Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Sorry about that

What side of the bed did I wake up on yesterday?  This morning I read the blog post that I made yesterday and promptly deleted it.
What had started out as an idea to focus on the nuances of life here in central Massachusetts instead turned out to be a cathartic purge of real and imagined annoyances that I sometimes get in dealing with the general public.  Sort of like going into the confessional, yesterday's blog was a release of some underlying anger that I was feeling yesterday.  Sorry about that.  I really do like your dog, and will buy him an ice cream the next time I see him, and in the interest of full disclosure, I have not been in a confessional since my hair was brown and cut above the collar, the ears, and the eyes just like Father Reynolds liked it. 
I thought about the idea to write about unique sayings and activities that we in central Mass share.  As I left my office to take a ride to a job site in Chelmsford, I decided to stop at the local Dunks to get a coffee for the ride.  I was probably about the hundredth car in line and began to think how foolish it was of me not to have driven up to the convenience store just up the street, instead of pulling into the long line of cars.  For some reason, me and the five mini-vans in front of me are brainwashed into thinking that Dunkin Donuts is the only place that sells coffee.  Ok, don't get me started but when the lady in front of me ordered a dozen donuts, one at a time...verrrrry slowwwly, then proceeded to name coffee drinks that Juan Valdez has never heard of, let's just say that I summoned a few saints and other heavenly beings (I should go to confession more often).
So, I really do want to write a piece about central Mass with  stuff in it like how to order a hot dog at Coney Island, or what is a Chunka boot, and why did Spag's work.  But I need ideas.  Not ideas like I wrote about yesterday, and certainly not about wearing your pajamas in public...have you seen this phenomenon?
Email me some ideas: joes@glplumbing.com if you would.  I would appreciate any help.  I have to end now because I just have to get to Dunkys for a coffee now.
Thanks, and sorry again for the lousy read yesterday.

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