See you in 1984

I was doing my usual Saturday yard work at my parents house, up rooting some bushes and cutting down some trees, and I saw a frog. This was not your regular looking frog that you would think you would see in your backyard, this frog was silver. I know there are frogs that are both red and blue and other wild colors but you usually see those in books.

I wish I had my digital camera with me but I had to defer to the camera on my blackberry.

I know what he better be glad it was not nighttime or that owl would have got him!

My mind is racing more and more, each day, since history was made on November 4, 2008, when Democratic Candidate Barack H. Obama won the 2008 Presidential Election. I have thought about what this means for Black people (I despise the term African American) and for the U.S.A. November 4, 2008 was my proudest day as an American, yet I am concerned about what black people expect and think President-Elect Obama should and or will do once he becomes President Obama.

I was talking with a guy today, who said to me, “I think Obama is going to bring Kwanzaa to the White House.” I told the guy “if he does it’s good, if not so what!”

Now I do not know about anybody else, but I voted for Barack Obama because this country needs a change that will make this country a better country.

Later on (more...)

There are two new dishes at Olive Garden, Shrimp and Chicken Carbonara. I was charged to try the Shrimp Carbonara, so I said to my wife and daughter lets go to Olive Garden.

We arrive at Olive Garden and are seated in about 1/2 an hour. We order our food and the food looks and smells wonderful. I am thinking I am going to devour this meal so I peel the tails off of the shrimp grab my fork and I see and ant crawling on my pasta. Now I'm mad. So I call the waiter over and discretely alert him to the live, crawling and uncooked visitor on my plate. He apologizes and promises to get me another dish. He brings me another helping of Shrimp Carbonara and apologizes once more. So I finish my meal and it was delicious, little heavy on the oil, but still delicious.

So I ask the waiter to bring the check and before he returns the manager stops by our table and apologizes for the "uninvited guest" and informs us that she is not going to charge us for my meal or my wife's. She thanked us for not making a big scene about the situation. I thought, the waiter did not have to say anything to his manager, but he obviously is an honest an person. So all I had to pay for was our drinks and Khalea’s meal. We left satisfied and I was thinking what a great customer service experience. Awesome job by the waiter and the manager.