{"id":573886461,"date":"2014-06-06T23:05:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T04:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573886461"},"modified":"2014-06-30T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T22:41:08","slug":"dinner-on-the-road-while-on-the-road-from-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2014\/06\/06\/dinner-on-the-road-while-on-the-road-from-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner on the road, while on the road, from the road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We took a drive this evening &#8230; <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june14\/june06.jpg\" alt=\"tunnel\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And we went through this tunnel &#8230; <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june14\/june07.jpg\" alt=\"tunnel\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Which isn&#8217;t dramatic at all, but I enjoyed the pictures and wanted to share them. <\/p>\n<p>At one point during our trip I counted four Dunkin Donuts within eight miles. I don&#8217;t really have a point for that either, other than to point out that Waffle House has some catching up to do. Wikipedia tells me there are about 1,700 Waffle Houses. A story from <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/yourtown\/specials\/starbucks_vs_dunkin_donuts\/\">boston.com<\/a> says there are 7,200 Dunkins. They have a lot of catching up to do. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the purpose of our trip this evening was to eat dinner with our friends Paige and Kevin. Paige took our engagement photos in the middle of a nor&#8217;easter. She laughed about that tonight. She took our wedding pictures on the hottest day of the summer. I laughed about that tonight, too. Everyone laughs! And you can do that when the weather is mild enough to dine on the back deck of a Victorian house that has been turned into a restaurant. That place is formal about casual dining. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Paige and The Yankee:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june14\/june08.jpg\" alt=\"Paige\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Things to read<\/strong> &#8230; because reading always makes for casual dining.<\/p>\n<p>If it is World Cup time it must be time for more stories about oppressed people who work under a multi-multi-billion dollar international entity: <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news.net\/article\/1424306\/pakistan-workers-fire-brazuca-ball-to-brazil\">Pakistan workers fire &#8216;Brazuca&#8217; ball to Brazil<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/veterans-march-once-more-d-day-ceremonies-start-002949668.html;_ylt=AwrBEiE56ZBTBRQA6O3QtDMD\">Veterans bid farewell to D-Day beaches after emotional tributes<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>So this gentleman slipped out of his nursing home and traveled to France. Well, the Royal Navy, for whom he sailed, says &#8220;Life without limits,&#8221; so this makes sense: <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-sussex-27735086\">Hove veteran disappears for Normandy trip<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a bit surprised this is still the case, <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.broadbandtvnews.com\/2014\/06\/06\/web-tv-soon-to-beat-terrestrail-reception-in-the-us\/\">Web TV soon to beat terrestrial reception in the US<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The percentage of US households with a television that relies exclusively on an antenna for television programming reception (6%) is about to be eclipsed for the first time ever by the percentage of households relying only on the Internet for TV programming (5%).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems it won&#8217;t be the case for long.<\/p>\n<p>New head honcho on the Bulldogs&#8217; hardwood &#8230; <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samfordsports.com\/news\/2014\/6\/6\/MBB_0606141545.aspx?path=mbball\">Samford Names Padgett Head Basketball Coach<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We took a drive this evening &#8230; And we went through this tunnel &#8230; Which isn&#8217;t dramatic at all, but I enjoyed the pictures and wanted to share them. 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