To be fair, small tracks (and, really, no dirt tracks) do nothing for me and I want there to be a place I can get food and cool water. But the rest of it? I love.

My dad and his family always get tickets for the entire weekend of racing at the Joliet Speedway when NASCAR comes to town.

I went with Dad and a bunch of his friends to a small track in southern Wisconsin when I was in high school. Too loud for my taste.

Poking my head in where I usually only lurk to say...

Me and my arrow, straighter than narrow, wherever we go everyone knows it's me and my arrow...

I don't either.

We had BBQ. It was really nice and sunny while we grilled, and all was delicious. We had some really, really yummy grilled veggies, and sirloin thingies that were 8 oz. with bacon wrapped, and they were really good. Lots of yum.

The guys went to Christopher Elbow's brand new artisanal ice cream store in KC, brought back pints. Um. Creme fraiche ice cream, Vietnamese cinnamon and dark Venezulan chocolate. OMG so good.

The pomtinis were too sweet, but it was really nice later; a little overcast, but about 75 with a breeze.

honestly, never heard of it

I was mostly kidding, but of the three its the only I know is on DVD (though with different narration than I got as a kid - Ringo Starr vs. Dustin Hoffman).

Me and my arrow, straighter than narrow, wherever we go everyone knows it's me and my arrow...

Makes me so happy.

-t, I am so, so very sorry. Know that you are and will continue to be in our thoughts.

I've been trying to catch up for days and now I have nothing more to say.

B-b-b-but Oblio! And his dog Arrow!

Frankenbuddha is now my favorite. My dad and I still sing the P.O.V. Waltz together all the time.

being yourself...

Never saw that before. Awesome!

I have never seen FtbYaM or Really Rosie

Nope. There are many many things I missed. It could be I didn't watch TV in the 70s and 80s, probably most of the 90s too. I was busy. I also missed Happy Days, Three's Company, Charlie's Angels and a whole bunch of other shows DH watched. I can spend my entire retirement watching old series and never watch something I have seen before.

I missed wide chunks of the 70s and 80s, which considering how much of it was stuff that I'm still not at all interested in, is fine with me.

I have never seen an episode of Charlie's Angels, Happy Days, Dallas, The Electric Company and more. It wasn't until a few years ago that I even saw an episode of Friends, and that was because I was visiting a friend who really wanted company....

Speaking of old tv, Julia Child is currently teaching me how to make a quiche.

I think I have to head back outside this morning, and then deal with housework later. I'm 90% sure housework will be "later" regardless, so it's really a question of what I do in the meantime, and outside is definitely the better call.