I think that this is where all kinds of stuff goes.
I was on the brink of one of my soon to be patented all-night late-nights – so I stopped on the way home at a little convenience store to get a big hot tea.
I know that I could have made tea at home – but I figured that at the store – they would have the one magic ingredient that my cupboard was missing . . . lemon. I was wrong – they were a lemon-free zone.
Any-hoo, I went in – it was slightly after 11:00 at night – and the place was surprisingly busy. I went over to the tea station – made my tea – and listened to some of the verbal shenanigans that were going on around me. Once the sugar was in and the tea was made – I went to the line and waited.
Are you wondering why I’m telling you this seemingly banal (“the state of being commonplace; something without freshness or originality, insipid”) story about nothing much more than nothing?? Well – then I am glad that you have made it this far – because here comes the payoff.
When I got to the front to pay, the bill came up to $1.42 (I had gotten the big big big size). I already had a dollar in my hand – but dug into my pocket to see if I had the change. I pulled out exactly 42 cents. I exclaimed “OH! Look . . . forty-two cents on the nose!” The cashier then – without breaking stride and in the best way I can imagine this line being delivered said “Yeah man. Ain’t nobody better than you – man . . .”
It was the greatest.
He gets a gold star.
So – big news from the news desk – here in Coffee-Can Alley – maybe big news – that is – or maybe a hoax!
The other night I was driving home and it was dark – like how it gets at night – and right in front of us (really really far in front) – there was a light – like a super-slow-motion shooting star. Only much much bigger. I got all hoppity and started dancing about seeing a spaceship – while pushing the other scary thought back into my head (missle). My passenger then started to say the term “Space junk” over and over.
The car became a back and forth between “I think we just saw a spaceship” and her saying “Nothing but space junk.” Back and forth and back and forth.
Then I found this website where someone else had seen it
Here is his little story:
Full Description of event/sighting: My fiancée and I were driving home from dinner when we were stopped at a light. She asked me what time it is and I noted that it was exactly 8:00pm. Then I looked up to the sky (as I do much of the time when I’m a passenger) and spotted it. We both saw what appeared to be a “shooting star” except that it was traveling much slower. It’s speed still far exceeded that of any jet, airplane, or man made object, but was present for 4 – 5 seconds. The strange thing was that this star-like object had light being emitted from around it’s sides and there was a darker shape in the center so it looked quite man-made. The object’s path was parabolic heading downwards and towards the east. For a minute, I honestly thought it was a missile heading towards New York City, however, a missile does not fly in a parabolic manner. Judging by the other sightings I’ve read about, UFOs seem to travel in erratic straight lines that drastically change directions. This object did not travel in such a way. The object traveled in a single direction that seemed to head down and east simultaneously.
Pretty nifty! So I guess that I can cross that off of my old bucket list – eh?! Saw a spaceship flying around the nighttime sky . . . And even if it was just some boring old space junk (I mean what is “space junk” anyway?!) – that certainly isn’t as much fun to think of as seeing a ship – so I’ll just stick with my story.
What is going on – kittens?!
I took a bit of a break – probably went to some island with some beach and drank some sort of local exotic fruit cocktail with whipped cream while watching y trusty sidekick (Socks) rolling in the sand and running from the splash of the ocean waves . . . Or – maybe I just ran around the Jersey of Jerseytown and made good on some of the more festive traditions of the season – while desperately trying to avoid the dipping temperatures that dipped and dipped and dipped a little more – – – I maybe did one or the other – – – it is tough to decide which. did you even notice?
Did you holiday? What did you do? Was it more fun – more fun – than stew? Did you open some presents – a lot – or a few? What did you do? What did you do??
The fun thing is that it is poised to be a big month – either big – great – or big booooooooooo . . . and while there are a couple of secrets that I still need to hide up in my sleeves – there is a bunch of stuff that is already done that I can finally roll out and show you.
So – sit back – relax – and wonder – I mean – really wonder what is going on with Snowflake up there – his friends sure are a bunch of odd ducks . . .
Hooray and more hooray!
We will be back in a couple of weeks – huzzah!!
