Back in early May I decided to hit up a different taco truck in Ames other than Rico’s Tacos. This is rare for me, but I decided I would stretch my wings a little bit. So I went to El Primo. This was also the day of the Kentucky Derby,… Read More »Taco ‘Bout It: East Lincoln Way Field Work
This food adventure actually took place before my work trip to Philadelphia. But I was so hot to trot to get those Philly Cheesesteaks out into the tubes of the interwebs that I pushed this one back a full 7 weeks. But that isn’t to impugn this meal or this… Read More »Cluck! Cluck! – Beaverdale Field Work
Time for the final collection of cell phone pictures from my work trip to Philadelphia. Even though this post is titled Philly Grub: Day 7, I didn’t actually have any food in Philadelphia The flight was too early for me to get any breakfast in Philadelphia. And I don’t really… Read More »Philly Grub: Day 7
If Day 4 was my favorite day in Philly and Day 5 was my least favorite, the Day 6 was near the top. It was the last full day in Philadelphia and I did have to work, but it wasn’t exactly a full work day. Even though I think I… Read More »Philly Grub: Day 6
Last week I covered what was my favorite day of my Philadelphia trip. The day that I got to hang out with Sarah and Tim. This day was probably my least favorite day. The day I had to listen to incessant whining and eventually had to check out from human… Read More »Philly Grub: Day 5
Time to share cell phone pictures from Day 4 of my work trip to Philadelphia. Truth be told, this was probably my favorite day. Even though I had to work. Even though I didn’t have a single Philly Cheesesteak. It was because I got see my cousin Sarah and her… Read More »Philly Grub: Day 4
Time to share the cell phone pictures from Day 3 of my work trip to Philadelphia. This was the first day I had to work as they finally started to get our booth put together enough for us to start setting up. This meant I didn’t really eat lunch and… Read More »Philly Grub: Day 3
Today is Steph’s birthday so I need to wish her a happy birthday! Happy Birthday!! Day 2 in Philadelphia ended up being a surprise day off. Usually that is a setup day, but the convention crew didn’t have the Computer Mine booth remotely put together. Yay! Surprise day off! I… Read More »Philly Grub: Day 2
Time to start sharing my recent food adventure in Philadelphia. This was a work trip, so all the food was on the Computer Mine’s dime. At least hopefully. We will once again do a per diem check to see if I was able to cover 7 days of food with… Read More »Philly Grub: Day 1
We are done with the food adventures in Austin, but we aren’t returning to an exactly normal food adventure. It is a food adventure from around here, but the restaurant is the family restaurant of the lady friend of a good friend of mine. So, while it was fantastic, I’m… Read More »Steak-umm: Altoona Field Work
The 6th day of my Computer Mine Conference trip was just the trip home. After Day 5, this is what was left in my per diem account: $257.98 Our flight was too early in the morning for me to even hit the RP Club for breakfast. No breakfast. Cell phone… Read More »Trip Home from Austin
Happy Easter everybody! Christ is risen! Here is the Easter Devotional I would like to share: Many churches of all denominations begin worship on Easter Sunday by singing “Christ the Lord is Risen Today.” Charles Wesley’s lyrics wonderfully celebrate how Jesus’ resurrection is God’s victory over death, and call us to tell the… Read More »Austin Grub: Day 5
Time for Day 4 of my food adventure in Austin, Texas. This was the 2nd day of the Computer Mine Conference and is by far the longest day. It involves going to a costume party and having lots awkward small talk. It is an extremely long day, but at least… Read More »Austin Grub: Day 4
Time for Day 3 of my food adventure in Austin, Texas. This is the first day the Computer Mine Conference was actually going on. Which means that some of my meals would start being free. After Day 2, this is what was left in my per diem account: $292.32 I… Read More »Austin Grub: Day 3
Time for Day 2 of my food adventure in Austin, Texas. The lame one. With all the music and no SPAM Museum. After Day 1, this is what was left in my per diem account: $317.90 Lowell and I began putting the rooms (that were available to us) together about… Read More »Austin Grub: Day 2
The next few food adventures are going to concentrate on the cell phone pictures I took on my recent work trip to Austin. The food pictures in this post are regrettably pretty terrible. I apologize for that a head of time. On the positive though, the food was delicious! Since… Read More »Austin Grub: Day 1
Just a reminder… don’t forget to get your bracket filled out for Year 20 of THE ROUNDBALL ORACLES. Go here to join in the fun: ROUNDBALL ORACLES – YEAR 20 I see about 10 of you have already filled out your brackets. Good. Good to see. The rest of you… Read More »Big Boy: West of Carroll
It is time once again for the greatest sporting event of year. It is that time known as March Madness. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Once again, I will be sponsoring a NCAA Tournament Pool. There is no cost to enter the pool, except for pride. And if pride is… Read More »Gluteny: Nevada Field Work
Today Bokeh turns 1. So I must wish her a happy birthday! Bokeh should be home all day, unless we go to the park after I get off work. So you may come over at any time to give her a birthday present! Can you believe that this is the… Read More »Post 5,500
Good news! No, great news! I have finished updating another page on the website! WooHoo! The Calendar page is now changed and ready for mass viewing. The Calendar page is a great resource for 2 things. First, it is where the digital Photography 139 Calendar resides. This is a great… Read More »Food Truckin’: Clear Lake Field Work
A few weeks back I heard that Zombie Burger was going to have a Godzilla themed ramen pop-up restaurant. It was unclear how long it would last, so I knew I had to get there as soon as possible. It might be around for years, but I couldn’t take the… Read More »Go Go Godzilla! East Village Field Work