Food Service Hygiene

I'm glad I only have to eat my words and not too much food from North Carolina restaurants should Republican Senator Thom Tillis get his way. According to the BBC, Mr Tillis has suggested that requiring food service employees to wash their hands after using a restroom is an example of regulatory burden which should be removed. Congratulations Mr. Tillis, you have officially entered the race with Dan Barrington for the year's dumbest legislation. I really had no idea such a fitting competitor would rise up so quickly. I would shake your hand, but I'm not sure that is a good idea considering your thoughts of hygiene requirements.

Red Green

For a number of years The Red Green Show was a Sunday evening staple on our local public television station. They now have many of the old episodes on the Red Green YouTube channel. The show's are silly, but they are clean fun. The old episodes can be located through the program's web site.

Duct Tape: the handyman's secret weapon

If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

The Drink of Mexico's Astrunauts

We had just found a cache dedicated to Tang and were wondering whether Tang was still made. I guess this answers the question. I was in a 7-Eleven in Apodaca to buy soda when I noticed the Tang packets. I bought the two in the picture then thought better of bringing them back since I had only two carry-ons. Too bad, I really wanted to try Mango Tang.

When Hoodies are Outlawed....

Only outlaws will wear hoodies.

Republican Don Barrington of Oklahoma has surged to a possible insurmountable lead for the dumbest legislation of the year award in 2015.

Can we be looking at the formation of a ridiculously overfunded political action group called the NHA to protect our rights to wear hoodies?

If You Were Really Green....

Your trucks would not idle at rest areas while the drivers rested.

How Millennial Are You?

The Pew Research Center has developed a 14-question survey to help us see how we compare to Millennials. I've always found it amusing to watch our nation push people into groups then begin to furiously use those made-up groups to market to them. This survey is also interesting since it now groups those born between 1928-1945 as silent. Hmmm, maybe the millennial creating the survey forgot about the Depression. The generation born in the window of 1928-1945 was certainly forever changed by that event.

Overall, the survey was a fun diversion. I was mildly surprised the survey did not hit on some of the greater topics that appear to divide generations such as alcohol use, borrowing for college, and the use of cash as opposed to debit cards. There's even simpler ways to see how the world is changing in simple questions such as do you wear a watch daily or do you own a camera?

On to my results from the survey. I am not a millennial. ;) It thinks I was born about 1970. ;) I'm feeling so youthful.

Either I am holding my own or sinking fast. :)

I am quite happy to stand tall and say I am not a millennial when it comes to tattoos. Fashion moments change and some day the last twenty-plus years of body disfigurement will be seen for the tremendous waste of money it has been. Unfortunately, those who have been conned into adding them will be stuck watching them while they fade and distort as their bodies age.

I was once again separated from millennials by not playing video games. I thought the results from the video games question was interesting. It appears to indicate that at least some of the boomers who learned about videos games playing Pong or Atari in front of the family television have carried that forward for many, many years. I expect the millenials game playing will drop off as they have more responsibilities in work and family.

Right Can. Wrong Glass.

I was in town with an auditor. He likes historical and different places so we headed to the Skyway Cafe at Felts Field for lunch. Felts Field is a historic, old airport with art deco styling and tons of history. It was a very early air mail stop and one of the first nationally designated airports.

The Skyway Cafe is part breakfast place and part diner. The restaurant is filled with memoriabilia of the airport. The decor includes ceiling fans in the shape of Snoopy's plane and a Corsair. It's a different place to grab lunch and take in the history of an old air field.

I was very happy they finally got it right and had the correct drink in the can. ;)