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Oh Christmas Tree
However, there are some things that shock and amaze even me.
And that's hard to do.
In the local paper, the Fitchburg Sentinel (forgive me if I got the
name wrong. It may also have the name "Leominster" in it which
would be nice considering there are more people living in Leominster than
Fitchburg, but I digress...), had an ad two weeks ago. That's approx.
October 10, for the calendar-impaired. It was for Lahti's Tree Farm. The
ad said they were open for tagging Christmas trees. Do you know what that
MEANS? That means that you can actually pick out a Christmas tree while
it was still too warm to wear a sweater, never mind a coat! What is this,
Florida? I just can't forgive anyone who went to pick out a tree already.
I hope they cut it down the next day and leave it lying there until you
are ready to pick it up after Thanksgiving. Hrrrmph.
My TV Network
Russians
Just goes to show you that teenagers are teenagers, whether they live
here or across the ocean.
Mookie's Room Pool
Today's List
The stores have started pulling out the decorations for Christmas...it must
be October. I have nothing against Christmas. I adore it. I love that time
of year. I love shopping. I love holiday specials on tv. I love twinkley
lights. I love the word "twinkley."
Wow, have I slipped. I am no Jamie Tarses. I guess she isn't either, though.
My TV Network is now in 800-somethingth place. I guess I'm not going to
sweep this week and get to meet Drew Carey. Personally, I think my shows
are doing pretty "okay" but the way the game works stacked the
deck against me. Each show was handicapped before the season began, and
your points are based on whether your were over or under the original estimate.
So even if my show gets a 23 rating, if they handicapped it at 25, I get
-2 points every week. On the other hand, a truly crapola show that they
predicted would get a 3 share could get a 5 and get +2 every week. Hardly
seems fair, huh?
Lovely Debra and the Amazing Bob were host and hostess to two 19 year-old
Russian cops-to-be here with Project Harmony. They stayed with D&B for
10 days, giving them a good idea of what it's like to have teenagers in
the house. We finally got to meet the guys two days before they left for
the New York City part of their visit. I thought they were wonderful
and my whole family had great fun taking them to Walmart to buy them some
presents. Mom and Dad bought them some clothes, and D&B bought them
each a Game Boy. That day was one of the highlights of their trip, because
they spent the afternoon playing Nintendo at my house. Actually, they were
beating the crap out of each other playing Mortal Kombat II or III (I wasn't
paying attention).
I'm thinking of starting a small pool. This wouldn't be your standard "date
the baby was born" pools. This would be a "Date Mookie's Room
is Ready". Ready would be defined as "All office furniture moved
out, and walls painted. Las Vegas bookies currently give even money odds
to "after Mookie is born but before he learns how to crawl."
What I'm going to order at the chinese restaurant (King Garden) tonight
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