can you see me flying First Class?
The coffee was pretty good though.
Waited 30 minutes outside in sunny Dallas heat, which since it was a dry heat was quite pleasant.
The van ride to the hotel was… interesting… but that is a story for another day.
Cruel Wife says that even though I’d rather be at home, I need to take her out to dinner to treat her after all the good food I’m going to have eaten down here.
I told her that I was going to eat nothing but root vegetables while down here.
I just finished a Rutaburger with turnip fries and a Jerusalem artichoke puree. Picture of that tomorrow if I can find the USB cable to the camera.
For now, I have to rest. I’m wiped.
Been watching “Troy” on SyFy (worst damn name for a channel I’ve ever seen). It’s easily the worst Homerism I’ve seen yet today. Maybe some people liked it. I was underwhelmed. Which is too bad since generally I like Pitt and Bana.
You reminded me of when I lived in Tx and all the times I arrived back at DFW from a trip: the plane would descend and land and taxi to the gates, and while all this was happening the cabin was getting warmer and warmer.
Then….they would open the cabin door…and what I called “the sodden blanket” would smack you in the face as the local temp and humidity made its presence felt. It was like a wall….
Well sure it isn’t like NO humidity but it is better than Michigan when it is on a roll.
I found it to be more like on the Handord site – just hot.
Just 105*?? When did DFW get a cold front?
And the fire is about 50 miles west of where you are right now, LK.
House sure would, so yes.
And Troy sucked at seven orders of magnitude.
Yep. Troy sucked like hard vacuum (10-9 Torr), except for that magnificent and uniquely lethal stab-wound Brad Pitt casually inflicted on that big idiot in the beginning.
Many years ago I interviewed Williams International (creators of that original 60′s James Bond-like jet pack, I believe) outside Detroit: what scared me away from the area and the quite-lucrative offer they made was the harsh winters.
I’m sure Troy sucked (I only saw the previews and expected that), but Brad Pitt did look awesomely hot in his armor, wielding the sword. Wait. I didn’t write that out loud, did I? Plug your eyes, LK. >.> (whistles quietly while looking away…) Somehow, I doubt any of the real soldiers in Troy looked half as as good as Hollywood makes them, but they looked quadruply dangerous.
ooGcM, you made a good call on Detroit. The first winter we lived here, snow lasted until May. This desert girl nearly turned herself into a pretzel with revulsion and disgust.
ooGcM, I’d go so far as to say Troy sucked and blew at the same time. Normally that is a physical impossibility.
The winters wear on one but at least the Detroit-Metro area and surroundings (SE MI) is spared from some of the harshest cold and snow, relative to say, Buffalo, N.Y. or Illinois.
Good thing I look just like Brad Pitt and you look just like Salma or we’d both be insecure.
That was one thing I hated about the movie – everyone looked flawless, which is pure BS.
IIRC, that flick (Troy) came out about the time Orlando Bloom was reputed to be a Nebula Boy (I’m still not sure about him and his reputed liaisons with Gandalf), and – yes – everyone looked pretty in it. Even the bad guys.
There were a number of “feelings and nuances” about the film that didn’t sit right with me. There were scenes where there were so many whitened sets of teeth showing that I’m sure they had to do two takes – the second with the camera f-stopped waaaaay down. Tell you what – I’m about sick of battery-powered smiles. Why not just wear a set of electric teeth and be done with it?
CW – Detroit was the only job offer I have ever turned down because of environment. Its no wonder the area is a ghost town now. The winter up there is awful! And its not just because they are “north”. Its those damned lakes up there! The thermal-mass and stored energy, together, really give a weather front some leverage.
And – I swear – there is just something about the Detroit area that pisses off Mother Nature.
ooGcM, Detroit is also a ghost town because it is a shithole. No amount of global warming could improve it since weather isn’t the real underlying cause.
Detroit suffers from openly unapologetic corrupt leadership and a lack of anyone willing to live there because of a huge population of useless people that can’t seem to get their shit in gear/order.
Why yes, I loathe Detroit. Why do you ask?
So…you would have liked the movie more if the cast was a bunch of out-of-shape, ugly slobs?
Hope you’re feeling better! And don’t work too hard!
Frankly… yes. Casts of nothing but “pretty people” makes me think that all the movie-makers want is to make big bucks and looks count for more than talent.
[admittedly that isn't a new phenomenon]
The Lion in Winter – we need more movies of that caliber and less formulaic crank-stuff-out garbage.