Last night I was invited to this party to celebrate the Grand Opening of Hotel Indigo in Newton.  My lovely friends Joanna and Bethany work for the PR company that was running the event and asked me to stop in.  So, me being the type who loves a free, open bar party with rumored celebrities in attendance, really worked “hard” yesterday to I could leave here and get to the big event.

Cy Cunin (lead singer of The Fixx) came by during the day to “take over” the MIKE-FM studios and really seemed like a cool guy.  His band was going to be playing at the party, so it seemed like a cool event to go to.

When I pulled up to the place, there were a handful of super high end cars parked outside which was cool to see.  There is nothing like pulling up with your smashed up Honda Accord and trying to say you are invited to the party where the cars next to me are either a Porsche, Mercedes or a Bentley.  The valet even gave me a double look as if I should have parked in the staff lot and head off to the kitchen to wash dishes.  But, I help my head up high and gave the guy the keys and told him to take care of my car.

As soon as I walked in the door, I was greeted by Ms. Joanna.  She grabbed my hand and whisked me past everyone for the grand tour.  I must say, that place was hot!  They people that own this place really went out of their way to make this hotel stand out.  I was brought down to BOKX 109 which is the super awesome Steakhouse that they have.  (Click here to check out the website).  The place was packed!  I was given the tour and one thing that really was cool is that they have a bar type setup that you can sit at and have like a celebrity chef cook right in front of you!  I have already placed my request for the “Chef” from Popeye’s come and make me some chicken.  I was told they are working on that…….

We then went out to the pool deck and is was really nice.  The weather was perfect and they had these nice little angels in bikini’s standing by the pool to make sure we were safe just in case we fell in.  I love when people are thinking about our safety.  They had a few bars set up with some of the best bartenders/waitstaff I have ever seen!  The drinks were perfect and everyone was so nice!  I knew this was going to be a fun night!

The stage for The FIXX was setup at the end of the pool and really looked cool.  They had brought in those big lights that you find inside of a concert and had them set up all over the place so you felt that you were at a concert, except you were outside and poolside!  I met up with 2 clowns who work here…let’s just call them “Joe & Bill” and we headed straight for the bar to quench our thirst.  We then walked around and noticed Doug Meehan doing some “work” and talking to the bikini girls (click here for his fine video work) and Rocker Dee Snider.

Feeling a bit hungry, I wandered around on my hunt for chicken, but came up short.  They had Lamb and Roast Beef and I think something in shells (I dislike all seafood) but no chicken.  I guess they didn’t get the memo that I only eat chicken, but I will forgive them as I was having a dandy time with the open bar and atmosphere.

I met some cool people.  Glenn Lawler and Billy Callahan from the Horizon Beverage Company were great guy’s to hang with.  Glenn provided his expert advice on what to drink (Makers Mark with a micro splash of coke haha) as well as grabbing some classy cigars for us to enjoy. I also met up with an old friend Karen who introduced me to her guests and we had a jolly time taking pictures and talking about how nice the place was.

One of my favorite parts was meeting this camera guy “Josh”.  He looked like he just woke up from a 4 year nap and went right to work.  He had a certain “captain caveman” look to him, but we found him to be a nice guy and I quickly grabbed his camera from him and took control of the footage.  I started interviewing people and really gave him some great stuff to work with (or so I think).  I even interviewed him on what it is like to wake up with so much hair.  Good stuff!

I also proceeded to mingle with PR Girl Bethany and her friends.  1 was shy and avoided speaking to anyone and the other just arrived here from Russia, so it was a really quick exchange of hello’s and awkward smiles. 

I did get some time to hang with Doug Meehan and Liz Meagher who work at Fox 25.  Doug is the super cool traffic guy in the sky and Liz is the morning show segment producer.  She is the one who you see behind the people at the news desk “feverishly” working hard on putting stories together.  After meeting her, I am more convinced she is really on myspace stalking people and ebay bidding on wine glasses, but that is neither here nor there.   Doug was really nice…he bought me a beer (well, they were free so he really just walked over and got it) and we talked about why they always make him land his helicopter when he should be doing a traffic report and then Gene or Q have to jump in and do it unexpectedly.  He seemed to enjoy my silly banter for the 30 minutes or so that I hung out with him.

The FIXX came on at like 9:00 and were really good.  I had never really heard any of their work except for ”One Way or Another” but became a fan after hearing them for 1 1/2 hours.  It was awesome poolside music and everyone enjoyed the intimate show.  People were dancing and eating and really had a great time.

So the night ended and I went home.  I live like an hour from the place but it was a 2 hour drive home as they decided to do some roadwork on 495 and that kept traffic to a non-moving state for the most part.  It was worth it as I had a great time at the opening of Hotel Indigo.  I encourage you all to check it out and try BOKX 109 for a nice meal.  The rooms are spectacular and very modern.  Click Here to go to their website

Last night on my lovely ride home, I pulled my crashed up car into this Chinese joint I like so I could get some egg drop soup to bring home for dinner.  When I got home and opened up the bag, I had my soup along with a packet of soy sauce, hot mustard and a small container of duck sauce.

Why would I need duck sauce, soy sauce and hot mustard for my egg drop soup?  Am I supposed to mix it into the soup for “added flavor”?  That is like going to the store to buy a pair of socks and they toss a head of lettuce and a bike tire in the bag.  How about when I go to ”a certain fast food drive thru” to get my diet coke and they hand me the drink and 2 napkins.  Do they think I am going to spill it?  And these are the same people who nickle and dime me for an extra sweet & sour sauce that I actually need, but pass out napkins like they are party favors.

