Posted on 31st March 2007 by Mike Jones in Mac, Travel
While on our way back from the Carolinas a couple weeks ago, we ran into a bit of trouble. We learned the hard way that mapquest directions TO a destination do not equal directions FROM a destination. The skinny is we could not find the exits we were looking for and got lost on top of the traffic trouble we had.
At one point we began to stress because the map we had with us wasn’t any help with trying to find a way back home. I then remembered my trusty Macbook Pro, and that all I needed was a wifi connection. So I jumped off the nearest exit and hoped for a hotspot location. There it was, a 24-hour Starbucks – in West Virginia of all places! Unbelievable I tell you! I couldn’t seem to find a Starbucks with wifi while in the Carolinas but WV has a 24-hour Starbucks… I didn’t even know there was such a beast!
Anyway, I was able to pull up the net, grab some new directions and make it home. Saved by Starbucks and my Mac!
Ok, so with a little help from my friends, I surprised my wife for her birthday last night and took her out to dinner and a movie. She’s got the basic rundown here.
We went with one of my friend’s recommendations for restaurants and let me tell you, it was pretty good. You can tell this guy where you are going and what kind of food you’re looking for and he’ll tell you the best places to go. So far he has been right-on with every place he’s sent me to (thanks Scott)!
We went to this place and totally loved it – one of my new favorite places to go in Geneva… good stuff and even somewhat healthy.
I knew my wife wanted go see “Blades of Glory” with Jon Heder and Will Farrell. Since, it was opening night we got our tickets early and got in line early – and got good seats. A couple of things about the movie… you need to know that I think Will Farrell is usually pretty funny. You also need to know that you should be in one of those stupid moods to go see it. I thought it was a good movie, very funny, but I think both of those guys have been funnier. It helped that there was a theater FULL of people laughing at the same stuff I laughed at (tends to amplify things a bit – mob mentality I guess). Don’t know if it would have been as funny at home.
Still funny though… and my wife had a blast which made it totally worth it.
Was just reminded of this SNL skit by one of the blogs I read, Hale Yeah! Considering my wife and kids are dissecting a cow eyeball today for school, it seemed to fit with the day’s theme.
This is one of the funniest Saturday Night Live skits I’ve ever seen and our music team at The Orchard talks about it almost weekly during rehearsal.
If you haven’t seen it, you have to check it out. If you have, you might want to watch it again for a good laugh!
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Yet another of my children hooked on Starbucks… I really should start getting some type of commission from them for building future patrons
Got a chance to go out on a Daddy-Daughter date with my oldest, Faith, tonight. We made a deal with her and her siblings that after they read a certain number of books (for school) that they would get to go out on a date with their Mom or I to anywhere they wanted to go.
Faith chose Red Lobster because she’s never had lobster and was curious what it tasted like. Probably not my first choice in terms of places to try this delicacy but more within the budget than other places. We had a great time! She’s growing up fast and I very much enjoyed getting to spend some one-on-one time with her tonight. Of course no date or evening out on the town would be complete without a trip to Starbucks. Don’t worry this one is also decaf (though she fought harder than her brother did the last time).
She’s a great kid… er I mean young adult and I am very proud of her. She is very intelligent and very beautiful and I can see God already using her in awesome ways. I look forward to the years of ministry that are before her and to seeing her blossom as a Jesus follower. I hope that she got a glimpse of how a man should respect her and treat her when taking her out – when that day comes around in about 20 years (ok, ok, I’m sure it will be sooner than that but hey, I’m a dad!) Ha! Seriously she won’t be dating
While on our way back from the Carolinas a couple weeks ago, we ran into a bit of trouble. We learned the hard way that mapquest directions TO a destination do not equal directions FROM a destination. The skinny is we could not find the exits we were looking for and got lost on top of the traffic trouble we had.
