The word “revamp” means To patch up or restore; renovate. To revise or reconstruct. So so if revamp means to patch up, what does the word “vamp” mean? To patch up (something old); refurbish. To put together; fabricate or improvise. Music. To improvise (an accompaniment, for example) for a solo. So basically vamp and revamp mean the same thing. Like flammable and inflammable. Except maybe revamp means more to patch up again. — Actual Fact: Leon Theremin, inventor of the Theremin, an electronic instrument you play without touching anything but the air around it (featured in the Beach Boy’s “Good…
I’m off to Chicago to return Sydney’s car. I figured since I was going up there, I might as well stay for a little bit, and so I’d planned on coming back on Monday. Sydney was a little slow with the plane ticket, so I’m actually returning on Tuesday. I flew for the first time this year yesterday. It was my last flight of Stage 1 Commercial, which means I have a Stage Check when I get back. I have to prove I can fly places, accurately estimate how long it’s going to take me to get places, and divert…
Berck is making spaghetti. And by that I mean he’s making the pasta. Actually, I think it’s linguine. He’s using our new pasta making attachment to the KitchenAid mixer. It works fantastically better than we even dreamed it would.
At morning break today… Greg, whose first language is Spanish, was browsing one of the food vending machines in the breakroom. It’s a pretty big machine, almost half automat, with buttons that let you spin the whole interior rack around to view the paltry samples of out-of-date $3 sandwiches, little cartons of milk, or cans of cran-grape juice. Lawrence, who is about 6 foot, 115 pound and smokes like a chimney, strode in hungry and nicotine-starved. It’s people like Lawrence who make me think about getting into vending. He eats one item out of the vendomat at morning break, two…