Monday Morning Musings
Posted on December 8, 2014 under Monday Morning Musings with no comments yet
A festive tree
Seems like the new craze in outdoor decorations these days is giant balls hanging in trees. ( I tried to word this sentence differently but it just didn’t work! ). I set a new world record by doing our outdoor decorations in 25 minutes. We walked down to Brendan’s afterwards and picked out a tree. It took longer to write the cheque than it did to pick the tree. ( 14 seconds ) Stay tuned for my story “Deck Orations” coming next weekend which attempts to explain out pathetic attempts at decorating.
My book is officially launched and early sales are brisk. If you’re looking for a copy ( or 10 ! ), you can buy them locally at the 5 to $1.00, Brendan’s, Brosha’s Short Stoppe, and Elm Gardens. You can also get them from me and if you happen to live in Taiwan or Toronto, you can purchase them on line. Thank you for your support.
I’m on a roll. I have four brand new stories in the works and none of them are related to Christmas. I might recycle my Christmas turkey story sometime during the festive season ( A Tale of Two Turkeys ).
“Just Ask a Woman”, which will be published on Wednesday ( Casket day ), is about useless research. I am not talking about serious research that is done by outstanding professors and specialists in their fields. I’m talking about studies whose conclusions are painfully obvious to anyone with a grade 4 education. For example, a recent study showed that children who are read to at an early age, do better in school than those who grow up without books. Duh. Really? I would have never guessed. As you might deduce, this piece is just a tad on the sarcastic side. I try to avoid sarcasm but sometimes it’s just not possible.
And speaking of head scratchers , how about this one. This did not happen in Antigonish. I was elsewhere in the province when my cell phone started acting up. I went into a shop that sells and services cell phones. Good so far. There were two young clerks. One was waiting on a senior citizen buying his very first cell phone. The other was, well, chatting with her boyfriend on the phone… and chewing gum. After waiting about a minute to be acknowledged, I explained my phone problems. She kept her cell phone to her ear while coaching her co-worker on the features of a particular package. She finally had to put her phone down to check the settings on my phone. “ I think the problem is with your phone.” I am not lying. And you wonder where I get story ideas?!
Have you ever had a confrontation with a toll booth? Friends of mine were recently travelling in Europe and had an interesting encounter in Italy at an unmanned toll booth. “Taking Its Toll” deals with some common frustrations that occasionally arise at toll booths especially where there is a language barrier to go along with the physical barrier which won’t go up until your toll is paid.
Have a great week.
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