Archive for Travel Tips
More Friday Follies III: Snake-Man Eats Whopper, and More…
I didn’t find any items that are blow-hot-coffee-out-your-nose funny this week, but there’s the usual harvest of food-related whimsy, drollery and eccentricity. Start with luke-warm coffee, just in case…
The Fast Food News reports on a hilarious advert shown in Japan for Burger King’s Triple Whopper. I don’t think it will start any trends, such as [...] Read more »
Homesick Again
I woke up homesick this morning. For a place I visit infrequently, and not since January of 2007. Yang Ming Shan, the mountain park and resort only a city bus ride from downtown Taipei, Taiwan, is the area I mean. In particular, the village of Zhu Zi Hu, or Bamboo Lake in American-speak, was on [...] Read more »
Friday Follies X: The Food X-Files
So the weekend’s upon us, and you want to get out of the house. After all, the honey-do list is overwhelming, the kids are hanging around now that school’s out, and there’s a whole wonderful world waiting for you out there. Of course, with gas prices like they are, you can’t go far, but maybe [...] Read more »
Gentlemen, (Re)Start Those Engines!
Spicy Blog Returns
Life tosses you curve balls; you adjust your stance and swing away. Strike out and you sit on the bench for a while, wondering how Charlie Brown must have felt. Then you play right field for, like, three dog years (that’s five months for most of us) while the other team bats around [...] Read more »
Friday Food Follies V
With Thanksgiving safely behind us, it’s time to return to the greatest continuing series concerning the comedy that is comestibles: Friday Food Follies! We present for your delight and confusion: A donut-dunking turkey; an unconventional use for vodka; and an important food sporting event…
Dateline Wednesday, Hagerstown, MD: Turkey is Man’s Best Friend
Customers of Dunkin’ Donuts [...] Read more »
