While looking through my vast collection of pictures the other day and I stumbled upon one that I had to share.
In April of 2006, 14 friends got together to throw a surprise birthday dinner for our friend Todd. We went to this great (and expensive) restaurant in NYC called Alta. Their menu is certainly unique and they offer dishes you won’t find anywhere else.
What did we order? Everything on the menu. Twice.
Yup, we got the whole shebang, 2 of them.
Waiters began bringing out food as soon as we had poured wine into our glasses. Dish after dish continued to arrive.
We developed a border system where one end of the table was the northern territory and one was the southern tip. Trade agreements began forming. Popular dishes went fast only to be replaced by the next dish coming out of the kitchen.
The waiters would drop one of each dish off at each end, tell one person what it was and venture back into the kitchen to fetch some more. It was that person’s job to communicate what the food was. No one could remember the name, only parts of it, but it didn’t matter. What mattered was how much the person before you liked it.
Some dishes were too scary looking and were simply passed around until a brave soul tried a sample. Then of course others would have to indulge themselves.
I had a great time and I got to sample some very interesting foods. If you ever get a chance to order everything on the menu, I highly recommend it.
Of course, this isn’t the first time I’ve ordered mass quantities of food. There was that time at Taco Bell that I asked for the entire yellow menu. But that’s a story for another time
Back in May I offered up ideas for some previously available vanity license plates. Since then, these 9 have been stolen reserved by license plate thieves.
CDAWG
C DAWG
NULL
END
PURP
TONIC
NOOB
ZOOMZ
INMYWAY
So if you see any of these driving on the road, give them a quick honk. Especially if you see the one with the “NOOB” license plate. Just point and laugh, he’s such a n00b.
I don’t blame these thieves. They were good ideas for license plates. I know, because I thought of them
Here’s another one of my favorite and also available license plates:
Here’s an interesting story that recently happened to me. I call this story: It’s Not a Tumor Cyst.
I went to my physician for a regular checkup and I pointed out a small bump on my forehead near my hairline. The bump is underneath a mole and just recently I noticed it had gotten slightly larger. The doctor recommended that I go see a plastic surgeon to have it examined. Since I was covered for medical insurance, I went.
The plastic surgeon figured that my mole was covering up a small cyst filled with liquid that had built up. It’s like a zit or pimple but you certainly don’t just pop it. She wanted to remove it and because her next appointment canceled, she could do it right away and it would be super quick. Sounded good to me.
After the surgeon “opened me up”, she noticed that 3 blood vessels were all intersecting in the same spot and had all dilated. There was a lot of blood and the procedure went on longer than she or I had wanted. It didn’t help that I was drinking coffee before the visit and I had to go to the bathroom badly. During the procedure, I felt my classic cluster headache symptoms. I felt pain directly behind my left eye, my nose began to water and I started to sweat in the face. When I mentioned this to her, she applied pressure on the blood vessels and asked if I felt that same pain. Sure enough, I did.
This is potentially great news. This means that we might have found the cause for my headaches!!!
The surgeon is having a small piece tested in the lab, and I have to wear this lovely head gear for a few days. It hurts a little and I can’t bend over, raise my blood pressure, or have blood rush to that spot in my head otherwise it will hurt. Originally this was supposed to be a simple procedure so we weren’t in the operating room. She was only able to suture two of the blood vessels in the very small incision that she had made. She gave me 8 stitches and closed me up.
The plan right now is to let this heal and see if I receive any more headaches. I’m starting another “cluster headache season” right now so hopefully I don’t get any. Otherwise we can schedule a visit to the operating room where she can remove more of the unnecessary blood vessels. Luckily our bodies have more than we need.
By popular demand, I’ve posted some pictures of our beautiful Kaylee Ann Canoni. Enjoy!
I recently got a new High Definition video camera that takes some amazing quality video. Once I figure out how to post those, I’ll be sure to share. More pictures to come, so check back soon.
And unfortunately, “Kaylee” is not available as a vanity license plate
My license plate of 0X800080 was denied by the New York DMV. The reason they gave was:
The plate configuration may be confusing or objectionable to Law Enforcement. No substitution of the number “0″ the letter “O” is permitted on any style plate. On the blue banner “picture” plate, the number “1″ cannot be substituted for the letter “I”.
Boo! My current license plate is more confusing! How is this confusing???
So now I must continue my quest to find the perfect license plate. Any suggestions?
Last night Anna and I went to the movie theaters for the last time as baby-less parents. We knew it would be a long time before we’d be able to go back to the movies. We saw the Simpsons Movie and it was by far the best movie we’ve seen in a long time. Highly recommended to all. Make sure to stick around for the credits.
A friend of mine always said that when the Simpsons stopped creating new shows for TV, it will mean we have finally turned into adults. I’ve agreed with him until now. Watching the Simpsons Movie last night was a way of welcoming myself into full blown adulthood. I’m pretty sure that Matt Groening purposefully released the movie on my daughters due date.
If you go to SimpsonizeMe.com, you can use a photo to generate a Simpson version of yourself. I was pretty pleased the results.
No baby yet. If you’re wondering where little baby Canoni is, you can go ahead and ask Matt Groening why he released his movie so early.
Created a Limited Liability Company named Tacos n Tonic, LLC
Decided on and ordered the license plate: 0X800080
Ordered monthly shipments of Poland Spring 5 gallon water bottles
Evaluated and paid our Escrow Shortage amount (stupid taxes)
Oh, Anna and I have been thinking hard about a name for our little baby girl and we’re pretty sure about the name. Recently we’ve started bouncing the name off of people and the results have been extremely positive. We’re so thrilled you like it because it’s our favorite
Please welcome Kaylee Ann Canoni to the world.
