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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Congrats again! This might be the first time I've seen a fez in a wedding, and I'm 100% here for it.

Also: A punk rock museum? Yes please!

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Mark Finn's avatar

I know! If we’d have had the time, we would totally have checked it out. The VIP package including two warm beers is chefs-kiss perfect.

And thank you muchly for the best wishes. I’m pinging hard on the Fez/tiki bar axis.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

I might have to book a trip out to the desert. You know, "for research."

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Mark Finn's avatar

Yes. "Research." "Writing Reference." That's one I use, a lot.

"Mark, is that a vintage GI Joe?"

"Yes, but it's for writing reference."

"...You know, you can't say that for everything you buy, right?"

"Says you."

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Troyce Wilson's avatar

As I child I visited Love field so we could sit in the viewing gallery to watch the planes take off (we were simple rural people back in the 60's). By high school DFW was built and the main terminal at Love was turned into an entertainment complex called LLove that featured a huge ice skating rink, smaller roller coaster rink, and 3 screen movieplex. I visited it several times then.

Are you into Tiki? I always liked the style, then really got into it when I started viewing Jayme Blaschke's youtube channel. Sadly Martha won't let me do Tiki in the new house, but I intend to sneak in a few items inside the new screened porch. I've yet to visit what I'd call a proper Tiki bar. The alleged Tiki bar at The Spot in Galveston barely qualifies. So I'm quite jealous of you.

And to be pedantic, you talk about Home Owner's Association but you mention HMO. Freudian slip? I think you meant HOA. We're in an HOA with our new place, for the first time, but so far it's been nice and the people are quite reasonable. It helps that one of the directors runs the robotics lab at A&M and is a big fan of Martha's books.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

To be fair, HMO fits that same bill in a lot of ways.

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Mark Finn's avatar

Oh, aye. It’s a different flavor of banality of evil.

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Mark Finn's avatar

I did mean HOA. I’ll fix. Thanks!

I am quite the Tikiphile, and Jayme’s home project is a bonafide inspiration. The next time you’re in the Metroplex, there are a couple of spots to seek out.

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