Saturday, November 17, 2007

Good Weekend

OK, my last 6 posts have all been about what I don't like (evangelizing, Myspace, lack of privacy, Glenn Beck, hubris). Lest you think I'm depressed all the time, here are some highlights of a bitchin' weekend:
  • -- Dinner out with E-Slice (Eric) and the family for his birthday at a small sushi place called Tokyo Lobby. Great straight up sushi plus some goofy specialties like Monkey Brains (deep-fried stuffed mushroom with crab meat and spicy tuna). Top it off with tempura banana with ice cream for dessert. yum.

  • -- One of the best special exhibits that we've ever seen at the Arizona Science Center - Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition. It was instructive , had a lot of stuff (doors, windows, dishes, clothes, etc.) and was thematically well put together.



  • -- Lunch Saturday at Uncle Sam's in Phoenix. Big portions and some of the better hoagies and cheesesteaks in Phoenix.

  • -- Used book shopping at Bookman's (a local chain) and Half Price Books. I hit the jackpot today getting 3 Neil Gaiman books (American Gods, Neverwhere, and Good Omens), Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon and C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia. I've been in a rut for the last couple of years of buying almost nothing but non-fiction. So, I'm trying to balance out with some good sci-fi.



  • -- Plus, Thursday, I went to my first Suns game of the year - a win versus da Bulls.

So, I do occasionally enjoy myself between bouts of pulling my hair out over our country going to hell in a hand basket. "Can't rain all the time ..." as the Crow would say.



4 comments:

shrimplate said...

We saw the Titanic exhibit the first time around, and it was amazing.

CyberKitten said...

Bitchin' indeed...

I *knew* you weren't just doom & gloom [rotflmao]

Now just to get people to think that *I* have good times/thoughts too... [chuckle]

Laura said...

There's something called the Good News Network - not biblical - but it's a collection of real good news stories. It's kind of a pick me up after watching CNN....

We missed the Titanic exhibit when it was here in Chicago. Maye it'll come back.

dbackdad said...

CK - It's funny how a majority of people believe that atheists are depressed all the time. You know what would make me depressed? Being told from the time I was born that I was going to hell. Gotta love those Catholics (Hopefully Michelle won't read this comment. lol).

Laura- That's a cool site. I hadn't heard about it before but have it bookmarked now. Thx.