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Archive for March 5th, 2007

Monday, have mercy.

March 05, 2007 By: Southpaw Jones Category: Interesting? 2 Comments →

Is This Interesting?
Thoughts/feelings that just might not matter:

I can’t believe I’m back here in this office. That weekend flew by with one arm outstretched like Superman. Friday, Maggie and I hit up Matt the Electrician’s CD release celebration at the Saxon Pub, where the band sounded grrrreat!

Saturday, we headed to Houston for my cousin Randi Lynn’s wedding. It was a lovely affair, and Randi is the last of my four cousins to tie the knot. That means the silly, traditional family pressure is now solely on me.

“You’re next, ____,” they’d jest all sing-songish, the only people in my life who still call me by my real name.
“When are we gonna get an invitation to your wedding?”
“Why didn’t you try to catch the garter?”
“You know, if you wait too long, you’re gonna be too set in your ways for marriage.”
Sigh.

If only it had any affect whatsoever. These people’s marriages are like those Geico caveman commercials. They look like fun, and I don’t turn my head when they come around, but that doesn’t mean I’m thinking about switching companies any time soon.

We had dinner with my mother and stayed the night with Maggie’s parents before heading back to Austin yesterday. Good times and hospitality all around. Maggie likes to point out cows and flowers on the roadside, and there were many of both resting in the sunshine.

I made it back to my place in time to hit the Town Lake Hike & Bike Trail for six miles before dark. It’s amazing how much my attitude has changed toward exercise. I get back from a weekend trip, and before I watch the latest Netflix offering, before I meander on the Ethernet, before I make plans for dinner, I absolutely have to get some miles in. Especially when the weather is beautiful and the kite festival, while waning, is still offering quite a bit of sky candy.

It wasn’t a great week for total mileage, however. I only got at it three out of six days, earning 16 miles for the Southpaw Jones Virtual Excursion des Pieds. But that’s a total of 207.4 miles for the year, and those miles have landed me in…

Kennard, Texas!

What to say about Kennard? Well, it was started as a community built around a mill in 1899, and by 1912, it was a quite a decent town with a population of 600. But, alas, the mill ate up all the trees in the area and closed down. The population is now just 317. But it’s a fine place to virtually hunker down, and they’re all nice people.

Well, 316 of them are nice, anyhow. I’m looking at you, Roy.

Rhyme Time!
One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words: