Toasted

Getting Smashed

Turbulent Velvet emailed me about a problem with my commenting feature. Because of my preference for composing directly in HTML (without an editor) I must disable the automatic insertion of line-breaks. I knew about the problem, but it didn’t really seem to be that important until people started leaving longer comments.

The side-effect of not having breaks is that the comments get smashed. The only solution I’ve found is to enable HTML completely in the comments. This means that you can <p> and <br> to your heart’s content now. Just don’t expect anything to happen by just hitting return, and kindly close your tags! Violators will be edited.

A nearby coffeehouse with its own roaster has a great warning in the parking lot: “Violators will be roasted and ground.” It’s almost as good as the warning sign in the parking lot of the UALR Methodist student union: “Dire consequences for transgressors.”

I was hoodwinked at the local wine store into buying a chardonnay. I prefer red wine; maybe it’s the blood thing. They told me that Toasted Head was owned by Robin Williams. A simple mistake really. Robin Williams owns Toad Hollow, which isn’t nearly as flashy.

You’d think they’d get it straight though, since the epicenter of Toad Suck Daze is a half-hour away. Odd that a festival named for drinking would be in a dry county. You’ve got to love the South. Yes, selling (not drinking) booze is illegal in some places around here.

But I digress (as usual). There was something seductive about a wine whose logo is a fire-breathing bear. Hey, I resemble that remark! And besides, everybody loves Toasted Head!