Introducing: Mookie
With an estimated arrival date of January 7th, we have a 50/50 chance of getting a 1997 tax deduction. I just don't want to be the puffy-faced woman who gets a quarter-page picture on the New Year's Day edition of the Fitchburg Sentinel. Anything but that.
The baby's in-utero name is "Mookie", which I will explain on Mookie's
Very Own Web Page, which is currently being developed.
I've got a project going on right now that should keep me occupied for several years. That's right, we've got a new driver training program that we're setting up for The Big Dump Truck's newest training program, little LaFerriere-to-be.
KENNY LOGGINS!
Our seats weren't as good as they were when we went in July '94 for the Leap of Faith Tour (the BEST concert!) but there really aren't any bad seats there. But the most awesome part of the evening distracted me all night. See, when we got there (early) we went to check out the t-shirts, to see if they had any in sizes that would cover me and Mookie. And there, on a sign, were the words I had dreamed of. "Buy a copy of his book, The Unimaginable Life and meet Kenny after the show". Holy Cow! $25 to meet Kenny! Keith "let me" buy another book (I have a copy at home) and the poor dear waited for me outside the gate for at least an hour after the show ended. I met Kenny! I met Kenny Loggins! He shook my hand! He signed my book! He talked [briefly] to me!
Our Visitor's Center Hours
So it's cool that they finally built something where the old Howard Johnsons restaurant used to be. The primary purpose is to get people to not just drive through on their way to Wachusett Mountain. But I have a problem with the visitor's center. The building (which I assume has bathrooms) and the ajoining snack machine building are only open from 9 in the morning until 6 at night. Too bad for you if you roll into Leominster (actually, Lancaster, but who's fussy?) at 6:15 looking for a "what to do" booklet and a cold root beer. Or a place to pee.
Lechmere
I can't even think of a store I can use as a replacement. Sears comes close, but damn it, they're not Lechmere.
So if you love me, cut up your Montgomery Ward cards and send the president a nasty "thank you" letter.
Mall Pretzels
This is my point. I love Aunt Annie's Pretzels, the greatest pretzels in the world. Maybe the best in the universe. I get the regular, salted ones with no dipping sauce, and a small bottle of Poland Springs water. I don't even think there are words to describe this delicacy. I just wanted to give them a free plug, because I want to keep their business up so that I will always have a source for my pretzel addiction.
Junk Mail of the Week
Lord of the Dance Update
I have read that he's looking at book and movie offers. Coming to a screen near me? Woo hoo!
REPEAT: But wait, there's more. I have a link that answers the question "What kind of car did Michael Flatley drive in High School"? See Michael Flatley's Trans Am: High School Memories of Mike Flatley for the inside scoop. And yes, according to the author Michael McCullough, Michael Flatley does really speak with lilt, even though he's a Chicago boy. Oh, and I'll let you read about the Golden Gloves for yourselves.
Today's List LAST UPDATE: August 18, 1997
Keith and I saw Kenny Loggins at Harborlights on Friday August 15th!
Leominster has a new Visitor's Center on Route 2, which is a very exciting development for those of us who collect tourist information (AKA "Pamplets" - yes, I know that's not how it's spelled, but it's how you have to say it to be me.)
The worst thing happening in New England right now is that the wretched and most hated Montgomery Ward drove my beloved Lechmere into the ground. I have lived at Lechmere my whole life. It's "where to go" when you need music, videos, appliances, electronic equipment, cheap furniture or kitchen stuff. I have a Lechmere card that I like to keep a large balance on. And Monkey "We Are Clueless" Ward took this 83 year old New England institution and couldn't figure out how to make money. (Gee, maybe it was going into the Futon and Jewelry business). So they went to the courts to unload Lechmere. And a liquidation company bought the inventory and now they place will bleed dry in a couple of months.
We are lucky enough to have the Searstown Mall practically in our backyard. Well, lucky is relative, I suppose, but they are putting a Home Depot in, which will drive out every other hardware-related business for a 25 mile radius, but hell, what do we care, we'll be able to shop at the Depot! So anyway, that wasn't my point. (Although I could comment on the way they oriented the building, which to me looks odd, but I don't know if they were going for something specific)
The winner of the junk mail of the week is the guy selling taffy with caffeine in it. Apparently I'm on a mailing list for rejects. But it's better than all the ads I get telling me that I can make a lot of money with my "X-rated Site" by joining their spam lists. Huh? X-rated? Michael Flatley doesn't even show his nipples in L-o-t-D and he's the most exposed person on my site!
Michael seems to have linked himself up with the powers-that-be at CAA (Creative Artists Agency), and has not one, not two, but 5 agents. If he doesn't get work out of this, there is no hope.
(I'll be keeping this link on at least the next few Dumps just because I'm so pleased with it.)
Things I Should Have Said to Kenny Loggins...
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