I will be closed today, Wednesday January 28 due to a snow storm.
See you tomorrow!
It's Snow Day for Hot Dogs
No More "Great Moments"
My favorite thing to watch on TV the past few years has been "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" on the David Letterman Show. The juxtaposition of stirring presidential oratory with Bush's buffoonery always gave me a laugh. The one sad thing about Bush leaving office is this little bit of business will cease. I don't think Barak Obama will give us the same degree of ludicrous prose as his predecessor.
Here is the "farewell episode."
Blog Your Blessing Sunday LXXXII
Obama quoted from this passage in his inauguration speech while referring to the Bush administration. When you think about it, it's a pretty hardcore "dis" on Bush.
1 Corinthians 13:11,12
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
Obama Dog
Over 3 million people saw Barak Obama get sworn in as President today. While I didn't think it was his best speech, all I could think of was "boy, I'd like to have the Hot Dog Truck parked in the middle of this crowd."
Good luck Mr. President. You're going to need it.
Blog Your Blessing Sunday LXXXI
We have endured four days of record cold in Hot Dog Truck land. Not many people buy hot dogs when it's minus 2 degrees outside.
Job 37:9
The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds.
Chilly Dogs
It is so friggin cold out, I am amazed when someone actually stops to buy a hot dog! Every dog at the Hot Dog Truck is a "chilly dog" when it's this cold. Friday it is supposed to be ZERO degrees and minus 20 degrees with the wind! It hasn't been this cold here for 20 years.
I want to go out on the coldest day of the year and see what hearty souls will show up.
I am going to have a "coldest day since 1989" chili dog special: the combo will be the same price as regular dogs and I'll pile on some extra chili to boot.
I hope to see you there!
Blog Your Blessing Sunday LXXX
There is yet another 6 inches of snow to deal with this morning. It's days like this that make me question why I don't live in a warmer climate.
Psalm 147:16
He spreads the snow like wool
and scatters the frost like ashes.
Electric Car
Got this in the email from my wife:
Electric Car?
If a little guy in a home garage can make this, what should all the big car makers be doing in all their giant labs. ?????
If this isn't absolutely pathetic! What have all the Detroit automakers been doing! What a joke! Check this out.
Jury Duty Re-cap
As many of you may know, I had jury duty Monday. I was selected as a juror and seated for a trial. It lasted two days.
It was a basic operating under the influence trial.
The facts were as follows:
Two young kids (18 years old) were driving down a street on a Saturday night around 8 PM. It had snowed during the day and the roads were wet, but not too icy. As they were driving, a car began tailgating them very close. The car backed off and then passed them at a high rate of speed. They were going 35-40 MPH so they estimated the other car was going 60-70 MPH. They lost sight of the car as it went around a bend. When they came around the bend, they thought they saw the car taking a U-turn. When they came up further, they discovered the car that had passed them had spun out, smashed into two parked cars and landed facing the opposite direction on the front lawn of some one's house. They saw a guy get out of the car and run past them. The kid in the passenger seat rolled down his window and asked if the guy was OK. He said "yes" and ran off across a field towards some woods.
The kids called the cops who responded to the scene. One cop went to check the car to see if anyone was inside. He saw one set of footprints coming from the driver's side going off across the field towards the woods. Three cops started following the footprints. One cop slipped on some ice and broke his ankle so only one cop kept following the footprints. Meanwhile, another cop picked up what he believed to be the footprint trail at the other side of the woods and followed it. He followed the trail to a home near the woods and found a guy hiding behind a woodpile. He arrested him and cuffed him and stuck him in the back of his cruiser. Apparently the guy reeked of booze and had "heavy" speech. The cop who had been following the tracks from the accident scene came upon them and hopped in the front seat of the cruiser to be returned to his car.
Back at the station they gave him a field sobriety test which he failed and they booked him for operating under the influence, operating a vehicle negligently and leaving the scene of an accident.
Those were the facts presented to us through testimony. A jury can only find someone guilty if they believe BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT that the state has proven the case.
We (the jury) heard testimony from the two kids and two of the cops involved. The defense attorney spent most of the time trying to get the witnesses to admit they never actually saw the defendant driving the car. The thought was if he wasn't driving, he couldn't be guilty. It was a pretty weak defense if you ask me.
Once closing arguments were done I got selected as the alternate juror which means I didn't get to deliberate on the verdict! I got sent to another room while the other six folks deliberated. I sat in that room for less than 20 minutes. The jury found the guy guilty on all three counts (my sentiments too).
After the trial the judge met with us and agreed we had reached a good verdict. He gave us further background on the case-evidence we weren't allowed to hear- that made our verdict seem even more proper. The judge even promised to stop by for a hot dog the next time he got assigned to Marlborough District Court!
I won't have to serve jury duty for another three years. I hope I get another trial because it is kind of cool to see how our justice system works in its purest form. Trial by jury is a fundamental pillar of our society. Being a part of it makes our messed up system seem OK after all; this is how it's supposed to work.
CLOSED TODAY WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7
Hot Dogs don't sell well during and ice storm, therefore I will be closed today. I will be out tomorrow, weather permitting.
CLOSED TUESDAY
I will be closed today TUESDAY JANUARY 6th due to JURY DUTY!
I'll be back Wednesday (weather permitting).
IMPANELED
I had jury duty today and I was impaneled as a juror! I sat in court all day hearing a case (which I'm not allowed to discuss) and will most likely hear the end of the case and reach a verdict on Tuesday. Needless to say, I'll be closed Tuesday too.
File under: "Be careful what you wish for."
Blog Your Blessing Sunday LXXIX
Another year has come and gone.
On Monday I have to report to a local District Court to perform my civic duty as a juror. I have served on a jury once before. The other times I was called I either got dismissed without having to report or waited around all morning for a case to be called and then got dismissed. I have even had a rather frustrating run in with The Office of the Jury Commissioner for the Commonwealth. I hope I get to sit on a jury this time.
Proverbs 21:15
When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
but terror to evildoers.
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