Rest stop for piss break number one

Rest stop for piss break number one
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Diet coke is a diuretic. Remember to add 15 percent to expected travel time when traveling with a Diet Coker.

Clouds

Clouds
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Dad: Moter Trend says that the Hyundais have really improved.

Me: Yeah?

Dad: Yeah they say the Allantra is nothing to sneeze at. Hear that honey? It was Haydn. In D?

Mom: Yes, D.

Dad: C?

Mom: No, D.

Dad: What?

Mom: D, as in A B C D.

Dad: Oh.

The book my dad is reading

The book my dad is reading
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

He's in two book clubs. This book is for the club that's him and 9 women in their 70's. They picked this book to try and attract more men to the club (it didn't work). It's a true story about two rival scuba divers that discover a German U-boat 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey.

Non sequitur conversations

Non sequitur conversations
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Mom: I know this song! It's a Haydn concerto that Anita used to play. She was one of my mother's students.

Dad: It's beautiful.

Mom: The music or the scenery?

Dad: When's your brother's wedding anniversary?

Mom: The 12th.

Sunny again

Sunny again
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Dad: Ever see about Schmidt? Remember how his wife made him sit down to pee? I wonder if all male actuaries have to sit down to pee.

Bottle number three reporting for duty

Bottle number three reporting for duty
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Dad: My new Mach Three razor is great. It even has a battery in it that makes the shave even smoother. You could chop off your upper lip and not even realize it.

Urinal

Urinal
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Looks like a Christo piece.

Mom and dad looking at a placemat

Mom and dad looking at a placemat
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

It's a moose in the woods.

Jar

Jar
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Woman deciding what sheets to buy

Woman deciding what sheets to buy
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Ice cream outlet

Ice cream outlet
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Retail flavors at wholesales prices.

Stuck in traffic

Stuck in traffic
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Bottle number two

Bottle number two
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

He's more than halfway done with his second two-liter, so this is the fourth liter he's working on now. It's 12:04 pm.

Book at library sale

Book at library sale
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

The tagline on the cover is "Field of dreams... Or field of cows?"

Purchase of the year

Purchase of the year
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Three packs of 1984 Topps.

Stop for a church rummage sale

Stop for a church rummage sale
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Overhead a woman tell her friend "the Lord knows what we need."

Dad chewing as he finishes my slice of pizza

Dad chewing as he finishes my slice of pizza
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

He wanted to dip the crust on the pool of grease on the plate but I wouldn't let him.

And a slice of bacon pizza for the road

And a slice of bacon pizza for the road
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Dad: Is that bacon on there? That's revolting.

Mom is addicted to southern pecan coffee

Mom is addicted to southern pecan coffee
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

Some of dad's dental floss

Some of dad's dental floss
Originally uploaded by Markos De Los Dios.

I had made fun of him for flossing in the car, saying "And where do you put that now?"



"It's a special kind." He said, "It just disappears."