Friday

It's Friday, it's Friday, the reason that it's Friday is cause Thursday's through....
from the Paul Perry show on B101 (must be sung)
Raining as usual.

Here's the text of what I said at the Roast for Susan Farmer:


Nice group of folks here tonight....I see a lot of my employees have shown up..you know, state workers, government officials, politicians......

I don't get involved in politics myself, although I used to be quite active. True story, as a kid I handed out literature for Hubert Humphrey in 1968. I did the same for George McGovern in 1972. I supported Walter Mondale....

I haven't picked a winner in 40 years!

I wish I could say I voted for Susan Farmer for Secretary of State or Lt. Governor. I didn't; I'm sorry. I think the only Republican I've ever voted for was Ed DiPrete.

I haven't picked a winner in 40 years!

I kid the former Governor. I don't know if he knows this, but his son-in-law, Michael Hayden has been my doctor for many years. And Dr. Hayden can tell you I'm never anything but complimentary when discussing the DiPretes. Especially when the doctor is holding a sharp object in his hand...or is putting on his rubber glove....

But to the matter at hand.....
Thanks to Susan Farmer, I've been lucky enough to be a part of pledge drives and auctions for the past few years. I like to think that I've become a small part of "Mrs. Farmer's Neighborhood". And in the process, I've gotten to know a little more about her.....
I found out Susan wasn't thrilled replacing the old Channel 36 logo with the new RIPBS seagull. And no wonder. The shade they used for the 36 in the old logo is called "Farmer Green"....absolutely true!

One night at the auction she was telling me about her honeynmoon...or as she called it, "A Lively Experiment".

When I was asked to speak tonight, I declined at first. After all, I'm just a traffic reporter. But I'm also a member of the Friars Club. And what self respecting Friar could pass up such an opportunity?

But even though I've followed Susan Farmer's career, I felt I needed to know more about her, I needed to prepare....so, of course, I went to the Internet.

I GOOGLED Susan Farmer!

And what a treasure trove of information I found. The very first site I went to talked about her early years. For example, she was born in Dry Run, Ohio in November, 1862.

I know....the wrong Susan Farmer. She wasn't born in Ohio.

But I continued on, and found an article written by those two great philosophers, Phillippe and Jorge. And I think they may have said it best....I quote,

"We are sure that Channel 36 would either not exist or be a minor poor sister satellite of Boston's WGBH if it wasn't for Susan Farmer's talent and efforts. She has been an inspirational figure and deserves all the accolades tossed her way. She has always been one of the true class acts".

What more can I say, except that now that there's one less salary over at RIPBS, I'm going to go butter up David Piccerelli, and see if I can get a job.

Thanks, and good night.

It's early on Wednesday

Here's the news....
I had a great piece of scrod last night for dinner; just trying to keep some sort of a record. As lame as it is.
Off to see Dr. Hayden today to make sure I can handle the trip to NYC next week. I don't anticipate any trouble anyway, but might as well get checked out.
It's chilly this morning...only 49 degrees!

Big News!!

None.

Work

It's 5:32; just did Coast 93-3 traffic, waiting for Channel 12. Pretty quiet day in traffic....one accident on 95N before 195, another on 37E at Post Road; both areclear. Home soon for Special K, Match Game and Screen Savers. Exciting.

Back to work

Just woke up from a nap I shouldn't have needed, but I did. Now it's time to go back to work.
The weather today is kinda crappy; we may have thunderstorms soon.

In the Beginning...

Here it is; my first blog.
And that's about all I have to say.