Vette comfort, hostile gnome, east coast trip, hits

21May

Vette comfort, hostile gnome, east coast trip, hits

I’ve noticed that having the Vette in the garage is almost akin to a security blanket for me. Yea it sounds silly. But when I am taking out the trash and come back up the driveway and see the Vette sitting there looking ominous yet content to be in my garage it gives me a sense of calm. It’s hard to explain why having a certain automobile would generate that type of feeling, yet it does. It may just be that I always thought about having a Vette, I always imagined it was something that was unlikely to happen, yet there it sits. Never mind it is 16 years old, has a laundry list of problems and cost less than 5k. It still makes me feel better. Of course there are many other things that make me content and happy, this just happens to be one of them.

The gnome has been either very bored or just agitated from being ruled by Amish that think they are smarter than him. He has been trying to get under my skin behind the scenes. However I realize his situation for what it is. I have sympathy for his plight, it isn’t easy being so small so I choose to let him vent without contributing to his sorrow.

The car is packed. We are leaving right from work to go to Singer Island on the east coast. Nicki will be along for the ride. It will be a new experience bringing a pet on a trip. Well, one time before we took our parrotlet to the beach with us. However a 60 pound dog is another situation. Singer Island is supposed to be a beautiful place, I am looking forward to seeing it. Hopefully the volleyball tournament will produce better results. Last time I was in the beginning stages of my prolonged illness, this time I feel fine. It is supposed to be hellish hot. For some reason the sand on the east coast gets hotter than over here. Almost everyone uses sand socks. I have no such thing. I may try to find them before we leave but more than likely I will just wind up with singed soles.

I haven’t looked at my web stats recently. It is surprising how many hits a dinky little web home as mine can get. In March there were over a HALF MILLION hits on my domain. Here is the recent history.

Month Daily Avg Monthly Totals
Hits Files Pages Visits Sites KBytes Visits Pages Files Hits

May 2004 7848 4103 921 268 5301 1687520 5641 19360 86181 164808
Apr 2004 10476 4385 1130 364 7339 2334034 10921 33927 131566 314307
Mar 2004 17896 7177 1651 451 8387 2497427 14011 51197 222492 554779
Feb 2004 6496 3422 839 296 5269 1144892 8591 24353 99265 188384
Jan 2004 4997 3158 1020 392 7604 1244609 12154 31634 97915 154922
Dec 2003 4403 3450 1689 1081 28500 1363464 33535 52363 106961 136499
Nov 2003 4924 3478 1611 1025 26459 1501398 30775 48333 104350 147733
Oct 2003 3276 2823 1350 945 26787 1056458 29324 41877 87543 101583
Sep 2003 3710 2978 1416 863 22292 1132820 25905 42499 89350 111310
Aug 2003 3862 2717 811 224 5191 1403559 6944 25165 84244 119730
Jul 2003 3871 3022 827 221 4535 1424724 6879 25659 93688 120002
Jun 2003 3728 2757 716 248 5214 1052874 7458 21493 82736 111862

Totals 17843779 192138 417860 1286291 2225919

6 comments

sandygnome May 21, 2004 at 10:38 am

Hotter sand on the east coast?!?! Mysterious….it’s because the sand is darker. The lighter the sand the cooler it will stay…it’s a science thing..dope. I understand the corvette comfort. Most of us are comforted by the existence of our male genitalia. You compensate.
I’m not agitated. It is gnome depression and I’m pretty sure there is a little blue pill that will help. Since I do not like pills I choose Rum.

Duf May 21, 2004 at 10:44 am

Well the darker sand AND the fact the beaches are wider so they do not get cooled by the rising tides periodically. I can undertstand your depression. A meaningless job assignment with no light visible at the end of the tunnel could be depressing.

Do you ever worry that if you do ever get out of that barn that you will not be able to cope in a real environment anymore?

captivegnome May 21, 2004 at 11:33 am

I will most certainly require deprogramming. I will not require reintorduction to a faster pace. I am living for a faster paced work environment. This horse and buggy crap is nice for about a week. But 15 months into a 22 month minimum sentence, is not punishment befitting the crime. As for my 3 squares…pot pie and sauerkraut do not count. You think the torture at Ghraib is bad…….

pathetic May 21, 2004 at 3:16 pm

Did you really say that the sand is warmer because they do not get cooled by high-tide? You are pathetic. If you are playing beach volleyball on a beach when it’s under water you’ve got problems. Yes the sadn under the water is oddly cooler but that’s…oh man it’s too much….I have to stop reading this thing…..

compatelius January 30, 2005 at 4:38 pm

bocigalingus must be something funny.

testanchor616 June 14, 2005 at 2:36 am

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