On Thursday night, SMA and I went to Ott’s Bar-B-Q. Evidently my review was so enticing, he had to try it. Actually, he wanted to check out the vinegar based barbeque as he had been a big fan of Dreamland Bar-B-Que in Birmingham. It too was vinegar based.
It had already been a long day for SMA. He had just completed the first of two days of the bar examination. The test ran from 8 am to 4 pm. He gave his best effort but had no way of gauging his success. There were three other Cumberland students in attendance. Otherwise, he saw no one he knew.
SMA ate. I did not. Like me, he was not overly impressed with Ott’s sauce, finding it had too much vinegar. Unlike me ate in the restaurant which allowed him to substitute “Cindy’s Sweet” sauce which he said was far better than the basic sauce. He was also impressed with the restaurant’s interior and potato salad.
We did feel cheated by the Touch Tunes jukebox. SMA saw an advertisement on the machine for Sigur Rós, prompting him to pay $1 (for three selections). He soon found that they did not have that album after all. So if you go there hoping to hear some Icelandic music, do not be fooled. Instead, he chose a Radiohead song, The Rolling Stones’ “Paint It Black” and left the final selection to me as there was not a suitable third option. I picked The Grateful Dead’s Touch of Grey.” Not surprisingly, he was not overly thrilled with my choice
Afterwards, we went to Michael’s. Two guys entering an arts and crafts retail store is not gay in the least. We were there to pick up six items he had the store frame. I learned that the official colors for the University of Tennessee are “blaze orange” and “white sale.”
As an aside is there any retail store that does not carry Hannah Montana merchandise?
Afterwards, I met JTH and Mr. and Ms. X at the home of Mr. X. Not only was his niece Pyper there, but also his brother-in-law’s niece, Cheyenne. Pyper is intensely jealous of Cheyenne so naturally we paid Cheyenne a tremendous amount of attention. It was quite comical to watch Pyper try to steal Cheyenne’s thunder. This was the result when I asked Cheyenne if I could get a picture of her. Pyper (on the right) had to be in it too!
Naturally we ate supper at Applebees. It is amazing how few servers are familiar with our discount cards. It actually makes us feel especially important as so few people have them.
The big news of the night was that the basketball court at church was sanded down and the lines erased for the first time ever. The court will soon be operational again. Mr. X is anxious to get back on a team in the church league.
In closing, if anyone with connections in the legal system reads this, I think subjecting criminals to Delilah’s radio program would be a great crime deterrent. Then again, it might be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
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