Snorkel Hoods Up
This winter is already shaping up to be a weird one. Still no snow on the ground or in the trees. Yet the continental weather map shows Minnesota as the coldest state right now. I’d be in a horrible state if it weren’t for the snorkel hood power that’s keeping me warm. You can’t beat a nice synthetic coyote fur trim.
Friday night was the misses’ office holiday party. Went to Fhima’s for some fine dining and then we had a rented Limo Bus drive us all over hell and back. In the Limo we had a mix on the Hi-Fi that featured songs that had the names of everyone who was along for the ride. You had your ‘Beth’ by Kiss and ‘Jennifer’ by Styx. But the absolute #1 hit of the mix was ‘Michael’ by Franz Ferdinand. That’s a monster song made even better by the Michael in our limo who had created a wonderful spastic dance to go along with the tune. A few things I learned in helping to create this CD mix: 1) It is very helpful if everyone in your party has a very WASPy or biblical name and, 2) Elton John is your go to artists as he tends to name a ton of his songs after WASPy people. This might account for why Elton John is so big at weddings. I wonder if this was a conscious marketing move on his part. Of our small party Elton John could have been used for: Daniel, Timothy, and Emily.
On our way to pick up some of the participants for the party the misses and I got caught up in a bitch of a traffic snarl created by something called the Holidazzle (come and be dazzled). Just from the 10 second glance I got at this junket jubilee, I promised myself that this was one festival I never want any part of.
Saturday, I was recovering. Reading the most ridiculous but highly anticipated (at least in our house) Gorsuch catalog. Can’t quite decide which is more disturbing, these $1,298.00 ostrich boots, or these wretched $898.00 Italian red fox clodhoppers. I will admit to liking this all black James Bond Girl outfit, though.
Saturday peeked when the good news came in that Slint reunion tickets were dialed in for both shows in Chicago. March 2005 can’t get here soon enough! I have waited so long. In other reunion news, the misses got 15th row tickets to her dream reunion concert – Duran Duran.
Also, a plug for the Fort Snelling Club, that was recently visited. The club was once only for officers but it’s now open to the public. It is located on Federal land, which means that the city-wide smoking ban that goes into effect next march will have no jurisdiction over the club. And if that’s not enough, no sales tax on food or booze.