﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>nonchalantsavant's Xanga</title><link>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/</link><description>Latest Xanga weblog from nonchalantsavant</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>The Weblog Community</title><url>http://s.xanga.com/images/xangalogobutton.gif</url><link>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/</link></image><item><title>What's on the kiddie menu in Cattle Country?</title><link>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717797215/whats-on-the-kiddie-menu-in-cattle-country/</link><guid>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717797215/whats-on-the-kiddie-menu-in-cattle-country/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:08:58 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;I played a gig in Vernon, Texas last night; WAY out in the middle of nowhere. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://x78.xanga.com/76bf774420c32259845173/b206945044.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="120609Vernon" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://x78.xanga.com/76bf774420c32259845173/z206945044.jpg" align="left" width="333"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The drive from Dallas to Vernon was about 3 hours, one way. &lt;br&gt;It is, as they say down here, "...a fur piece." &lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When we got to Vernon, the band I was performing with decided to get lunch before we set up for the gig. So we stopped at a recommended local restaurant.&amp;nbsp; I was particularly amused at the following menu item that was listed on the kiddie menu: &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 80px;"&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://xe0.xanga.com/407f7b4a20c35259845174/b206945045.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="120609KidsMenu" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://xe0.xanga.com/407f7b4a20c35259845174/z206945045.jpg" align="left" width="333"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ever seen a RIBEYE STEAK on the kid's menu before? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Me neither. &lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717797215/whats-on-the-kiddie-menu-in-cattle-country/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>This made me laugh.  Hard.</title><link>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717581068/this-made-me-laugh--hard/</link><guid>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717581068/this-made-me-laugh--hard/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:56:10 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;  &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://x67.xanga.com/072f70f117232259624247/b206753218.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="120209DohADeer" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://x67.xanga.com/072f70f117232259624247/b206753218.jpg" width="600"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717581068/this-made-me-laugh--hard/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>I would be perfectly happy getting all my news from The Onion.</title><link>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717552934/i-would-be-perfectly-happy-getting-all-my-news-from-the-onion/</link><guid>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717552934/i-would-be-perfectly-happy-getting-all-my-news-from-the-onion/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:07:39 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;object height="430" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FDOMINOS_STUDY_article.jpg&amp;amp;videoid=83181&amp;amp;title=Domino's%20Scientists%20Test%20Limits%20Of%20What%20Humans%20Will%20Eat"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" flashvars="image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FDOMINOS_STUDY_article.jpg&amp;amp;videoid=83181&amp;amp;title=Domino's%20Scientists%20Test%20Limits%20Of%20What%20Humans%20Will%20Eat" height="430" width="480"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/dominos_scientists_test_limits_of?utm_source=videoembed" rel="nofollow"&gt;Domino's Scientists Test Limits Of What Humans Will Eat&lt;/a&gt;</description><comments>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717552934/i-would-be-perfectly-happy-getting-all-my-news-from-the-onion/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Happy Thanksgiving!!!</title><link>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717161835/happy-thanksgiving/</link><guid>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717161835/happy-thanksgiving/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:33:12 GMT</pubDate><description>Here are some table-topics that may prove to be helpful. &lt;br&gt;'Cause if I'm anything - it's helpful.&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src="http://s.xanga.com/images/pleased.gif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://x25.xanga.com/10ef542072030259221591/b206405746.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="medlarge759" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://x25.xanga.com/10ef542072030259221591/b206405746.jpg" width="632"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717161835/happy-thanksgiving/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Gravity.  It's the law.</title><link>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717104624/gravity--its-the-law/</link><guid>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717104624/gravity--its-the-law/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:37:23 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="viddler" height="333" width="437"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/a8e62420/"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="fake=1"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/a8e62420/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="fake=1" name="viddler" height="333" width="437"&gt;&lt;a class="rmwkjtywsnulqiacpyxm" href="http://www.viddler.com/player/a8e62420/" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/717104624/gravity--its-the-law/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>There's an old adage in music...</title><link>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716809206/theres-an-old-adage-in-music/</link><guid>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716809206/theres-an-old-adage-in-music/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:42:01 GMT</pubDate><description>...that if you're not a very good singer, you should take the tempo of the song you're singing up, so that it'll be over faster. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  Someone evidently missed that memo. