So, we decided to stay in Houma for New Year’s Eve. It didn’t seem to have a whole lot going for it except that there’s an Outback Steakhouse right across the street from the hotel. Since Whit works for one of the restaurants in that family, we get half off (on our food). This place was almost packed, on an hour wait, and the bar was totally wrapped. I had mixed feelings between the fact that I’d have to wait an hour and wondering why the people there weren’t celebrating New Year’s in a different place. I mean, surely they know of much nicer places off the beaten path, right?

Well, nothing for nothing, we decided we’d sign up the wait and start drinking. With any luck, a spot would open up at the bar and we could swoop in there. So I got a beer and Whit got some fruity something or other and we waited. And waited. After about 45 minutes, we got a spot at the bar. Actually, we saw some people across the bar asking for their check and we went and stood in the aisle between their seats and the booths, hanging over their necks like a couple nonchalant buzzards. At one point, the lady turned to me and said, “We’re going to be leaving soon. You guys can have our seats.” Gee, thanks. I guess we were a LOT more obvious than we thought. It was a little awkward, but fuck it – I’m vacation, I have tickets to the Sugar Bowl, and the world is my oyster; get to steppin’ hooker.

We took a seat and got to chit chatting with our bartenders, Brad and Kacie. They were pretty cool, especially once they found out Whit was in the industry. She worked them pretty good and we got hooked up a little. We took a look at the menu (even I thought it was a little early to start drinking our supper) and found an appetizer, Tassie’s Crawfish, that was manna sent directly from heaven. I swear to you, if you ever find yourself in an Outback with those on the menu ORDER SOME AND GET ONE TO GO. We ate those crawdaddies so quickly and completely that we couldn’t finish our entrees. MMM MMM GOOD!! read this entry »

Yeah, so it’s been over a year since I made a post. I’ve been working on another site that has given me a little bit of notoriety (under a different pseudonym) and has been more focused on what I do for a living. Since I’ve been working my happy little ass off lately, it made sense. Some of you won’t really care about the life of the geek, so I didn’t want to bother you. I’m working on some ideas that can tie them all together, but I’m pretty busy. Anyway….

So, for Christmas my girlfriend Whit proved just how fucking awesome she is by going online and getting us tickets to the Sugar Bowl. For those of you who don’t know, I’m a HUGE Georgia fan – it’s basically the organized religion to which I subscribe. I usually get to attend at least 2 or 3 games Between the Hedges, but this year was just too damned busy (I attended exactly ZERO games). So with all that said, this gift is akin to giving a classic car nut a ’57 Chevy or a computer nut an UltraSparc workstation. All I can say is that I was right in my last post – this girl is nearing perfection. read this entry »