1000 buffalo stampede

Yup. WWJD? What would Jesus do? What would Jesus drive, even? I’m not sure on Jesus’ ride – I’d imagine he’d be good with a wide range of wheels. I don’t really see him driving, say, a Hummer, Aramda, or some other mammoth beast of oil. Maybe a Caddie, cause Jesus might roll like that, but I figure something more economical. If he even drives, that is – I see him being big on the walking thing. Possibly a mountain bike. Not sure about a segway.

I’m reasonably sure that if he chose to drive, he’d be a courteous, laid-back, enjoy the ride sort of driver. Turn the other cheek; love thy neighbor. That sort of thing. I’m not saying I think he’d be a slow driver – I see Jesus, like Stevil, maintaining a safe, constant speed. Nice and steady.

I’m reasonably sure like that he wouldn’t be driving like a friggin’ coke-fiend maniac, cutting people off at 75 mph so he could arrive a whopping 5 seconds early. With a WWJD sticker on the bumper.

Go figure.

Or for the persons. Person. Whatever. The point being, I’ve upgraded my old coffeepot with a spiffy new cuisinart coffeemaker – specifically an automatic grind-and-brew model, which actually grinds up the coffeebeans and then brews the joe. It’s got a timer (hence the automatic part), so when I wake up in the morning, there’s hot, fresh coffee a-waitin’ for me.

I haven’t had it for very long (it was a vacation gift to myself, and yes, we used it to ensure we were coffee-nated at 6 am for the drive out to Kings Canyon).

Was I the only person to not know these things existed before? My loss … until now!

Gotta say – the second time around was even better. I just got back from some vacation – a return trip to Kings Canyon for a week of camping and relaxing. We missed all the unluck from last year thankfully, and all four of us hit were able to make the trip.

The weather was excellent, our campground was outstanding (big, great scenery, and pretty private … until the last day, we were pretty much alone). My sleeping upgrade (I picked up a cot for my tent – yes, a cot) got two thumbs up, and it was sound sleeping under the stars all week.

All-in-all, a great vacation.

Which nearly disappeared under the 13 screen pages of email that I received in the three-and-a-half business days I was gone. Sheeesh.

Nonetheless, it was worth every one of those emails (most of which were promptly reviewed and trashed)