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"That guy looks like you..."

We were driving around Massachusetts today trying to get Mookie to take a nap (HA!) and ended up taking Route 12 all the way from Oxford to Leominster. That means we drove through Worcester. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

At one point in the drive the road we were on merged with another one...I think it was part of an off-ramp but don't quote me on that. A guy saw that we had the right of way and glanced at me as we passed him.  "That guy looked a little bit like you" I said to Keith.  And he had...in the brief moment I glanced at his face I thought to myself, "he looks like Keith" but I used the words "a little bit" because if we got close to him again and he looked totally different, I could get out of it easily.  But my words haunted Keith so he slowed down to let the guy pass.  We both nearly died. The guy looked EXACTLY like Keith did when I met him 8 years ago. I mean dead ringer. Spooky scary the same. Same profile, same hair, everything.  I'm still wondering how it could be that someone else in the world could look so much like him.

It's Doing What?

I'm writing this from the cozy comfort of my home office, while everything in my yard is covered with a blanket of snow. I don't mind snow, as long as I don't have to go outside. I don't think it's too much to ask, given that we're mammals, and some mammal (let's say bears, for instance) are smart enough to sleep through winter.

But I had to go to work this morning. And when I checked in with one of the weather websites to get an update on what it was doing in Leominster (because, of course, every prediction was for the Boston area) I was told that the current conditions were for "Freezing Fog".  I have tried to picture this in my mind all day. I can only come up with the town being encased in a solid block of ice.

I'm presenting you with pictures from my front door and back door. I would go out and take a picture of my house instead of the neighbors, but I don't feel like going outside, remember?  Does this look like freezing fog to you? Well actually, it does look a little like it. It's hard to photograph snow.

Live images: 5:06pm eastern time 2/25/1999

Bargain Book Bin

I now have a stack of books as big as my son to read. And he's tall for his age. Do you think I should take a few weeks off from work to catch up? I have The Dilbert Future by Scott Adams, and I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb beside the bed. Then there are a bunch in the plastic bin I'm using for storage because Mookie pulls books off the lowest shelves of my bookcases.  Note to me: try to read at least one book before summer.

Another note to me: Don't leave the books I'm reading within arm's reach of anyone in the house who still eats books.

RIP MST3K

Well, the SciFi channel gave MST3K the old heave ho. Remind me not to visit the Usenet newsgroups right now. I'll bet the message traffic there would blow up your modem.

My friends and I who used to be part of the CompuServe fan group will mourn suitably, but I have to tell you, since SciFi had it on at 5pm on Saturdays (and now 11am on Saturday and 11pm on Sunday) I haven't seen the show in a long long time.

Well, it's been a fun 10 years. And there are always the Rhino tapes. Of course, if you're really lucky like I am, you'll buy a copy of the "Shorts" tape and when you finally get a chance to watch it you'll find out that Rhino mis-labeled an episode of "Roots".  So I have a tape that says it's MST3K but it's not. Do you think that's worth something?

The List:

Things you can do inside when it's snowing outside

• Um, well, you could do what you have to in order to make sure you get lots of little tiny clothes 9 months later
• Make raisin toast and put peanut butter on it
• nap
• Take all the videotapes off the shelf and scatter them on the floor (most fun if you are under the age of 3)

LAST UPDATE: Feb 25, 1999

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