The Purple Powdery Kind
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Some of you might think that we're often cruel and unforgiving in our teasing of family members. That's not the case; to be a Mills is to get teased and to tease alike. Therefore, I must share this with you.
We're in the middle of a blizzard here in Denver. My father calls (and yes, we do pick on him a lot, but that's just because we love him), and at one point in the conversation asks: "what's the snow like out there, is it the white powdery kind?" Being the diligent son I am, I wasted no time with my retort: "you mean, as opposed to the purple powdery kind!?"
The photo up there on the left is of our neighbor's driveway. In the driveway is a Toyota Prius. Or at least, it was a Prius.
Labels: blizzard, colorado, dad, snow
written by Eric Mills at 12:58 
Follow-up: Catskill Game Farm
Monday, December 4, 2006
Forever closed, yet still listed in the 2006 New York State Travel Guide, the Catskill Game Farm can be visited virtually through a photo tour.Will the street address of the game farm, and presumably something else, still remain, "Game Farm Rd"? Or will it, like many streets in upstate New York, fall prey to the obligatory tag old and call it a day?
400 Old Game Farm Road.The old usually means that a new thorough-fare was built in its stead. Here, though, we might just have a road of remembrance. I vote for Old Game Farm Rd.
Labels: Catskills, follow-up, NY
written by Eric Mills at 00:43
Page Two: 1970 and You?
Saturday, December 2, 2006
According to just one online inflation calculator, what would cost $106.95 in 1970 would cost $538.80 in 2005. Ask me again. Go on, do it.
Would I rather have the tandem bicycle that my Opa gave my Oma for their 30th wedding anniversary (and he said "now you can't get away from me!") or the $500.00 bucks? What do you think?
Labels: oma, opa, Tandem, wedding
written by Eric Mills at 22:21
