Brian has high hopes about this get-rich-quick idea. They sell mini-palm trees all over Florida, including in the airports. Why don't we sell mini-fall colors maple trees like this one? Be the first in YOUR social circle to have one. Two bucks and you can take this original mini-maple home.
Ran into Dave Keenan downtown who has been sleeping in a tent in his yard, since the town declared his once-and-future house uninhabitable. He's making lemonade out of a lemon, he said. Going to put a wood stove in the tent and maybe turn it into a rustic but nice homeless shelter.
Excitement is building for the house-moving from Kendrick Park. (Moving a house must appeal to something deep in the subconscious.) People are also interested in what's to become of the park. Hope it involves an outdoor cafe!
Grrrr. The anti-binge drinking campaign strikes again. Ran by this ad on a bus. It might as well say, "One out of 10 UMass students is a DOPE. You're not one of them. Or IS you?"
Do you know how to have fun with alchohol?
ReplyDeleteSure do. You drink it and get blasted. Decades later, after years of drinking too much here and there, you realize you're alcholic and that drinking is ruining your life.
9 out of 10 do (if they're not lying about their consumption habits, which is indicative of problem drinkers.) I wonder how many Umass or Amherst students, or ARHS students for that matter go to a party and drink ONE drink.
ONE is moderation, two is the limit, THREE is binge.
I love the mini maples! I think it's a really good idea, but mostly for people who live in the southwest, since, for them, maples are exotic. (I doubt a lot of Floridians buy those little palms.) Maybe there's some way you can advertise on some southwestern person's blog??
ReplyDeleteHow long do you think the powers that be will allow Kennan to pitch a tent, no less set up a stove there?
ReplyDeleteTo me that has the makings of Round 2 in the fight.