Thursday Tidbits

Posted on September 25, 2014 under Thursday Tidbits with one comment

FREE TICKETS

I hope the picture above has garnered your attention. By now that you are aware of the fundraiser that’s coming up on October 26^th. at the Rev. H.J. MacDonald elementary school in Heatherton. It will be an evening of story telling and music featuring Len and Phil ( stories….no music! ) and the MacDonald family. ( Peter, Betsy, Ellie and Margaret ).

So here’s the deal. I am prepared to donate two pairs of tickets to the show. All you have to do is contribute some stories about dieting. They don’t have to be your stories and they don’t have to be true. I want to write the definitive piece on the subject and I plan to call it , “Lost and Found.” Private message me on Facebook, send me an e-mail ( len.macdonald@eastlink.ca ) or stop me on the street. I will put your name in for a draw and will name the winners once I have enough material for the story. Put down that bag of chips right this minute and send me your tale of woe.

I saw this excellent quote the other day. “ As long as everything is exactly the way I want, I am totally flexible.” I got a kick out of it but the sad truth is that there are a lot of people like this. I am very flexible. I just do what I’m told.

I’m on a roll. I plan to unveil three brand new stories at the fundraiser. I already have two of them written and the third is well along. It will be fun to do some material that no one has seen or heard before.

Next week I will be publishing my story about playing football at St.F.X. in 1972. I had no right whatsoever ( or talent! ) to be playing on that team , with zero football experience but a funny sequence of events had me punting a football for the blue and white.

The other evening, I went over to the university to take a picture to go with the story. The football team was practicing and when I mentioned that I wanted an action shot of the punter, one of the assistant coaches piped up that the starting punter was injured. He looked at me just to see if I might still have a little leg left in me. Before I got any ideas, he said that there were age restrictions for playing university football. I guess that does not include people collecting their CPP.

“Run For Your Life will appear here next Wednesday which is also Casket day.

I am putting the finishing touches on my story about provincial examinations. Are you old enough to remember them? Easily one of the most pressure packed and stressful experiences of my life. Your entire grade 12 year was riding on one set of examinations. I didn’t matter how well you did all year or whether your teachers loved or hated you, you either passed or failed provincials. My palms start to sweat just thinking about them. Coming soon, “All or Nothing.”

Have a great weekend.

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