Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Various Route 66 stuff
Via Route 66 News:
First, Vintage Roadside sells t-shirts emblazoned (how many times a year do you get to use that word, anyway?) with the logos of diners, roadside attractions, skating rinks, and bowling alleys. All of them are really nifty, and if you click through to the product description, you can read about the business whose logo you'll be wearing.
Then, I am apparently not alone in my dream of buying and renovating a motel on Route 66.
And finally, NOT from Route 66 News, but still from somewhere along Route 66:
GARY ENGLAND CAN'T SAVE YOU NOW!
I can't decide what's funnier: Jim Inhofe, a senator whose state is at the hub of meteorology research and education (the eye of the storm, as it were), actually arguing that meteorologists shouldn't have to agree that climate change exists; the ridiculous fear-mongering promo from my former employer, KWTV (although Jon Stewart's remark about the production values, I must say, is deserved); or "Weather on the 1s." I think that last one wins, because seriously, if you're ever in central or western Oklahoma during a thunderstorm, you might as well resign yourself to the idea that you are not going to get to watch your stories, whatever those might be, until the storm has cleared not only your county, but EVERY. COUNTY. IN. THE. KWTV. VIEWING. AREA.
Summer in the heartland. Gotta love it. The other day I was at Big Lots and found Griffin's pancake syrup. Griffin's is made by the family that owns KWTV, and is generally only distributed regionally (but is a very popular brand in its region), so I was very surprised to find it at Big Lots in Buffalo. But there you go. I didn't buy it; both the major grocery chains here have STORE BRAND real maple syrup, and sell several other local or semi-local brands besides. How cool is that? I can no longer even contemplate a pancake with fake syrup.
It did give me a little bit of perspective on the "no-name" food I occasionally buy at Big Lots, though. Perhaps someone, somewhere is pining for some regional favorite that I've just snapped up for a dollar at Big Lots.
First, Vintage Roadside sells t-shirts emblazoned (how many times a year do you get to use that word, anyway?) with the logos of diners, roadside attractions, skating rinks, and bowling alleys. All of them are really nifty, and if you click through to the product description, you can read about the business whose logo you'll be wearing.
Then, I am apparently not alone in my dream of buying and renovating a motel on Route 66.
And finally, NOT from Route 66 News, but still from somewhere along Route 66:
GARY ENGLAND CAN'T SAVE YOU NOW!
I can't decide what's funnier: Jim Inhofe, a senator whose state is at the hub of meteorology research and education (the eye of the storm, as it were), actually arguing that meteorologists shouldn't have to agree that climate change exists; the ridiculous fear-mongering promo from my former employer, KWTV (although Jon Stewart's remark about the production values, I must say, is deserved); or "Weather on the 1s." I think that last one wins, because seriously, if you're ever in central or western Oklahoma during a thunderstorm, you might as well resign yourself to the idea that you are not going to get to watch your stories, whatever those might be, until the storm has cleared not only your county, but EVERY. COUNTY. IN. THE. KWTV. VIEWING. AREA.
Summer in the heartland. Gotta love it. The other day I was at Big Lots and found Griffin's pancake syrup. Griffin's is made by the family that owns KWTV, and is generally only distributed regionally (but is a very popular brand in its region), so I was very surprised to find it at Big Lots in Buffalo. But there you go. I didn't buy it; both the major grocery chains here have STORE BRAND real maple syrup, and sell several other local or semi-local brands besides. How cool is that? I can no longer even contemplate a pancake with fake syrup.
It did give me a little bit of perspective on the "no-name" food I occasionally buy at Big Lots, though. Perhaps someone, somewhere is pining for some regional favorite that I've just snapped up for a dollar at Big Lots.
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