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Life Observation # 54

Marriage changes passion; Suddenly, you're in bed with a relative. Busy but strange week with the holiday in the middle, thank God the weekends here as I will be building a storage shed to put everyone’s stuff in. I have the materials but need to find the desire to build the thing as I would rather be fishing or playing a round of golf. Have a great weekend everyone. Ice

Outback Steak House . . . Really Outback for me

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This happened some time in the recent past as it’s been busy here and no time to write lately so I thought I would write something light hearted again. Outback Steak House, is one of our few chain restaurants here in Alaska so that and Chili’s are one of the better places to eat if not going to one of the many mom and pop eateries. This is Alaska , the Last Frontier, land of few chain restaurants and strip malls. I would prefer my unique hole-in-the-wall Japanese joint but then most of the group would complain as that seems to be the ‘in place’ lately with all you can eat king crab for $19.99. "Crab again? Like, from The Deadliest Catch?" (sigh) And so Outback Steak House it is. It's the only place we can all agree on this trip. I won't complain. A rack of spicy ribs always suits me fine and I'll do some serious damage at that salad bar. I've already hungrily spied a bucket sized Blooming Onion. An aloof, teen-aged hostess seats us and then we...