This is another retro blog from my time in Philly. I was killing some time between appointments in a local cafe one day and overheard this snippet of a conversation:

Guy Drinking Coffee(to Guy with Skateboard): Are you a musician?

Guy with Skateboard: um…well…um…yeah…well…yeah…um…definitely. I’m definitely a musician. I mean, yeah.

GDC: cool…

GWS: yeah, I just bought a eukalele because I heard something George Harrison played that I liked.

GDC: that’s great…

GWS: So I’m learning that, you know.

GDC: cool, so what else do you play?

GWS: yeah, well…the only thing I have recorded is on the pan flute…

And this is where I had to bite my tongue to keep from snickering loud enough to be heard. Guy with Skateboard will be touring the Northeast with pan flute and eukalele in hand! Get your tickets now!

…has been answered. See my last post comments for aforementioned question.

So my first assignment today was to design a flyer in Word for an attraction in the Devon/Cornwall/Plymouth area. After searching through various attraction I came across The BIG Sheep. The BIG Sheep is apparently a glorified petting zoo that happens to feature SHEEP RACES.

That’s right. Sheep racing around a track with little stuffed sheep strapped on as jockeys. Sheep must navigate the “Bo-Peep Bend” and the “Ewe Turn” along the track. There is also and indoor kids playroom called EWEtopia. In fact, the whole park seems to be an excuse for making many, many sheep puns. Though I must admit that I am greatly amused that such a place exists.

And for the record, no shepherd’s pie or lamb chops on the menu.

I think this is a bit of false advertising. I don't think anything really "runs" on Dunkin' Donuts. I'm going to say it's more of a waddle.

And while I'm on the subject of Dunkin' Donuts, VCS's physics teacher extraordinare, Chad, goes on and on about how good Dunkin' Donuts coffee is. I mean on and on and on. Cream and sugar, he says.

So I need a little pick me up one day and decide that it would be a good time to try Dunkin' Donuts coffee, cream and sugar. Two words: Not impressed. Sorry Chad, but I'd drink a good old Wiener Melange any day over this coffee.

I would not, however, choose a Vienna donut over any these wonderful Dunkin' Donuts. Yum.

…when you've got plenty of wonderful fountains to play in. Another thing I love about Philly is watching kids play in the many fountains there. Just this last weekend the temps rose to the low 90s.

I saw two boys trying to pedal their small bikes through one fountain and this cute little girl "riding" the water-spewing frog. This is the kind of thing that I miss about America. The free spirit of children and adults. In Vienna, playing in a fountain is a good way to get the Polizei after you.