A bit of construction going on at Sal’s. Rumor has it a few French doors will be going in. One set will be rather large so it can remain open when the weather is nice outside. This will certainly brighten things up on the inside.
This village is full of kids. Kids rule. All kids are perfect. All kids run around screaming at every establishment - including bars on Friday evenings. I really think all parents in this village snapped and no longer notice what their kids are doing. Once in Bodo’s a result started screaming and pulling napkins and silverware out of the dispensers. The parent said, “stop before I get to 10,” and started counting. The kid stopped at 9 after having removed every napkin. Between each number from 1 to 9 the parent just chatted with another parent.
I still haven’t forgotten the day when I walked in to a pizza place (that shall remain nameless…let’s just call it Christian’s for this blog posting) that is really popular among parents and got to see a parent changing a diaper on a table. I hadn’t really thought about it for awhile until a former C-Ville resident pointed out a blog posting to me.
The blogger talked about how inconvenienced he was when a chain store didn’t have a diaper changing area. The post was clearly by a C-Ville-ish sort of parent, but things don’t get interesting until the comments start up.
My favorite is by Doodle Bean:
Just imagine the idiocy of anyone daring to inconvenience you and your little family, the obvious center of the universe! How dare they!!!
And Starbucks was simply horrible! They should have had a special area set aside for such vitally important people as you and your little family! And why couldn’t they furnish it especially to your tastes?!? What is the matter with them?!?!
Why couldn’t they have a special area for you, perhaps hung with luxurious fabrics and furnished with soft Persian carpets. Perhaps with a selection of special emollients for your special little child’s behind?
How horrible of them to neglect you and abuse your little family so badly. Shame on them!
That of course was the polite/dry/sarcastic comment. Others aren’t quite as family oriented…if you know what I mean. So don’t let your kids read them. 1….2….3….
PS. If you want some books for your kids, here are 40 that are worth a read.
I’m really getting sick of it, although I really should be used to it. Every single time we get a gust over 25mph the power in the village gets taken down. This morning at a local eatery I was listening to many talk about how they still have no power (it went out around 2pm yesterday). This morning one lane of the 250 bypass is closed, along with the Park Rd. ramp (although “ramp” is a term used loosely around here - 10 feet of road with a yield sign might be a better term).
How are all the high end churchies going to get to church? Luckily the students are out of town for spring break, since lots of power is gone from that area as well as north downtown.
Sunny and 50 today. Brrr. I sure hope the wind doesn’t blow.
Almost 50% of the breeder results here in the village are classified as fat pigs. We crush (so to speak) the national average. I though this was supposed to be a really fit city where everyone bikes, exercises, walks through nature, etc. At least that is what the village promotes. In reality, as I’ve said many times, this place is full of obese people of which a good chunk smoke. The model view of health.
Of course, I’m also a fat pig at 159. I have 9 pounds left to lose in the next 8 weeks (or so). Running 25 miles this week was helpful. Hitting the gym twice was good (another 5 miles of running and one more trip to the gym are in store for the weekend).
Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons and the father of modern role-playing games, has died.
Sad.
Picture of book I still have this book kicking around.
The running season here in the village got started with a 5k on Saturday morning. It was a pretty good temperature, but the wind was rather gusty. For my first timed run of the year I came in at 22:30. Not great…but under 25, so I get to live for another year (first year I can’t get done in under 25 is when it all ends).
Upcoming races: MJ8k, Run for Life, 10 miler, half/full marathon (not sure if I want to try the full one over the hills around here), and the Kiwanis 5k. That takes it to July 4.
I signed up for the NYC marathon and hope I get in via the lottery. Will try to run one or two other marathons this year…but I really should go see the knee guy in town one of these days.
As for my weight loss gameplan. Last Saturday I weighed in at 163. Now down to 160. Working towards 150. I see a salad for lunch tomorrow…plus a run, since it will be 70 degrees (sure is tough in the winter here…has snow day written all over it).
I’d post some news from the village…but lordy…nothing ever happens here. I really wonder why local news folks don’t all flip due to boredom. I bet alcoholism is really high among them. More on this topic on another day. Boredom has drained my brain.
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