My Random Keys

Getting around to sharing a few photos that were living on my phone. Paying homage to Arsenio, these sites made me pause for a moment to reflect on my world.


Spending time in San Diego with my girlfriend, I came across this delectable snack offered at a wine tasting venue.  A) My images of 'pinkies raised' wine drinkers and eating Sheep Nuts were totally in conflict with each other.  B) I momentarily tried to be in the manufacturer's mindset when naming the product. I mean, was it the taste? The appearance? What?!  C) Sheep Nuts to the west, Mountain Oysters to the East, and I'm feeling pretty dang normal here in the middle.





I'm not perfect by any means, (no examples please), but the sign at a local elementary school made me pause.  Sad thing is, this isn't the first photo I've taken of this particular sign.







I'm so proud of the high school students here.  After 12 years of school and they are learning to edit their work.  *head shaking*

-Yes, this was taken from my truck. No, we weren't moving. Notice the brake lights.


Some day I should post my collection of "Our School Doesn't Know Which Side of the Texas Flag Is The Top" photos.  But for now, remember that we must learn from our mistaks.  ;)

I'm sitting here stymied. Not that my ADD has anything to do with it, SQUIRREL!!, but two questions have stopped some of my great progress tonight. Maybe you have the key to the answers.

1. I'm hanging pictures in the new house. In the process, I'm taking some older photos out of their frames and replacing with new wonderful pictures of the mancubs. So, where do those older photos go now? I printed most of them, so I have the originals in my iPhoto library. But they are pictures of my kids. Isn't there some great karmetic rule about throwing away photos of your kids? I already have boxes of photos from the classroom days and more boxes of photos from pre-digital camera days. Do I add to them with these? And although someone is bound to suggest it, I don't feel like explaining to grandmother why this year's Mother's Day present is a 8x10 of the mancubs three years ago.

And almost as importantly,

2. Hanging pictures was making me hungry, thus the run to the pantry. Being healthy minded (at that moment), I grabbed a can of fruit and started my nice snack. I like eating those little Mandarin Oranges, but after staring down at that bowl full of little mushy orange pupae for a few moments, I had to wonder. "Who peels all of these little slices so freak'n perfectly that there is NO clingy white pre-skin on them?

The winner of tonight's question series will win a lifetime supply of air, thoughtfully delivered in a new Ronco Colander.

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." -George Bernard Shaw