June 09, 2000

I drove something like six hundred miles yesterday and learned a few things in the process:



Bug ichor is clear.  At least that particular bug, and at that particular angle.

Never trust a restaurant whose name is a pun.

The same three women sing the frequency -- "One oh two point seven!" -- of every FM radio station in the country.

The sign that says "See Canyon, Next Right" is directional, not instructional.

You know you're in the boonies when you hit "Seek" on the radio and the first five stations it finds are, in order: religious, religious, country, religious, country.  Also, use of the phrase "Rockin' the tri-counties area!" is a sign from God to speed up.

When you finally give up on finding a quirky local beachside restaurant that isn't either packed or completely lacking in parking and head into IHOP, it's still worth your time to find one that doesn't smell like a wet rag.



 



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