Aaron Traffas

How to clean a DVD

Rent a DVD that is too scratched and smudged to read
Get angry
Wipe it on your shirt
Try it again
Wipe it on your jeans
Try it again
Clean with Dawn and warm water
Dry with ion pump from Raytheon aircraft
Notice soap and water residue on disc
Try it again
Wash it again
While it is still wet, run to find an old CD drive in a computer running Vista somewhere
Notice drive isn’t plugged in
With computer running, hook up ribbon cable
Hook up power supply, noticing how it shuts off the computer immediately
Hit button on front of computer, noticing how little effect it has
Worry that your computer is fried
Flip switch on back of computer a few times
Hit button on front of computer, noticing how little effect it has
Turn switch on back of computer to the I position
Turn on computer by pressing button on front
Now that the DVD has dried enough to leave water residue, wet it down again
Bring it back to computer and insert it into drive
Once it spins up to speed, it has ruined your drive, but the DVD is now dry and lacks residue
DVD will now play
Repeat process with the rest of the DVDs from West Wing’s first season

Mile markers

East on I70
Junction City
Mile marker 300
Headed to Salinas, Lord
Late for a seminar
Mile marker 299
Kansas Auctioneers Association
Typing, driving
Listening to Ryan Adams
There goes Big Dogg’s
I wonder what happened to that bar
And the owners
Mile marker 298
Went to Topeka this morning to meet with the big guns at the Kansas Highway Patrol
I think he could tell I was a little under the weather
I’m starting to feel better now
Mile marker 295

Clinton

There is nothing sexier than a woman
Who is tring to make a case
No matter how wrong
About politics

I like Republicans, remember?

Long time no spam

I finally received confirmation on the Buster’s show for Saturday, as well as for February.

I saw some miles last weekend. I left Manhattan after the auction, bound for Sharon and my new Wildcat radial tires. I then drove to Sublette, missing my turn in Plains and ending up near Liberal before realizing I was too close to Oklahoma. I took some pictures in Sublette and headed for Lenora, fighting a dirt road detour somewhere around Garden City. It’s crazy how many different types of landscape exist in a state known for its homogeneity.

Jim and I hit the bar a little too hard on Friday night, fun though it was. We ended up in a 2:30am, knock-down, drag-out argument over Apple’s new Linux-based OS X. We could argue the merits of software compatibility and system functionality, but for some reason we couldn’t figure out how to inflate the air mattress for me.

We had a good show on Saturday, and I’m told the recording is a technical success, though I haven’t heard any of it yet. It was fun playing with Johnny one last time. I hope he doesn’t sell his kit. He’s a damn good guy and a damn good drummer.

We’ll bring the new band back to Lenora in a few months. I’m itching to play again, but my calendar hangs over my head like a cloud.

Ho, hum.
Hum drum.
Come to Buster’s.
Yum.

Back in Kansas

Logging from the Interstate
Back in the flatlands
Enough fun
Back to work

Dayton Roller

Here I sit
In a penthouse suite
At the Denver Four Points Sheraton
Denver skyline from top floor
11th of a tall hotel
Pretty, pretty
Lots of lights

I made the final table
At the CAA poker tourney
I hope Dayton won
I left when I got spanked

Too much
Too many
Too few

Lock and load

Down in flames

Big Dogg’s – Junction City
Longhorn Saloon – Leonardville
The Page – Hays
The Rail – Hays
TJ’s Cafe – Ellis

What do these bars have in common?