Taco, Taco, Taco

You don’t know how happy it makes me to have a new Taco Bell opening up right here in the town in which I work. Somehow the last one that was here went out of business–hard to believe with the constant out-the-door lines that the new store has been generating.

Workers prepare for opening day at new Taco Bell.

mmm hmm Taco Supreme!

Statue

Here is an image I found when I was looking up information on the Ho’yoke-Apremont (France) connection.

By the auld canal…

The Local Buzz has the beginning of an interesting interview with Craig Della Penna about the long awaited Holyoke Canal Walk.

You may remember his now out of print book on Holyoke. 

This book, by the way, is listed as selling from about $30-$75 there.

A Quote

My favorite quote from Juno, which I finally saw the other day:

Mac MacGuff: In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person will still think the sun shines out your ass. That’s the kind of person that’s worth sticking with.

I Did Not Know

Did you know that it snows in Lebanon? Sad to say, I did not. I have learned something new today.

Black 47

Friday, March 21. 8PM at the Waterfront in Holyoke.

Black 47 is a great live band! They’re definitely worth checking out.

Now I Know Why

Now I know why she broke up with me! I’ve always been a major believer that the major gift-giving holidays (Christmas, Valentine’s Day, birthday) are great litmis tests of relationships. As one of these holidays approaches, a person in a relationship has to think to him/herself “Is so-and-so really worth $150?” (or whatever it is you generally spend at these times) And if the answer is “ahhh, probably not” in all likelihood the person will end the relationship just before the holiday.

But, anyway, I just heard about a new holiday that is tomorrow, March 14th, and it sure as hell explains a lot to me. At any rate guys, I hope you have an enjoyable holiday tomorrow! I’ll be rooting for your relationships!

If You’re Curious

I just stumbled onto this link while looking for something else. Nothing great, but just a glimpse into the woman who brought Spitzer down.

Now assuming that there are a lot of great jokes involving call girls and the word “Spitzer” I guess being a bit ill these last few days has kept me out of the loop…

Am I Back?

You may notice that I now have archives here. Old, old archives even (well, for me). I’ve been slowly starting to move stuff from my older blogs over to here. So eventually this will be like a blog museum, man. Or something like that.

But, I hope to start posting anew here as well. I’ve been spending most of my writing time elsewhere online, but there are some things that fit much better in TIRH’s free flow of wacky topics. So, if you are a past (or current) regular reader of mine, you know there’s about a 30% chance that that will actually happen regularly…

For now, pick a month, pick a year. Visit the me who used to write a lot!

Happy Ballantine’s Day!!