Author: The Jody

If you click on the link to this Buzz Lightyear Toy you’ll see that there’s a bit of a wait until it ships. Actually, if my math is right, it’s a 56 year backorder. I’m just not sure that when The Boy is 61 he’s going to still be interested in this item. Well, maybe it will be a collector’s item by then.

I caught about 30 minutes of the HGTV coverage of the Rose Parade yesterday, and I just have to say God Bless those people for giving us a) commercial-free coverage, and b) commentaters who actually know things about construction and/or plants. What a breath of fresh air, after decades of watching soap stars read off index cards!

What I did learn is that the reason they don’t use sand on the floats is because it’s a mineral. DUH! Only plant matter! I think maybe loam might qualify as ex-plant matter, but I think it’s probably not a good idea, and the judges might question whether or not any sand or clay got mixed in with it.

So there you go…now we’ve ALL learned something!

First meal of 2003: Coffee and an english muffin with peanut butter on it. First coffee mug of the year is black with “I’m working much harder than it looks like I am.” on it.

First email: Spam for inkjet ink

First television show: Rolie Polie Olie

First chore: Dishes

First Outfit: Jeans and a pink sweatshirt.

First Book I picked up for even a few pages: Marketing Outrageously by Jon Spoelstra, which technically means I was doing some work

First Image on my new 2003 Calendar: Amazingly, a picture of a place I know well, Willard Brook State Park in Townsend MA.

First Phone Call: A FREAKING WRONG NUMBER at about 12:10. She wished me a happy new year anyway.

First Thing My Son Couldn’t Find That I Had To Help With: An empty toilet paper roll for him to use as a telescope

From the announcement e-mail that went out telling 157 people that there is a new issue of the Main Dump ready to read:

So I’ll see you all next year, when I float around town completely covered with

roses, tree bark and mustard seeds, sponsored by the Kodak company.

(I’ve always wondered, would “dirt” actually qualify as a legal Rose

Parade Float material? It’s all natural, right? But nobody uses it.)

I am so done with 2002. Enough is enough is enough. I’m ready to plunge headlong into 2003. I’ve got the maple syrup, I’ve got the waffles, I’m ready for anything.

No plans for the evening. I could do some first night activities here in town, but I don’t know if I’d get my money’s worth out of the badges, and things are very tight. I’d rather take The Boy to the movies. Hell, maybe we’ll do that. He’s unaware that it’s New Year’s Eve. Actually, I’m not sure he completely grasps the concept of years, other than that he knows he’s about to turn 5 years old.