Author: The Jody

Howdy, folks! I’m the Guest Dumper, filling in for Jody while she and the munchkin take a well-deserved vacation. Consider me your combination museum docent/hall monitor/sitter/Alexander Haig (“Right now, I’m in control, here…”) for the duration.

I’m not sure where Jody’s headed to enjoy her down time. It’s an undisclosed location. We can only hope that Dick Cheney spruced the place up a bit and put a chocolate on the pillow before he left. Jody deserves no less.

I’ll be back tomorrow, if work allows and I can think of any more prominent Republican names I can drop.

Speaking of names, you’ll find mine somewhere on the right in Jody’s blogroll. We’ll leave that revelation for later. Unless it turns out I really stink up the place during my tenure, in which case I’ll just shuffle off anonymously.

A hush settles on the cab of the Big DumpTruck as the driver physically

removes herself from the cracked vinyl seat for a few days of computer-free

R&R. Thanks to the modern miracle of email posting, I wrote this Tuesday

night and a friend will arrange for it to magically appear on Wednesday.

Isn’t technology grand?! And yet, it still hurts to have hair removed from

your legs…

Anyway, I’m TRUSTING you people to not throw any wild parties while I’m

gone. Gotta go to bed early. Gotta get up early. Gotta make sure I remember

to bring a toothbrush and clean undies. And the kid. Gotta remember to

bring the kid

At the airport. The security gal let jr try out her wand while they scanned my bag. I love the manchester airport!

It’s scary to leave my baby for a few days, I’ve never done that to her before. (Is a blog female or male?) I have two subs lined up, one of them posting stuff from ME, the other posting his own material (if he gets the chance). Otherwise, I’ve got the cell phone thingy and I’ll be back Monday.

(posted via email…yippee!)

p.s. Am I the only sane adult who actually watched the movie “Jumping Ship” starring the Lawrence brothers? It was on the Disney Channel last night and Junior got sucked in “OOOH! PIRATES!”. It wasn’t bad at all, but I’m feeling kind of bad for Andy Lawrence. That is some serious competition from his two older brothers (when the hell did the middle one get so…so….manly and cute?) leaving him looking like, well, the one you are “friends” with.

Beacon Hill cat lady Heidi Erickson is defending herself in court. There was a little video clip on theBostonChannle.com – she was wearing a suit and sunglasses. The sunglasses really threw me. Why would you wear sunglasses in court? Do you have something to hide? If not, show your eyes. I want to see you either look normal or blink like a heroin addict. Are you on cat tranquilizers? What’s the freaking deal, Heidi?

I’m surprised the judge didn’t make her take them off. Either way, it’s not helping her case. Well, that and the fact that she kept interrupting the judge. I actually think there should be a Court-TV-like network of JUST cases where people represent themselves in court. Now this is entertainment, people.

This was classic: She wanted the judge to declare a mistrial because she hadn’t been served, but “the judge pointed out that since she was at the courthouse, she was served.” Nice work, Heidi.