Everyone is itching to travel to central Florida. It’s the height of human cultural achievement.
You go to central Florida and you’ll end up with an itch, that much is true.
If I wanted to drive 2 hours to Orlando I could fly anywhere in the world non-stop. Not gonna happen.
My son showed me this over the weekend. Everton played their last game at Goodson Park over the weekend. It caused this guy to take a risk:
I used to say living in Midland that you could go anywhere in the world from there. Just an hour flight to Houston or Dallas and the world is your oyster.
And speaking of Midland…there’s a fair chance I’ll be moving back there again soon.
FML
Opps?
Asset Retirement
When my buddies and I were organizing canoe trips we’d shoot for mid-week trips in order to avoid crowds, and one of the guys would say “if you can’t just take a few days off, you may not be where you thought you’d be in your career”. Well, if you’re getting transferred to Midland…
On the bright side, you might get to hang out with Billy Bob and his “wife” and “daughter”.
I’m pretty certain that if I were to get hit by a bus tomorrow Big Oil might not even notice for a few weeks. That said, getting transferred to Midland won’t be a demotion or anything. Hobbs? Carlsbad? Pecos?…yeah, I’d rather work at Sears.
It’s closer to New Mexico. There’s that.
There’s a non-zero chance I could move to Taos if I want it.
Not a lot of great restaurants in Taos, and Espanola 50 miles away used to have the highest murder rate in the nation, but other than that Taos is lovely.
It’s also closer to Oklahoma.

Not a lot of great restaurants in Taos, and Espanola 50 miles away used to have the highest murder rate in the nation, but other than that Taos is lovely.
Well you’re just pumpin the sunshine, ain’t you?
Highest murder rate seems like the kind of stat that would have to drop on its own after a while.
You know how to cook, don’t you?

Well you’re just pumpin the sunshine, ain’t you?
actually, I do love Taos.

Highest murder rate seems like the kind of stat that would have to drop on its own after a while.
This week I learned that Mackinac Island has the third highest violent crime rate in Michigan, ahead of Detroit, Saginaw, Flint…it’s all about proportion
Profound.
The biggest achievement we can have, the biggest success we can have is not winning the trophy; it’s that we could give thousands of our supporters a moment for their lives. We can give them great times. Maybe they have problems at home, we give them hours and days they can forget all of this, and just be happy.
— Oliver Glasner