without looking, i know it's been awhile since i've added any utterly useless content to the ole website. well, it's been a long year in nukular wonderland, and that’s my only excuse.

so i’m currently barreling across upstate NY on the way to bristol, VT. just passed the exit for the Jell-O Museum and Gallery and a deer twitching by the roadside (didn’t hit it). a little prodding from the Beck and the fact i’ve got little to do for the next couple hours has inspired a few notes.

Jell-O Trivia #1:
The first four Jell-O flavors were orange, lemon, strawberry, and raspberry. Lime was introduced in 1930.

picked up a couple of traveling companions (kaela and clifford – the little big red bobble-head dog) outside minneapolis last week. threw a little party at her place on friday. bud light pony keg got the better of me. tweaked my back trying to ice the thing down. at least the contents were kind enough to help numb the pain afterwards. drove to chicago on sunday through rain and shine. by “drove” i really mean "chauffeured in reclined discomfort." thanks kaela. saw a pumpkin on top of a grain silo in wisconsin. silly cheeseheads.

i haven’t been back to my apartment in chicago since sometime in march. and i could probably count on one hand the number of days i’ve been there so far this year. but what’s a fella to do but pay the rent, shred the endless stack of credit card offers, swap out winter jackets for shorts and a wiffle ball bat and press on.

Jell-O Trivia #2:
Bill Cosby has been a spokesperson for Jell-O since 1974.

so what’s the score? what’s comes next? not really sure. time to scratch that wanderlust itch again i suppose. the lady and i are on the way to VT. going to say hell-O to some friends. maybe a day of lawn games. bocce ball. horseshoes and high-life. perhaps croquet and a “Welcome Back Wiffle” if the spine allows. then on to maine for a Lobster Fest of sorts in the woods. don’t know much other than host is a friend of mine…who spins tales of music, beer, motorcycles, and more crustaceans than one could care to eat. stay tuned on that. the rest of the summer is up in the air. there are a few known events in the schedule spread across various states but the majority is undecided.

Jell-O Trivia #3:
The people of Salt Lake City consume more lime-flavored gelatin than any other city in the United States

travelling nitty gritty:
starting odometer 11093 – rosemount, mn 4/3/07
leaving chicago – 11550-ish 4/5/07 8:45am
travel times nothing like what i remember from years past. i clearly drive slower. can’t help it. the state of illinois has been rough on me in ’07.
the pimpala's radio has been subject to a sonic roller coaster of Cubs radio broadcasts, dylan, billboard 80’s albums, hank3, the pussycat dolls, jj cale, the be good tanyas, the boss, garth brooks, etc. suggestions welcome. nothing is too good, bad or ugly to blare.

Jell-O Trivia #4:
March 17, 1993, technicians at St. Jerome hospital in Batavia test a bowl of lime Jell-O with an EEG machine and confirm the earlier testing by Dr. Adrian Upton that a bowl of wiggly Jell-O has brain waves identical to those of adult men and women.

note to andy:
appreciate the tales from south of the equator. keep it up, man.

note to ironsides:
best of luck.

note to all:
for anyone who still checks up on this page from time to time, the pan-am rally is still in hearts and minds of the badcolonies. just been difficult to put much brain time to it lately.

photo accompaniment coming soon. i'll get these internerdery skills dusted off soon enough.

later.
dominic

trivia courtesy The Jell-O Museum and Gallery