Good evening, my friends,
Yesterday, Monday, was the most wonderful day we’ve had yet this year. It was brilliant sunshine, blue skies and light breezes out of the west - somewhat cool, but warmer than usual. We took a long walk around the high school and enjoyed every minute of it.
You know, it isn’t every town in the nation that can boast it has the most terrible McDonalds’ in the world, and at the same time proclaim it also has one of, (if not THE) worst KFC’s at the same time.
But, it’s true of Rockport. Years ago, we gave up on McDonalds here and wouldn’t go there if they were giving their hamburgers away. We often wonder how they stay in business.
Three years ago, we tried the KFC here in town. It was one of the first times I’ve ever demanded my money back and got it after receiving the most obnoxious food I’ve seen in many a year.
Well, tonight, we thought we’d give them a try to break up our steady routine of heading for What a Burger - what a mistake!!
The sign above the counter depicted two huge pieces of chicken and a large container of home fries, plus a biscuit for only $6.99. It appeared enough for both of us to eat - what a surprise when the box came sealed - we thought the pieces would be sticking out above the box as they are in their ad - WRONG! There were two pitiful, and I mean REALLY pitiful pieces of dried out chicken that were supposed to be white breast meat. If they were, they were off a VERY SMALL chicken, and a scrawny one at that.
The “home fries” must have been fried two days ago - they were dried out, wrinkled, hardly warm and barely edible, and there were very few of them, (which turned out to be a blessing) - they were just as bad as the chicken.
The only thing resembling the ad was the biscuit - but no butter or jelly came with it.
So, it will be a cold day in Hades before we ever return to our local KFC.
I should note here that KFC also has Taco Bell in the same building - or kitchen I should say. I can’t tell you if that product is good or not - after the chicken, I couldn’t and wouldn’t trust anything that came out of that place.
So, tomorrow, it will be back to What a Burger - at least you know what you’re getting there - we’ve tried it all and found most to be very good. I believe their hamburgers are the best in the state.
But, enough about food.
Today I received my application for the Texas Book Festival to be held October 16-17 in Austin, TX. I immediately filled in the form and sent it in to be an exhibitor for the two day event. They claim 40,000 people attended last year and look forward to a larger crowd in 2010. I hope it is as good as they say. I’ll keep you up-to-date on what’s happening there as I received a reply.
On Facebook, I received a request from a 21 year old girl from Gambia asking to be my friend. Since I’ve heard of many scams coming out of that part of the world, I declined to answer. I really am too old to be a pen pal to a 21 year old.
My neighbor and fishing buddy, Dennis, says the black drum are biting - he and his brother-in-law went out and limited out twice in two days. Perhaps I’d better think about wetting a line. We’ll see how the weather plays out next week.
But, first, only two more days until the big book signing for four days at the Naval Base in Corpus Christi – April 1-4. We hope to see many of you there. Stop by and pick up a copy of my latest novel and any of those you may have missed in the past. You won’t be sorry.
But, for tonight, I’ll say, take it easy and relax - life is too short.
Until next time,
Vaya con Dias, my friends,
Karl