Month: December 2003

I am now aware of 3 radio stations in the Boston market doing 24/7 Christmas songs. I’m actually kind of floored by this information. I mean, it’s not like multiple top-40 stations, that might not have the same playlist. You’ve got a limited set of available Christmas music, and 600 or so hours to fill.

I still choose 104.5, because I like them, they have their very long ago roots in an FM station in Fitchburg (WFMP, I believe) back in the 1970s, and every day they actually do traffic reports for the major highways out here in Central MA. 495 just doesn’t exist for the Boston stations, never mind Route 2. See, if you aren’t within the 128 belt, you’re in California, apparently. “Leominster? Isn’t that in the Central Time Zone?”

For those of you who’ve been following along, here’s the newest Funny Stuff from yours truly.

25 Days of Christmas. Every stinking Christmas special from my Childhood, available in living, faded color for Junior. What can be better than that?

Well, I’m sure lots of things could be better than that, but I’m just so gosh-darned easy to please.

So now, I’m counting on you guys to help me out with a question I have. Ready? Okay. If I picked up a bottle of Nantucket Nectars Orange Juice two weeks ago and never opened it, is it still good?

Watch this space for a link to my latest Thyroid Humor piece, appearing at http://thyroid.about.com! (I believe it will be available by Friday.)

Wow, does that sound impressive or what?

What, you say? Fine.

I’ve been doing a lot of work writing some humorous articles on the joys of hypothyroidism for my good friend, Thyroid expert Mary Shomon, author of a book that changed my life, Living Well With Hypothyroidism. When I say changed my life, I do not exaggerate. It was the difference between feeling like you are dying, and realizing what “normal” can be again. When you read a book, see a list of symptoms and burst into tears because you realize that there’s a name for what you have, and a treatment for it, well, that’s life-altering.

But that’s too heavy a topic for this place. The page I’m building will reside at https://www.bigdumptruck.com/thyroid/ and will have links to my published thyroid articles, plus some treats that haven’t been seen yet. It’s a work in progress, but I wanted to get it in place before the next wave of folks show up after reading Mary’s Newsletter.

p.s. My commute was horrid, but apparently not as bad as it could have been. 30 accidents on route 2 between Leominster and Cambridge? Yikes! Hope none of you were out there this morning.