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| Good Morning Grampa! |
A very full day yesterday for a number
of reasons; not the least of which was the release of the Oscar nominations;
always a big day for any movie nut (guilty). The day started out with a visit
from the state Lieutenant Governor. Anybody from New England knows the Boston
area transit agency, the MBTA, had a very bad winter last year and is
historically poorly managed. That’s what happens when the vast majority of your
work force are political patronage jobs which results in a grotesquely bloated
management staff, but I digress. The Lieutenant Governor dragged the MBTA
leaders out to our small (in comparison) operation because apparently we’ve
acquired a reputation for doing certain things well and she wanted them to
benefit from our experience. While everything was very cordial these guys had
to be grating a little bit. The MBTA have always considered themselves the big
dog and having to make that trip yesterday must have hurt. Still a nice little feather
in the caps of the people here who work so hard each day (present company
excluded) as well as the most excellent boss. In a side benefit, the Lieutenant
Governor was kind of hot (yep, wife’s been gone for two weeks now).
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| The Lieutenant Governor |
That visit prevented me from seeing the
Oscar nominations but in today’s world of instant news onslaught my ignorance
didn’t last long. There was the expected reverence for the Revenant but I was
glad to see Mad Max and the Martian get some love as well. There were several
major noms for pictures I haven’t seen yet but are still playing in the conveniently
close movie theater. Combine that with a three day weekend and I think we have
a recipe worth exploring. There was the usual hue and cry about the lack of
African-American nominees but thankfully we don’t operate with a quota system.
Do the work and you’ll be recognized, ask Denzell.
I had a great wakeup call today (in
addition to the daily dose of California based pictures – see below) when I
turned on Good Morning America. While I rarely have anything good to say about
teams in the NFL not playing home games at Foxborough you’d have to be a
heartless git not to appreciate the father/daughter cancer fight of NFL player
Devon Still and his daughter Leah over the past year. Both were on GMA and
announced Leah was cancer free. After a week where we lost so many notables to cancer
it was nice to see a win, especially with the impossibly cute Leah.
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| Devon and Leah Still |
Buddy rangered his way through his
annual vet visit which included every shot known to modern veterinary medicine.
It was a new experience changing from the small town vet to the big city as
well. There were no less than five dogs in the waiting room with us. Buddy was
frantic to make acquaintances but behaved, hovering on the edge of explosion,
as did all the other dogs. That all changed, comically, when a six month old
version of Buddy (hyperactive black lab) entered the clinic. He took one look
around and immediately launched into frenzied barking. This of course caused
all of the other dogs to cook off and the pristine silence was replaced with
audio Armageddon. Eventually everyone, except the instigator, calmed down.
Buddy was good with the doctor as I had the usual job of distracting him when
his nether regions were being insulted or one of the many shots administered.
The vet was extremely cute (again, it’s been two weeks).
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| Buddy at Vet's |
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| How Do I get Out of Here! |
We’re supposed to get some freezing
rain over night which will put the kybosh a planned run up to Keene to watch the
Patriots’ playoff game, but again, there is that nearby movie theater. It’s
within walking distance and we just might confirm that if the ice gets too
thick. Whatever, it is Friday and that means a less than solemn celebration of
its first occurrence this week later today. I’m nothing if not consistent.
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