Month: July 2002

The Big DumpTruck Pedestrian of the month is Temes from Spain, who just sent the best fan mail in 2002. The best fanmail ever was from a few years back, from a guy who said I was the funniest writer EVER.

I wish that guy could offer me a job doing this for a living. I’d stay at home and teach Junior how to tie his shoes, and spend a few hours a day sitting on my deck watching my tomatoes turn red. .

Whew! The cafeteria here in Worcester has been out of Sun Chips for about a week. I got hooked on them as a slightly healthier alternative to regular chips, because they have no cholesterol and 30% less fat. And they are tasty. But the caf ran out and I was very sad. Sad enough to pester one of the managers, who I’m sure has more to worry about when she feeds hundreds if not thousands of people a day.

Today they had a bbq, so I had a hamburger and a piece of corn on the cob. I cannot WAIT until they are picking local corn. I’ve already picked two tomatoes off my patio plant (yes, I cheated and bought one that already had one on growing on it back in May) but they were kind of mealy because of the crappy weather we had back in early June. The ones on it now look 100x better, probably because of all the TLC I give it. Not to mention the water. Lots of water.

I was listening to “Best of Stern” this morning on the way to work, and they were playing the show when JFK Jr. visited. I guess Howard had just been on the cover of George. John was just dating his future wife, etc. and they were talking about how he spent his days, etc.

It’s been 3 years since his plane went down (I remembered it was around the 4th of July…I even remember where I was when I first heard – on the street that runs by Zany Brainy (was called Noodle Kidoodle at the time) in Burlington. I think I was with Mr. Dump, my sister and brother-in-law. But that doesn’t seem right because both couples would have had a kid in the car. Hmmm. Maybe we were in their minivan. Anyway…that followed the in-depth article that was in this week’s National Enquirer. It was REALLY sad listening to him this morning and knowing that he wouldn’t be around in another few months.

Went to my mom’s to pick up Junior and they were watching a movie. I’ve told them not to start a movie when I’m going to pick him up, because it’s hard to get him to leave.

Uh oh. It’s a long one. The Wizard of OZ. Bigger uh oh. It’s still black and white. So yes, after a long day at work, I had to sit and watch the entire movie before I could go home.

Some of the dialog is a little weak to me these days. Didn’t bother me as a kid, but now I’d like to tighten things up a bit. And I don’t like that it appears Dorothy is standing on the storm cellar door that’s she’s trying to open. “Hey, Dot, it’ll open better if you aren’t standing on it!”

Am I a reading assignment? COOL! This is almost as good as making the Journal of the Mundane! Vanderbilt University Project GRAD links