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1924942&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" height="360" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" quality="best" value="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1924942&amp;amp;fullscreen=1"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1924942&amp;amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" &amp;#160;="" allowscriptaccess="always" height="360" width="480"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div style="padding: 5px 0pt; text-align: center; width: 480px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;(I count at least 5 key changes)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://xfe.xanga.com/6c2f86f171737258879498/b206108434.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="111909yikes" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://xfe.xanga.com/6c2f86f171737258879498/m206108434.jpg" align="left" height="117"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The reaction to the left pretty much sums it up. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716809206/theres-an-old-adage-in-music/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Texting while driving? Psssh!  That's for WIMPS!</title><link>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716751284/texting-while-driving-psssh--thats-for-wimps/</link><guid>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716751284/texting-while-driving-psssh--thats-for-wimps/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:18:53 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://x94.xanga.com/f97f4be604432258829661/b206065700.jpg" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px" alt=111809Kurgo src="http://x94.xanga.com/f97f4be604432258829661/b206065700.jpg" width=263&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;SPAN style="WIDTH: 0px"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT size=5&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.kurgo.com/products/att.html" rel=nofollow rel="nofollow"&gt;Kurgo Auto Tray Table&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;FONT face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#bf0000&gt;&lt;SPAN class=style2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;TURN YOUR VEHICLE INTO A MOBILE OFFICE&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Now you can easily access your laptop or jot down last minute changes in your busy workday schedule. The Auto Tray Table offers easy installation and an adjustable angle to suit all heights and vehicle types.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=#bf0000 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=#bf0000 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=#bf0000 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=#bf0000 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Trebuchet MS"&gt;Just in time for the holidays!&amp;nbsp; It appears the beverage holder will hold a large "tall boy," too.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color=#bf0000 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716751284/texting-while-driving-psssh--thats-for-wimps/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Yes, Halloween's been over for 9 days, but...</title><link>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716203801/yes-halloweens-been-over-for-9-days-but/</link><guid>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716203801/yes-halloweens-been-over-for-9-days-but/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:39:00 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://x06.xanga.com/8ecf4a70c5c32258343456/b205650745.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="110909Muerto01" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://x06.xanga.com/8ecf4a70c5c32258343456/m205650745.jpg" align="left" width="513"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ..my boss bought this HUGE, life-sized &lt;font size="2"&gt;(or would that be death-sized?)&lt;/font&gt; Grim Reaper that adorned our office right up until the bewitching hour on Oct 31st. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After that, he moved it so that it stands right in the doorway to my office. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We work in a small office, and every day for the past week I've walked around the corner and have been startled by Mr Grim.&amp;nbsp; I literally jump &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;every single day&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Me: "Doot-do-doo... &lt;br&gt;doo-dee-doot doo&lt;font size="5"&gt;YAAAAAAA!"&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Oh, and yes.&amp;nbsp; He has a nametag.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;(Don't call him "Mortie," though.&amp;nbsp; He HATES that...)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 120px;"&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://x65.xanga.com/9daf444259733258343465/b205650753.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="110909Muerto02" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" src="http://x65.xanga.com/9daf444259733258343465/m205650753.jpg" align="left" width="580"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716203801/yes-halloweens-been-over-for-9-days-but/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Seen at Walmart today</title><link>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716109503/seen-at-walmart-today/</link><guid>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716109503/seen-at-walmart-today/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:14:27 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://x58.xanga.com/b34f616152335258256817/b205576339.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="border-width: 0px;" alt="110809LadiesShoes" src="http://x58.xanga.com/b34f616152335258256817/b205576339.jpg" width="500"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="width: 0px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><comments>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716109503/seen-at-walmart-today/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>???</title><link>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716002697//</link><guid>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716002697//</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:37:17 GMT</pubDate><description>I will NEVER understand Japanese culture. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 80px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sp8ttwikTEs&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sp8ttwikTEs&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;a class="hssetqtmgxwyvwssmuxr" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sp8ttwikTEs&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="hssetqtmgxwyvwssmuxr" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sp8ttwikTEs&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/object&gt;</description><comments>http://nonchalantsavant.xanga.com/716002697//#firstcomment</comments></item></channel></rss>