My childhood

The previous posts are about my childhood home, Coffeyville, KS.

I thought I’d share a few photos and stories about my time there.

Many thanks to those who took this photographs.

coolest corner in coffeyville

coolest corner in coffeyville

Originally uploaded by okaypookie.

There use to be a pawn shop in that building (the entrance was the door in the lower left hand corner).

My friends and I would hang out there every Saturday morning and trade baseball cards with the two card dealers inside (I forget the one’s name, but the other was named Fish).

Riding my bike downtown was awesome. Finally being old enough to ride from my house to downtown (which was about 2 miles) was such a great taste of freedom.

Lots of lawn mowing money was spent here.

Bones Steakhouse

Bones Steakhouse

Originally uploaded by DIGITAL IDIOT.

This is in South Coffeyville (which is, funny enough, South of Coffeyville, KS in Oklahoma).

We use to go here after church on Saturday night. They had a great catfish.

Condon Bank

Condon Bank

Originally uploaded by DIGITAL IDIOT.

One of two banks the Dalton Boys tried to rob at once.

This is the main backdrop during Dalton Days in October. All the kids loved the reenactment with live blanks. Collecting the empty shells after a reenactment was cool when I was little.

9th Street Barber Shop

9th Street Barber Shop

Originally uploaded by DIGITAL IDIOT.

This is where I got my haircut from 2nd grade (1986) until my senior year of college (2001).

This is Americana. Two barbers. Straight-razor HOT LATHER shaves. The leather belt attached to the chairs to sharpen the razor. Old men. Sports Illustrated. Moose antlers and a Great Northern Pike mounted on the wall.

My dad still gets his haircut here.

Get there early on Saturday, or you’ll have to wait.

Embattled Attorney General Resigns – New York Times

Embattled Attorney General Resigns – New York Times

As he resigned, Gonzales was overheard saying “I don’t recall making this decision.”

I personally believe…

my new phrase is: “everywhere like such as”

via: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQdhMSEqhfg

Wifi in my neighborhood

I went war driving (or should I say war walking) in my backyard today. Amazingly, I can keep my wireless network all the way to the back of the yard, around the corner and behind the garage. It’s also fun to find all of the other networks flowing through my backyard. Some I can see from the house, others I found by walking to the back fence.

The Johnson’s have a wireless network (or that is what their network is named).
Linksys (the most popular network name) has a route through my backyard.
There are a couple of others that are alphanumeric.

I look around my neighborhood, typical blue-collar middle class, to lower middle class, and am amazed at the number of open networks.

War drive/walk you neighborhood, or just your yard. It’s more fun than you think.

Words I can type SUPER fast

Residential
Commercial
Licensed
Insured
Bonded
Customer
Satisfaction
Guaranteed
Your
Free
Estimates
Best
Wishes
Surrounding
Areas
Counties
Painting
Interior
Exterior

What are some that you can type fast?

Where you fall in poll of U.S. reading habits – CNN.com

Where you fall in poll of U.S. reading habits – CNN.com
Who are the 27 percent of people the AP-Ipsos poll found hadn’t read a single book this year?

These are the people that keep Entertainment Tonight and the E! channel in business. These are the people who keep all the crappy “reality” television shows on the air. These are the people who say it’s “boring” to read. These are the people who think it’s funny to be ignorant/stupid/witless.