Author: The Jody

If you were thinking of making a tax-deductible donation to the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, the Boston walk is Saturday (90 degrees and 200% humidity! And thunderstorms for the overnight tent-sleeping!) and my sister will happily accept your sponsorship.

I know some of you have already donated, or sponsor other people, and I think that’s fantastic. I’m just trying to do a last minute boost to her numbers, because she has expressed horror at the weather report for the weekend. I told her to visualize souvenir stands every 15 feet so she can pretend she’s walking around EPCOT. Which is, by the way, what I was doing last year at this time. And it was that hot and humid. [I just looked up last year’s entry and apparently we were already home by the 13th. I thought we were there on the 15th, but I seem to have my dates all screwed up. Huh.]

Okay, back to your regularly scheduled program, already in progress.

I was reading an article last night that talked about the safest color car to own; as in, the colors that are easiest to see and are therefore least likely to be cut off or hit.

The colors? White and yellow.

White as in rental car and yellow as in taxi?

I have never been a fan of white cars, although I know people who love them so I’ll leave them be. But yellow? Do any cars look good in yellow? I mean, a Beetle looks cute in yellow, but that’s because it’s a cute car. If you are in a yellow sedan, truck or van, you look like a taxi, construction vehicle or an employee of a delivery service – including the kind that delivers students.

I’m just not seeing [sic] yellow as a viable option. Yellow car owners, feel free to weigh in. But I’m guessing if there’s a study out there on the % of each color car sold in a year, yellow is in the single digits.

Thought this was too funny not to share. No, I don’t have any naming in

my future unless you count the endless stream of “stuffed-up friends”

that Junior adopts.

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html

When I see “88” I think of the used Olds my dad bought back in the mid-80s. That thing was a tank. I drove it to college (St. Joseph College in West Hartford CT) one time, and I got this “Go ahead, cut me off, I’ll run you over, [bad word]” attitude. I felt invisible, which is probably not a good thing when you’re behind the wheel.

But what I don’t think of is the high temperature for May 11th. Which is what my Yahoo weather is telling me. I think I need to face facts and find some more of my summer clothes. I really need to go shopping, too. Not for a lot, but some basics. I’m still wearing pants that are too baggy on me, and I need some summery stuff. Enough with the heavy dark clothing, right?

When I see “88” I think of the used Olds my dad bought back in the mid-80s. That thing was a tank. I drove it to college (St. Joseph College in West Hartford CT) one time, and I got this “Go ahead, cut me off, I’ll run you over, [bad word]” attitude. I felt invisible, which is probably not a good thing when you’re behind the wheel.

But what I don’t think of is the high temperature for May 11th. Which is what my Yahoo weather is telling me. I think I need to face facts and find some more of my summer clothes. I really need to go shopping, too. Not for a lot, but some basics. I’m still wearing pants that are too baggy on me, and I need some summery stuff. Enough with the heavy dark clothing, right?