"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea"---- there's an earworm for you.  And yes, that is in fact Mr. SquarePants himself, SpongeBob.  He was face down in the street, with a pumpkin on his head and yes, he knows no shame.  Next to Mr. Pants was a wallet which had been along the curb for some time now and had gotten soaked from the recent rain.  I don't think it will be too hard to return this one, there was a drivers license along with all kinds of credit cards inside, so we know who it belongs to.  I took it to the Watauga police departmen ..read more

      I'm not a huge fan of Taco the Bell, but now that I've got a Taco the Hat, who knows?  I might develop a hankerin for some Chipo de Salso. Next, just to the left in the picture, I knew I've seen that big hunk of metal before and back on March 7th 'Da Googles' told me it was a $19 'Air-Brake Brake-Shoe Knurled-Roller.'  Never expected them to be such a common commodity.  There were two more USB cords in the road, one an obvious Apple cord, the other some kind of specialty android cord, but neither are expected to hit the shelves of The 'Rundover' Store.  ..read more

       Happy ending today for that drivers license at the top left.  I found it while running past a Wells Fargo drive up teller's window and since the address was on it (which I've covered up) I was certain when I looked Mr Karber up in Spokeo that I had the right person. I've met some very nice people because of these crazy finds.  Keep in mind now, there's an enormous amount of stuff in the road, along the curb, on and around the sidewalk and that what you see here is not everything I see when I run every day.  Just a sec, yes honey.......that's right ..read more

       That little square thing with eyeballs in the center was about to be dropped into the trash when it got a last minute stay of execution.  I saw the eyes and was curious so I eventually asked 'Da Googles' who said it's 'Kris B Sprinkles', a Shopkins Sweet Snack collectable toy.  Well sure it is.  And at the top left it's 'Larry B Alighter' a collectable cigarette 'toy'.  Sheesh!  Once again today our friends at Frost donated a couple of pens to go with the Ultra Round Stic Grip I also found. Seems the BIC people needed to get all 'wordy' to s ..read more

     For all you rabid golfers who are just biding your time until The Masters weekend, I found a Titleist ball cap that could make you the envy of your foursome.  Why, I can just see myself now wearing that Titleist cap while sending my favorite Top-flight golf ball screaming down the fairway. Alright, alright, flying through the trees, into the woods, and then onto the fairway. Whatever.   I found another live round today, a 9mm Luger bullet which was a few feet away from that drill bit on the left. Look close, it's no ordinary bit. Diamond tip, shaft of Titani ..read more

       More plastic today, I had never heard of The Grand Galvez Hotel in Galveston but 'Da Googles' says it rates well up on the schmantz scale.  Since the room key-card was left on the on the ground near a car wash it seems that whoever stayed there was expecting room service to pick up their trash.  Erk jay.  Next to the 'GG' one is a 'S Club card that might have been good at Sam's once upon a time. Next,  let me say I see a lot of smoking stuff littering up the road, curb line, medians, sidewalks, all over the place.  And I took great joy in go ..read more

     I go through spells where I don't see any gift or credit cards for a while.  And then I do.  Of the three cards on the bottom left,  the right most one I'm guessing is one of those new, gee-whiz, zippity-do-da, this-is-how-you-rock mastercards.  They're smaller, have fewer numbers, fit in the palm of your hand, and don't show a name so that you can shop anonymously in all those taboo places like "Antlers R Us", "Rolling In Minestrone", and "Trailer Hitches, Bacon, and Beer."  Gives one pause, don't it?  The other two cards are kind of bor ..read more

         Normally when you hear the term 1-ply it's probably from somebody on TV talking about toilet paper.  Well, today I found half a pair of pliers along the road and I would think that would be considered 1 pli as well?  I also found the universal repair medium, that most magic of tapes, that something that no self-respecting handyman could do without.  Yes, you've guessed it, it's 'duct-tape', an already started, well broken in, black roll of duct tape.  Alright, alright, everyone settle down, there's enough here for everyone, not to mention ..read more

           How many bungee-cords is enough and how many is too many?  I figured this little guy on the left wouldn't take up much space so I took him.  Just a sec.......yes honey, another one.  Well actually, he followed me home and I didn't have the to heart to send the poor little lost lonely guy packing.  (thousand one, thousand two, thousand.....) And there's the internationally famous eye-roll.  Thanks babe!  Next I saw that red plastic thing on the right, with a red cross on it and only two things came to mind.  First, the ..read more

      Normally, "if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands" (thank you Douglas Adams).  In this case, substitute the word rubber duckie.  And it looked like a rubber duckie.  Sadly it was freezing out for this morning's run and when little plastic rubber duckies get run over they end in pieces.  I picked up all I could find but we're going to need a team of specialists.  Calling Dr Howard, Dr Fine, Dr Howard!!! (let's see how many pe ..read more