Making up a word is fundamentally profound, right? Anyway, just some random thoughts about things I heard. Like at dinner last night, Jeff off-handedly said, “You only live once.” Swan responded with, “No, you only die once. You live every day.” That resonated with me for some reason. And while we were doing the Candy Walk yesterday, a new name came to mind: Decay Dance. Swan didn’t get it until I showed her the definition of decadence. And while we were having lunch the other day, the background music was Christmas songs. I announced that during the “ber” months, there are only twenty-five letters in the alphabet. The other folks at the table gave me a funny look, and then I pointed out that the song being played was “Noel.” Yeah, I won’t quit my day job. Oh, wait. I don’t have one.
On then to the usual LTG drivel, starting with the Candy Walk Decay Dance:
Neighbors Jeff and Davina invited us to join them for dinner at Texas Joe’s on SBMA. TJ’s features the best damn grilled meat I’ve had since moving here, and it had been too long since my last visit, so I jumped at the opportunity. We left at four to beat the traffic and enjoy a pre-dinner beverage at an SBMA bar I’ve walked by but never ventured inside (they don’t open until four p.m., and I walk in the mornings).
Then we loaded up and headed to Texas.
After dinner, Jeff wanted to try one of the rooftop bars we’ve heard about but never visited. We found one on top of a nearby SBMA hotel.
But we weren’t done quite yet. On the way home we stopped in Barretto for a nightcap at Queen Victoria.
Jeff has his clock timer set for 8 p.m. as a reminder that beer o’clock has come to an end. It went off, and so were we. It was great being out and seeing something new and enjoying a great meal with friends.
Today marks one week without running water. It sucks, there’s no getting used to that. I’ve developed a bathing technique that is basically a sponge bath (well, washcloth) and a rinse. But damn, pouring that cold water over my head at the end is something I dread. I’m told they have begun the pipe repair work, so hopefully things will be flowing again soon.
It’s easy to rag on the Philippines and its third-world nature of essential utilities like water service, but in the June 2013 LTG archives, I came across a post where I ranted about the lack of service I was dealing with in the good old USA.
For today’s YouTube video I’m going to share something else I posted here twelve years ago: teenagers reacting to hearing Gangnam Style for the first time. It’s still funny to see all these years later. And yes, this is one of my favorite Korean songs.
Want some more to laugh about?
That’s enough wordplay for today, don’t you think? I’ll try to do better tomorrow.
“No, you only die once. You live every day.”
But once you die, you’re dead every day—and for a lot longer than you were alive. Not that you’ll care, of course.
Our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.
—Vladimir Nabokov, being his usual, cheery self
And while we were doing the Candy Walk yesterday, a new name came to mind: Decay Dance. Swan didn’t get it until I showed her the definition of decadence.
Oh. I’d immediately thought it was a play on “tooth decay.” As in: spreading joy and tooth decay to all the kiddies in the neighborhood.
Heading out loaded down with bags of candy. Those teeth aren’t going to decay on their own.
So I’m not the only one thinking about candy and teeth.
Swan gave that horny cow a wide berth.
Looks like a two-headed cow to me.
The road ahead wasn’t paved with yellow bricks.
Ah, the joys of poor drainage. Korea has those problems, too. Come to think of it, so do the States. Specifically, Route 66 eastbound, not far from the Centreville exit, during a nasty summer storm. So bad that you’ll start hydroplaning at 35 mph.
Maybe Trump could incorporate some broken beer bottles into the border wall.
At first glance, those shards looked like a mass of butterflies settled there.
Thanks for nothing English.
What’s missing?
The picture caption says, “The interior of Sloppy Joe’s ” and it looks just like Texas Joe’s
Terry, Oops! Fixed it now. Damn, my tired old brain keeps getting worse and worse.
Kevin, yes, the not caring once you’re gone part is probably the most comforting aspect of death. In the meantime, even my nothing days are better than eternal darkness.
Yep, the “Decay Dance” is all about spreading cavities and flipping the bird to all the naysayers who disapprove.
It seems there is a common denominator in government services worldwide; roads are but one example of the incompetence.
I didn’t see the butterfly effect, but glass shards aren’t as ugly as the barbed wire rolls you usually see on top of fences.
The comma after nothing is missing. I think bad punctuation is a prerequisite when writing memes.