16 Jan 09 Lowcountry Bloggers BBQ
We all met up at Bessingers BBQ on Savannah Highway, around 5.30pm.
It was actually the first time I’ve eaten there. I’ve stopped by a couple of times before but they’ve not been open – it’s been the wrong time of day.
I was looking forward to this as I am quite a fan of good BBQ food, and I wasn’t disappointed.
There is plenty to choose from, and you can eat as much as you like for just over twelve bucks for an adult.
I particularly enjoyed the ribs, with the yellow mustard sauce, and the collards were good too!
We had quite a good turn out, and although I didn’t do a head-count, I think about 15-16 people turned up.
Bessingers doesn’t serve alcohol, and as a few of us felt we ‘d like a beer or two after all that food, we decided to head to a nearby bar.
So, a few of us headed along Savannah Highway to the Triangle Bar, where we had a couple of beers, and did some Brightkite Synchronization, while we washed down the BBQ!
Jared and I were photographing each other photgraphing each other with our Blackberries.
It was certainly a fun event, and hopefully one that we will repeat again in the very near future!
Tags: adult, alcohol, bbq food, beers, blackberries, collards, fun event, jared, mustard sauce, nearby bar, ribs, savannah highway, synchronization, time of day, triangle bar, wrong time, yellow mustard
15 Jun 08 Father’s Day
Sonora Dodd of the State of Washington wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a Civil War veteran who was widowed when his wife died while giving birth to their sixth child. He successfully raised his six children. As an adult, Sonora realized the selfless sacrifices of her father, and since he was born in June, she chose to celebrate the first Father’s Day in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910.
While President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father’s Day as early as 1924, it was President Lyndon Johnson, in 1966, who signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father’s Day. President Richard Nixon signed the law that finally made it permanent in 1972.
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13 Feb 08 Phone Call
The boss wondered why one of his most valued employee had not phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a child’s whisper. ‘ Hello ? ‘
‘Is your daddy home?’ he asked.
‘ Yes ,’ whispered the small voice.
May I talk with him?’
The child whispered, ‘ No .’
Surprised and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, ‘Is your Mommy there?’
‘Yes.’
‘May I talk with her?’
Again the small voice whispered, ‘ No .’
Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, ‘Is anybody else there?’
‘ Yes ,’ whispered the child, ‘ a policeman ‘.
Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee’s home, the boss asked, ‘May I speak with the policeman?’
‘ No, he’s busy ‘, whispered the child.
‘Busy doing what?’
‘ Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman ,’ came the whispered answer.
Growing more worried as he heard a loud noise in the background throu gh the earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, ‘What is that noise?’
‘ A helicopter ‘ answered the whispering voice.
‘What is going on there?’ demanded the boss, now truly apprehensive.
Again, whispering, the child answered, ‘ The search team just landed a helicopter .’
Alarmed, concerned and a little frustrated the boss asked, ‘What are they searching for?’
Still whispering, the young voice replied with a muffled giggle…
‘ ME .’
Tags: adult, boss, cop, earpiece, fireman, helicopter, home phone number, loud noise, mommy, policeman, search team, small voice, throu gh, whisper, whispered answer, whispering voice
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