Quiet Before The Storm

Well, it was only a light sprinkle if we're taking about the weather.

I was on my way to the airport to meet up with a friend before he boarded his flight. The train to the terminal was empty, but that's nothing out of the ordinary.

Not sure if I'll be able to see Stark Trek: Into Darkness this weekend, it gave me an opportunity to pretend I was on a shuttlecraft. (Yeah, that's how my mind works.)

When I arrived at the terminal, I was surprised at how empty the airport was on a Friday afternoon. Usually it packed with business dudes trying to get back home after a week of business on the road. I remember those days.

I was able to meet up with my friend, and while we didn't have a lot of time to catch up, I was happy his trip through TSA took a matter of minutes, and he was lucky to be leaving out of the F Concourse.

That left me to head back to catch the Lightrail to the Mall of America and head home. As I was waiting for the train, I noticed a sign that reminded me of something that was rolled out, pun intended, this week. For years we've only had one Lightrail line, but as construction on the second line finishes up, MetroTransit is training us to call the 'old' line the Blue Line. Hopefully people won't confuse the Blue and Green lines. They should have gone with red.

I'm With Stupid

Who knew that one our most beloved and expressive articles of clothing is turning 100 this year? I sure didn't. Apparently the birth of the t-shirt began in 1913 as the US Navy issued crewneck t-shirts to be worn under uniforms.

Whether it's worn without design, a la James Dean, or with some type of design to express yourself, like Frankie telling you to relax, no wardrobe is complete without a t-shirt.

It was fun looking at the 100 most iconic t-shirts as chosen by CustomInk.  But can you believe that Mickey placed 31st? I would have ranked him much higher! (Of course)

Check out more about the 100th anniversary of the t-shirt at CustomInk. Be sure to check out the timeline and leave a comment!

Star Cards

Back in 2005 (was it really that long ago in a galaxy far, far away...), I was traveling a lot for business. That was also the year that Burger King reunited with LucasFilm and the Star Wars franchise one last time to promote Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. One of the offerings was a series of six limited edition gift cards, one honoring each movie.

These are lenticular cards, so they didn't scan well. 

• The Episode II card shows Yoda in one view and Count Dooku fighting Yoda in the other.
• The Episode V card shows Han Solo in one view and Boba Fett in the other.
• The Episode VI card shows Slave Leia in one view and Jabba the Hutt in the other.

I wish I had picked up the other three cards, but at least I still have these three.

As history repeats itself, kind of, for the first time in Star Wars Weekends history, Disney Gift Cards will be offering four unique Star Wars-themed Disney Gift Card designs!

Each week during Star Wars Weekends a new design will become available:

Weekend 1: Skywalker Mickey, May 17
Weekend 2: Darth Donald, May 24
Weekend 3: Yoda Stitch, May 31
Weekend 4: Darth Goofy, June 7

As an added bonus, there's a hidden Mickey on each card! Click on that picture above, because I tried to make it as large as I could to spot any, but I haven't found them (yet). I hope that I will be able to get them all. To read more about the gift cards, click here. 

UPDATE:
So the morning of the 18th, I was updating this post with scanned pictures of my BK Star Wars gift cards. On a whim, I checked eBay, and someone was selling all six gift cards! I noticed a new feature on eBay that lets you know someone is watching the item, so I exercised my right to Buy It Now. Thanks to me working on this post, my collection is now complete. Now to get those Star Wars Weekends gift cards!

 

Liberty Begins With Thunderous Applause

No matter which side of the issue you're on, you have to admit it's been a big week here in Minnesota. The House and the Senate both debated and passed the Marriage Equality Act to legalize same-gender marriage. As of 5:00 PM today, Minnesota becomes the first state in Midwest to legalize marriage equality by legislative vote, and the 12th State where marriage is just marriage as the Governor signs the bill making it official.

With the thousands of memes and posts flying around, I had to add a few of my own just fun. I used some familiar Star Wars moments to help me clutter up the Internet. And sorry Padmé, I changed your quote a bit.

More Mother's Day

Earlier this week, I spotted this picture on someone's Facebook profile. My Mom usually doesn't drink, but she will occasionally have a Margarita, so this was appropriate.

Having me come out to visit my parents wasn't the only Mother's Day gifts. I had to show up with a few treats. I think I know now from where I get some of my camera posing.

And it continues with a picture of me.

A few blog posts ago, I mentioned how I bought a frame from Hallmark and had the picture made by Shutterfly. From this look, it looks like it was a hit.

And here's Mom holding the final product. Happy Mother's Day, Mom! I love you!

Happy Mother's Day!

Just had to share the best Mom I know with the world.  Love you, Mom!

I've Looked at Cloud City from Both Sides Now

Odd. The boarding pass said 'Colorado', not 'Bespin'. But what a lovely view of Cloud City.