tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55415802024-03-06T21:52:33.927-07:00Diggin' TravelThe blog of an underachievin' archaeologist who would rather be your tour guide than get sick from mummy dust again...or duck lightning bolts...or get spider bites.Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.comBlogger519125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1157753885520691182006-09-08T16:10:00.000-06:002006-09-30T17:10:03.850-06:00adieu...adios...see yatime to pack up and go. getting on the blog boat and finding a new home...where? there!everyone in? well, let's go!hope everyone used the bathroom before...coz we ain't turnin' back!Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1157053215352473382006-08-31T10:26:00.000-06:002006-08-31T13:40:15.470-06:00scream no...more. it has been found. after two years of frantic searching, norwegian authorities have finally recovered Edvard Munch's two masterpieces, "The Scream," and "The Madonna" (but Cindi, is it the one with the big b**bies?). they were taken from Oslo's Munch Museum by masked gunmen, in broad daylight, in august 2004...pretty brash, if you ask me.you wonder about the value of some paintings afterSpencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1156976278357369902006-08-30T15:40:00.000-06:002006-08-30T16:17:58.430-06:00take a wha???hospital mebbe?i went to the Cricket Store in Aurora to redeem a $25 coupon today. after 4+ years of their service, i got a little break. so after my acupuncturist appointment today, i headed out there.as any other wireless store, it's in a strip mall. however, unlike the little store that i got my phone, you have to take a number and wait for it to be called by an automated voice. it was so.Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1156858975862730672006-08-29T07:30:00.000-06:002006-08-29T07:45:05.533-06:00you...might just make it after allllllllll. yep. we've been watching the first season of this show. somehow, it's not as hilarious as when i watched it as a kid...and the issues are certainly dated, but it is SO cool looking at the clothing and decor...very much an anthropological study of mainstream american culture in the 70's. correct me if i'm wrong, but doesn't still hold the Emmy record of 29Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1156621935643156412006-08-26T13:51:00.000-06:002006-08-26T14:47:52.656-06:00save lio...remember when i mentioned the new comic strip i had been reading in june? yeah...Lío. it's the second strip drawn my mark tatulli, who is known for Heart of the City.well, right after posting about discovering Lío, i wrote to mr. tatulli, telling him how much i enjoyed the slightly twisted nature of his mischievous genius character.recently, i received this email reply:Dear Spencer...First off,Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1156454542541206372006-08-24T15:17:00.000-06:002006-08-24T15:22:22.556-06:00scissors...beats the shit out of paper. here's a clip from a japanese tv show where rochambeau (called Janken in japan) is taken to new heights in violence...Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1156432501286714532006-08-24T09:02:00.000-06:002006-08-24T09:23:31.916-06:00wha???google has some really weird ads. since i posted about the funeral i attended ten days ago, there are three links to sympathy gifts, one to a memorial tree, and another to funeral ring tones.wtf?!? funeral ring tones...okayyyyythis household is in a lotta pain right now; we are ice pack maniacs. yesterday, i took lois to bunion surgery. that makes SEVEN surgeries in the last two years: two Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1156278659389950072006-08-22T14:04:00.000-06:002006-08-22T14:30:59.523-06:00puh-leeze...some groups just have WAY too much time on their hands. tom & jerry?!? you have GOT to be kidding!well, i'm off to get a haircut. i am one shaggy mofo. i even shaved so we can go to a suprise b-day party at gwen & jeff's. i hope wanda hasn't found out yet...anyway, we just got her a bottle of portuguese wine and used a really cute wine bottle cover that we found at BigLots last year for Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1156200175627804722006-08-21T16:12:00.000-06:002006-08-21T16:42:55.680-06:00games...people play. over the weekend, we stayed in (pretty much) and played Kismet and Scrabble...and drank margaritas :)ever play Kismet? it's very similar to Yahtzee, but has colored dice and a slightly different scoring system. for example, the multi-colored dice call for color specific hands...like a same color full house or two pair. in Kismet, there is a tri-color scheme to the dice pips...redSpencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1156196659901840582006-08-21T15:21:00.000-06:002006-08-21T15:54:04.633-06:00ewww...went to BigLots yesterday and bought some Sunkist Fruit Gems. you know what they are...right? if you don't they're just sugar coated jelly candies in five flavors.GREEN = LIMERED = RASPBERRYYELLOW = LEMONORANGE = WHAT DO YOU THINK ;)OFF WHITE = GRAPEFRUITwhich flavor do you believe deserves the 'ewww...'? yep, the grapefruit. at first, it was pleasant, reminding me of Squirt soda. it's the Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1155598911425366202006-08-14T15:59:00.000-06:002006-08-14T17:41:51.526-06:00saterrday...was a lot different than friday. i accompanied my mom to a funeral. a man named ben, who used took cook at our restaurant in the mid-70's passed away, leaving his young wife and two children behind. or should i say survived by them...anyway, ben was always a heavy smoker. i'm assuming he had lung cancer. all i can say is that his open casket was not very flattering. granted, mortuary Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1155592758402049742006-08-14T15:57:00.000-06:002006-08-14T15:59:18.416-06:00mixed up...titles.can you guess what two movies we have at the house from netflixx?we're going to watch some live gorillas on a misty sunset strip. btw, richard will be there.give up?Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1155592426456860872006-08-14T15:35:00.000-06:002006-08-14T15:55:36.666-06:00a bit short...the James Gang concert on Friday was really awesome, if not a bit short...80 minutes. i would've expected at least ten more minutes of music. oh well. at least we didn't get the $85 tix (ours were $62) because i'd be ranting about the short length of the show ;)here's the review...in addition to the group's tight performance, we were treated to watching the full moon rise over the horizon at Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1155320843831155782006-08-11T12:23:00.000-06:002006-08-11T12:27:23.833-06:00tonight...then...and now...going to see the James Gang at Red Rocks with my brother-in-law, who is also a big fan of Joe Walsh. it's going to be the first time they've toured in 35 years. wowrepeat after me:'PLEASE GOD, NO RAIN TONIGHT.'Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1155320058078337962006-08-11T12:13:00.000-06:002006-08-11T12:14:18.093-06:00fond...1st grade memories. who didn't love Electric Company ;)Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1155194099888542032006-08-09T23:28:00.000-06:002006-08-10T01:27:14.110-06:00just...your average dyslexic fool counting his chickens.that's me.remember when i was doing an "I don't have jury duty" jig on monday? well, that came to a crashing end when i found the summons. turns out that my juror number was 3361, not 3811, which effectively put my dumb ass in the juror pool for tuesday.i'm glad that i did locate the summons again, it's just unfortunate that it happened at Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1154996012714350462006-08-07T17:40:00.000-06:002006-08-07T18:13:32.820-06:00knees...ugh. i played ball yesterday, as usual. and i'm a bit sore knee and hamstring-wise. so what am i gonna do? go out and play in half hour ;) gotta do it. volleyball keeps me five pounds lighter and that much more creaky. besides, september's gonna be here before we know it and the first snow as well...which i dread.actually, my playing volleyball tonight is in celebration of my presence not Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1154825725584040692006-08-05T18:35:00.000-06:002006-08-06T01:20:41.636-06:00not...your average bird.yesterday, right before i put the dogs out in the morning, i spied a raptor...standing in front of the ornamental grasses...like it was lost or something.after checking out this site, i believe i've narrowed it down to a cooper's hawk:it could have also been a sharp-shinned hawk, but it just didn't look like any of the pics at that site. unfortunately, i never heard either of Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1154551275558044052006-08-02T14:26:00.000-06:002006-08-02T14:41:15.706-06:00knack-re-usbeautiful...but glad i can view one in the comfort of my home.Australian meteorologists have been observing the formation of nacreous clouds over Antarctica. presence of these rare clouds, which are low-lying and only seen in extreme latitudes, usually indicates global warming. granted, the earth has been in 'warming mode' for thousands of years...the industrial age has just quickened it (Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1154550265715107972006-08-02T14:16:00.000-06:002006-08-02T14:24:25.716-06:00snip...every once in awhile, there's a $2 off coupon (10 gallon minimum) at Shell gas stations, in the newspaper. and YOU know i keep an eye out for it. paying $3 for a gallon of gas still makes me nauseous. and when it costs $40-$50 just to fill up my ol' Honda sedan, every little bit helps. after all, if i can save $4 a month on gas, it's like getting a free tank of gas for a christmas bonus...or Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1154549724374755652006-08-02T13:52:00.000-06:002006-08-02T17:09:57.350-06:00finally...it's gonna be a bit cooler this week. after a summer full of 90+ degree temps, we may have to break out our fleece ;) i certainly welcome it though. the past two sundays i've been out playing ball and each time it was 98 or 99 degrees. ugh already.TodayAug 2 Isolated T-Storms 78°/62° 30% 30 % <!-- day 2 --> ThuAug 3 Isolated T-Storms 78°/63° 30% 30 % <!--Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1154381061913493152006-07-31T15:22:00.000-06:002006-07-31T15:24:21.930-06:00the man...is crazy! watch the whole video and note the "nutritional" figures at the end...obscene.Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1153898138653523432006-07-26T00:23:00.000-06:002006-07-26T22:14:28.590-06:00not.. this ted...but this one. my sister and niece are going to florida for two and a half weeks to see the new baby. wish i could go. the humidity of miami beach is ALWAYS bearable with some sand and ocean ;) i know my sister is extremely excited. she missed the birth because of school; she just finished her first year of dental hygiene school. although i'm aghast at being a great uncle, i'm Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1153348545997291242006-07-19T16:30:00.000-06:002006-07-19T16:38:34.643-06:00awww...my niece just had her baby today...Marlee Hayes Munoz...6 pounds 10 ounces, 19 inches. i was going to post some baby shower pics this week, since she wasn't due for another two weeks. guess that idea has gone out the window ;)congrats Natalie and Victor! i wish i were going to Florida w/ your mom and sister...god...i cannot believe i'm a great uncle...in both senses now!Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541580.post-1153233763443514582006-07-18T08:10:00.000-06:002006-07-18T08:42:43.540-06:00do you know this man?J does. he's the little brother of a girl who went to high school with us. i remember going to her house and seeing the half-pipe in the back. in fact, i didn't know he was a BMX star until i saw her again five years ago. it was funny because she mentioned that he even had groupies and an action figure. now, THAT'S when you know you've made it ;)over the weekend, the DewAction Sports Tour Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082458442650045892noreply@blogger.com1