Icepocalypse 2013… The aftermath
Venit. Vidit. Vicit.
It came. It saw. It kicked our ass.
Snow is a rare and beautiful sight in Dallas. Ice, on the other hand, seems to come all too often…
Tagged: cold
Snowpocalypse 2013… Has it begun?
The best part of living in Dallas is the weather. Except when it isn’t. I constantly marvel that I can comfortably drive my convertible top-down most every week of the year. It seems, however, that Canada wanted to share some misery and shipped us a metric arse-ton of cold air…
I couldn’t find Wickett this morning…
After being completely or partially incapacitated for nearly two months, it felt great to do something last night. Two somethings, actually… I changed the oil in the RX-8 and I replaced the ignition element in my upstairs furnace. The oil change went Exxon Valdez when the cold temps apparently took their toll on my catch pan and caused it to spring a small leak. Even after the impressive spill in part...
Some random musings over a mis-spent weekend
We started the weekend on Friday evening the way we start most weekends. Stuffing our faces. This time, we’d ventured over to Aparicio’s at 18th and Avenue K for some Mexier Tex-mex. They did not disappoint. We hung out longer than usual and eventually wandered over to Braum’s for ice cream. Nothing like a little frozen dairy to warm you up on a cold Texas Friday night. My original Saturday...
Gone to Carolina (in my mind?)
We took a little jaunt to Carolina last week so that Amanda could spend some time with her dad during his first week of radiation and chemo. They had a great time together in Durham and managed to consume more barbecue than I did. I’m going to have to work harder on that part in a few weeks when we head back up for Christmas. I did manage to spend some...
