Burning Rubber and Open Headers

I almost forgot. It's that time again folks.

The New England Summer Nationals, celebrating the BIG 20 this year.

Show starts July 1 and runs throughout the weekend.

Hope you all can make it down for some high octane, low mileage fun for the whole family.

See ya there.

I Think Its Time To Hire More Inspectors

The story titled "Check, Please!" in the Telegram this morning was simply put. Gross and embarrassing for the city.

So much useless spending in this city and yet we have only three inspectors to cover the 1500 or so food establishments.
Time for the city to clean up its act and cut out the waste and start hiring where it is needed most.

It's Summer

Today is the Longest day of the year. The Summer Solstice and the official start of summer beginning at 7:29 this morning.

So enjoy because after today the days just get shorter and shorter and before you know it the dreaded winter will be upon us.

Violence is on the Rise

This is not the kind of news Worcester needs.

http://www.telegram.com/article/20100621/NEWS/6210385/1116

Father's Day

Balloon Boy 2

Ahoy Maties.

The more and more I read about this story, the more it sounds like the balloon boy episode, remember that. When the whole country was watching this balloon floating around in the sky thinking there was this little kid in it, but there really wasn't. He was in the closet.

Except that this guy, Laurence Sunderland actually put his 16 year old daughter, Abby Sunderland in the balloon which wasn't actually a balloon but a 40 foot sailboat named Wild Eyes and then let her go out onto the ocean to sail around the world.

By herself.

She seemed to be doing pretty well until she sailed into the Indian Ocean which at this time of year is from what I've read one of the worst times to be out there on a sail boat, alone, because of the major storms that usually kick up out there.

Unfortunately for her, she encountered one of those storms which knocked out her main mast and basically left her helpless in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

To make a long story short.

She activates her distress signals, they send out a search plane, the search plane finds her, she is ok and is picked up by a fishing vessel.

The plot thickens!

News comes out now that the father is broke and that he supposedly signed a contract for a reality TV show that would feature his daredevil kids.

So. What do you think? Thrill seeking kid or nutcase father risking the life of his own daughter just to make a buck.

I don't know, but i'm sure we'll be hearing more about this story in the coming days and weeks ahead.

Stay tuned landlubbers.

The Newest Fad Diet

I thought I'd seen it all with the diets, then I came upon this.
What do you think?

Flag Day

Happy Flag Day.

And for those of you who don't know why we commemorate this day. I've included a link to wikipedia for your informational purposes.

Enjoy your day.

Worcester's Seement Pond

So much for swimming in the new Crompton Park Pool this year. I would be really surprised if the city opened this thing up before the end of the summer.

http://www.telegram.com/article/20100613/NEWS/6130484/1116

Just another embarrassment for the city management.

The Green Island Sharks

Worcester needs more police presence in the areas of Millbury Street and Water Street on Friday and Saturday nights.

The thugs that seem to patrol the streets, harassing customers walking to the local establishments is unacceptable. They travel in groups, likes sharks, looking for the one lone, unsuspecting prey to pounce on.

It's enough to turn off anyone thinking about coming into the city to spend some money and have a good time.

June 11,12 and 13
http://www.worcesteririshmusicfestival.com/main/main.html

City Park Grill: OUT OF BUSINESS

Another failed business in Worcester and this one only took 2 months.

When is it that the city management is going to wake up? This is what the majority of the commentors on the article are saying.

City Manager, the Mayor, all our city councilors. When are you going to wake up? Our city is not thriving. It's drowning in the abyss of high taxes, unemployment, low income housing and entitlement programs.

How about giving us a break here?

Another commentor says: "Well, I hope that one day our city government will wake up and smell the coffee...the bums need to be voted out and maybe we can get moving towards the type of city Worcester can and should be...Vibrant"

Well OK then, the city management needs to be voted out. How hard could that be? Yet every time there is an election, the same people writing the comments vote the same old, same old back into office.

All talk, no action.

Its time for a change or Worcester will be the next Detroit.

Free Plug For A Friend

Eller's Restaurant on 190 Main St in Cherry Valley. Just a short drive outside of Worcester.

Welcome to Eller’s!

We are a family run restaurant, established in 2002.
We started with six tables in a strip mall in Cherry Valley.
With the support of the town, our dedicated staff and
customers, we grew to where we are now.

One of the things that we pride ourselves on, is our
ability to please all palates. We tried to make our menu
broad, however if you have a craving for something you do
not see, ask, and most likely we can whip it up for you or
plan it as a “special” for your next visit.

To all our regulars, we thank you sincerely. To all of our
new customers at Eller’s, we stand behind our motto and
invite you to;

“Come in as a stranger...and leave as a friend”

Has It Been That Long?

Today is my 25 year class reunion and I'm feeling like shit.

I woke up real early, drank a pot of coffee and now my insides feel like they're ready to erupt.

CAFFEINE OVERLOAD.

Back to this reunion thing. I'm dreading tonight. First because it's been 25 frickin years and second because,

Who the hell schedules a reunion on a Sunday night?

What the hell were ya thinking?

Is this an evil plot to keep me from enjoying myself knowing that I have to get up at a ridiculous hour of the morning on Monday to go to work?

Come on. It's Sunday people. Ya know, the day of rest.

This is the day I should be recovering from the hangover I should of had, had they held the reunion on Saturday night.

Anyways, enough of this BS. I'm going to end this post right here because I really don't know where its headed and don't really have an ending for it.

Have yourselves a great Sunday.

Because, I Am The Greatest Man That Ever lived.

Saturday morning music.

The Gulf of Oil

For the last two or three nights I've found myself mesmerized with this oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

It's to the point that I've even sat and watched the video feeds of the ROV's cutting and hacking away at whats left of the oil platform.

I need to find some better use of my time.

How about you? Have you watched it?

What a mess this thing is turning out to be.