Monday, March 27, 2006

My new dream...

So my new dream is to win a Porsche Boxster online. Maybe Red, Blue, whatever.

Just so long as it takes me where I want to go.

In my research I found a few sites offering such a chance.

Exhibit one: The Fort Wayne Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra is raffling off a 2006 P B. unfortunately it the cost is $100 per ticket

That’s about $100 dollars too much for me. I want free Boxster not something that I Actually have to pay money to Possibly get a chance at winning.

Exhibit two: Central Oregon Battering and Rape Alliance also raffling off a 2006 P B. tickets are only $45 bucks. Well this is getting a little better, unfortunately the time has passed. I’m about a month and 12 days too late. They were only selling 2000 tickets too.

Exhibit three: this one is located in the UK so its right out.

Since I used google the right column has sponsored links. The usual suspects appear here, EBay, Amazon, and PCH.com. All offering highlighted keywords that I typed in. maybe I should type in ‘Air’ or ‘lunch’ and see what happens.

Unfortunately my search digresses from here. Against better judgment I click on ‘the free car.com. the headline reads did you know you can drive a brand new car for free?

And below that did you know you can get paid to drive your own car? I Take a deep breath, this is quite a shock to me. All these years I have been paying car insurance, repairs, gas, more car insurance, more repairs, more gas. And I could have been driving for free?! What the?! I feel cheated. I look out from my window to the street, and wonder does he drive for free? Is she making money right now? No one told me. For 16 years I have been asleep at the wheel. Oblivious. I could have retired by now. Or at least in a few more years, with time to enjoy a cruising in my Boxster with my best girl by my side. I cry ‘conspiracy’! How long this has been going on? And brood over the cars driving by.

A Mercury Grand Marquis floats past and I am reminded of my quest. Driving a free car returns to my mind. The Porsche Boxster! How could I stray from my quest? I am thinking only of myself when trying to actually get paid to drive. To be the winner of a Boxster in a drawing, that takes some effort. It is the thrill of the hunt. In my mind I realize it is a far more noble effort to win a drawing than signing up for some silly free car at a website. (And of course there is that membership fee that they keep talking about at the free car website that I would not want. Since it lessens the prize. ) I want a real chance, I want the excitement, the thrill of being picked the winner. No handouts here, thank you very much. So I continue my quest, a modern day Don Q searching for his Rozinante.

If you have any leads. Please send them my way.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

FOOTHILLS DASH 5K & 10K

PTARMIGAN RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - ORTING, WA MARCH 18, 2006 RESULTS PROVIDED BY PERFECT TIME EVENTS

OVERALL MALE 10K RESULTS

Place 11

Div/Tot 2/4

Bib # 191

Name Me

Age 31

Gun

Time 43:03

Pace 6:56

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Mardi Gras Haiku

blue tarpped float rolls

joyous celebration

rubble and milduex