prince albert

Do you have Prince Albert in the can?

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mariachi stamps arrived

My mariachi stamps came from the Post Office. I think I have ordered enough to last through the rest of my life as stamp usage around here is down to nothing.

These follow my Harvey Milk and Coffee Drinks stamps that are all gone.

weird “godly” businesses

I just had a local HVAC business run an ad on the FB feed. The “serve God” in the ad got my curiosity up to visit the website. Site full of “love God, serve the lord, solutions can be found in the lord.”

Literally the last place I’d turn for service.

I feel like if I locked horns with the business for some reason, as a customer I’d be instantly defeated by the “lord.” The business: “it’s not us, we are of God, it’s YOU Godless customer.”

Just let me find a business that serves the customer without being so weird. The techs can swear and smoke out in the yard if they wish.

truffle oil chips

I have not heard of this flavor before, so I bought a package to try. Delicious.

I almost got the dill pickle.

wedding site

I was looking at a wedding website. Deep rich meanings read into everything. I couldn’t help but grimace.

I was unprepared for the “sign up for our newsletter” and the online ordering from the registry.

The more people you invite, the more stuff you get.

Break up, now! lol

a memory of a friend

Thinking of a good friend who recently passed.

She was talking to me in the church lobby about a movie she saw at the cinema the day before. She picked it out without knowing anything about it and was disappointed that it turned out to be a musical.

“Why do they have to sing everything when they can just say it?”

From across the lobby came a voice:

“Why just say everything when you can sing it?”

Fond of this quirky memory of a nice friend.

bus bathroom – mexico – 1988

My brother and I took an overnight bus from Guadalajara to Mexico City about 1988. First-class busses are nice, but the ride is long and tiring.

About dawn there was still some time left before getting into Mexico City, so I thought, and I had to go to the bathroom. A real session. Sitting.

I always travel with my own roll of TP, so I was set.

I got in there, and the translucent glass with a view to the outside had been replaced with clear. Weird, but no problem as we were still out in the country.

As I got going, suddenly we were in multi-lane slow-moving Mexico City traffic with many vehicles as high as the bathroom window, and then some.

Oh well, I’d never see any of them again. I imagined the other drivers thinking, “look at that white gringo ass pressed against that window.”

Memorable.

new usps mariachi stamps

USPS has released mariachi stamps. Just ordered some.

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/14/1116953193/usps-stamps-mariachi-music

pineapple

Slice up a whole pineapple. Eat all of it. I can’t stop. 🍍

another rented vw

Two more VW pics from Mexico. I don’t remember the year. Maybe 2001 or before. It was before we started using digital cameras.