Red-Headed Agama
A New Pet
Well I bought a new pet for the Webster household and it's a lizard. A Red-Headed Agama which is 12" long and will get up to 15" long and will live 8 years. I have the tank, the sand, rocks, wood and a couple dozen crickets. It was fun and my kids got a big kick out of watching "Spunky" chomp on a cricket. He's tan with light green stripes on his head with little red tufts that look like ears. I never had any pets as a child so I'm enjoying have a dog and now a lizard. Who knows what's next?
Pho Mekong
I love to go to this restaurant and eat the Pho Ga which is the chicken noodle soup and #N19 on the menu. I'm there at noon every Friday so if you want to stop and see me, I'm the anti-social person in the corner reading a book and eating soup all alone. Pho Mekong is a Vietnamese restaurant in Utica, NY that has the most authentic Vietnam food you'll get anywhere in the USA. I had lunch there with Asian businessmen and they raved at how good it was. Not Americanized at all.
Alone
Speaking of eating alone, I astonish my wife with my being able to eat and work alone. I grew up in a house not much larger than a Ritz cracker box with six brothers and sisters and always relished my alone time. I'm very funny in that I like to talk with people yet there's times when I want to be all alone. Many times when I was a teenager I'd walk to the local cemetery and sit at the foot of the large cross on top of the highest hill and just watch the clouds go by. I find that my best ideas come and the stress of life goes away when I have just a few moments of isolation.
Proctor Park
I love to walk on my lunch from my day job and one of my favorites is Proctor Park in Utica. I love to walk through the woods and by the babbling brook and seeing the trees rock in the wind and the squirrels bounding around. When it's summer and really sunny and warm, I bring a book and sit in the shade of a tree and read with nothing but the sound of the leaves rubbing against each other.
Goblet of Fire
Wow has Harry Potter grown up. I had read the book so I knew what was going to happen but with each movie comes darker themes and scarier events. I was hesitant to let my kids see this movie and was glad I made my six year old miss it. There's a death and the return of Lord Voldemort was as scary as anything a kid should see. My review of the movie was that I liked it very much.
The Punisher
I watched this movie the other night and wished it was a little bit more like the comic book. I liked it yet it went away from the true intent of the Punisher. Thomas Jane did a great job as the brooding man out for revenge for the death of his family. I liked the way he killed John Travolta at the end.
Well I bought a new pet for the Webster household and it's a lizard. A Red-Headed Agama which is 12" long and will get up to 15" long and will live 8 years. I have the tank, the sand, rocks, wood and a couple dozen crickets. It was fun and my kids got a big kick out of watching "Spunky" chomp on a cricket. He's tan with light green stripes on his head with little red tufts that look like ears. I never had any pets as a child so I'm enjoying have a dog and now a lizard. Who knows what's next?
Pho Mekong
I love to go to this restaurant and eat the Pho Ga which is the chicken noodle soup and #N19 on the menu. I'm there at noon every Friday so if you want to stop and see me, I'm the anti-social person in the corner reading a book and eating soup all alone. Pho Mekong is a Vietnamese restaurant in Utica, NY that has the most authentic Vietnam food you'll get anywhere in the USA. I had lunch there with Asian businessmen and they raved at how good it was. Not Americanized at all.
Alone
Speaking of eating alone, I astonish my wife with my being able to eat and work alone. I grew up in a house not much larger than a Ritz cracker box with six brothers and sisters and always relished my alone time. I'm very funny in that I like to talk with people yet there's times when I want to be all alone. Many times when I was a teenager I'd walk to the local cemetery and sit at the foot of the large cross on top of the highest hill and just watch the clouds go by. I find that my best ideas come and the stress of life goes away when I have just a few moments of isolation.
Proctor Park
I love to walk on my lunch from my day job and one of my favorites is Proctor Park in Utica. I love to walk through the woods and by the babbling brook and seeing the trees rock in the wind and the squirrels bounding around. When it's summer and really sunny and warm, I bring a book and sit in the shade of a tree and read with nothing but the sound of the leaves rubbing against each other.
Goblet of Fire
Wow has Harry Potter grown up. I had read the book so I knew what was going to happen but with each movie comes darker themes and scarier events. I was hesitant to let my kids see this movie and was glad I made my six year old miss it. There's a death and the return of Lord Voldemort was as scary as anything a kid should see. My review of the movie was that I liked it very much.
The Punisher
I watched this movie the other night and wished it was a little bit more like the comic book. I liked it yet it went away from the true intent of the Punisher. Thomas Jane did a great job as the brooding man out for revenge for the death of his family. I liked the way he killed John Travolta at the end.
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