And when I go to ”my coffee store” to get a bagel, I always have a salt and pepper packet in the bag.  That sounds yummy…a peanut butter bagel with salt and pepper on it.  Why don’t you just toss a squirt of french vanilla mix in the bag while your at it…that would taste awesome!

I really hope that when I go to lunch today that Chef Adam tosses in a potted plant and a roll of scotch tape with my Pasta!  That would just really make sense!

So Thursday night on my way home from here, I was in a car accident.  I was heading to this swell little gathering for one of my old students who has now left for the Marines, when in the fast paced traffic of Rt. 2 in rush hour, this guy in a huge flatbed type truck smashed into me!  GRRRRRR!

I am still amazed at how this guy hit me.  It was like 10 mph traffic and I am in my lane and then I hear a truck coming at me and it just didn’t stop.  Before I knew it, the guy hit me from behind and then continued to roll along up to my driver side door!  I really think he had some road rage or something.  There is no possible reason why this would’ve happened. 

When he got out of his truck, he had this look of “Hmmm maybe I messed up here” and tried talking to me.  We decided to pull about a few feet and work this out at the State Police station in Concord.  He was on the phone with his boss and was like “I pinned the guys door closed…I just didn’t see him.  I got him with my back tire”.  Now, all of that was incorrect except that he pinned my dooe shut.  1st, how could you not see me??  It was 10 mph traffic!  Also I was ahead of you!  And it was your front tire that got the back bumper of my car and then your big huge wheel ran up the side of my car pushing in on my door as if you were trying to run me off the road!

Thankfully, I had my handy dandy camera in the car (as I was going to take pictures at the party) and I snapped a few of my car and his FRONT tire so I could prove that was how it happened.  He was trying to tell his boss I cut out of the merge lane and was on another cars tail and that is why he didn’t see me.  How is that supposed to happen when it is 10 mph out there, this happened well after the merge AND your front tire hit the back of my car?!?!

Anyway, my car is messed up.  I couldn’t even open my door to get out.  I am in no shape or condition to pull a Luke Duke and go out the window so I had to crawl over and get out.  Not a happy camper!  Thankfully, Joe @ Harbor Auto Body was able to give me a quick fix and get my door open so I can avoid paying $45/day for a nice little Kia car rental.

So now I am sitting here filling out a TON of paperwork so I can get this wrapped up and get my car fixed.  The funny thing was that I just got it back from a brake job and FULL DETAIL the night before!  Now it really looks cool with those grinded metal marks around my door!  Here are some pics for your enjoyment.  And I have to say, it looks much worse in person.

Oh well.  At least it gives me a reason to write something.  If my mis-fortune helps you get through the day and waste some time at work, then I guess I am doing my job.  Anyway…let’s hope that the good people at Commerce Insurance take care of this qucik.  I think when you are in an accident and are the victim like I am, you should get to pick the other person’s punishment.  I would love to take his license away from him and make him walk to work everyday witht that big wheel of his attached to his back.  And then, I would make him get me Popeye’s chicken everyday and wash my laundry.  And if I was nice, I may even let him come to work with me and go to meetings for me.  That would be awesome!

But instead, he will just have to pay a few hundred extra dollars a year in insurance and will be looking out for his next person to intentionally hit in 10 mph traffic because his drive thru order was wrong and he was aggitated.

So, the other day I wrote a blog about the great sports teams that we have around here and all of the titles that we have won.  I pointed out some of the Pro and College teams that we have had the luxury of seeing win the big games but I guess I left out a team.

It was brought to my attention from a reader that the Waltham Cardinals had won the Warrendale 2008 Minor League World Series Championship.  So, I apologize to you and gladly add them to the list of our great local teams that have made us all proud!

Congrats to Coach Enzio, Coach Battista & Coach Joe along with players Andrew Miller, Michael Donovan, Matt Davis, Dominic DiBlasi, Anthony Farago, Darren Battista, Ben Divasta, Danny Miller, Kyle Maher & Derek Hovsepian.

Today’s little rant is going to be about customer service.

I should start by telling you that I have had the WORST luck with my current cell phone provider.  I will leave them nameless, but let me tell you….they have the WORST customer service in the world.  With the exception of 1 guy there who has helped me, the rest are all not suited for jobs that require thinking, speaking and common sense.

This all started last December.  I switched cell phone companies because I was tired of the high prices and lack of cool phones.  The one I switched to had a new cool phone, lower prices and earlier night and weekend minutes.  What I didn’t realize at the time was that I also was getting a customer service team that was superior only to the customer service team at Iraqi Airways.

From day 1, my plan was messed up.  I had signed up for the “family plan” so I could share the wealth of my new found minutes with those closest to me.  What a hero I was…cool phones for the family, unlimited text and more minutes than we could use.  All was good in the Big Daddy house.  Until day 2.

I was what they call “porting my number” from the old company to the new so I could keep my phone number.  Seeing I have had it for 10 years now, I thought it was somewhat important to keep it.  Well, when my phone arrived, it didn’t have my cool 617 phone number, but that of a 978 #.  I called up service to find out what was going on and right away the person was clueless.  I was left on hold and was passed around more than the NBA trophy.  Finally, I hung up and decided to call the next day.

The next day, same old story.  Nobody could tell me anything except that it wasn’t going to happen due to something wrong in the system or something.  Now I was mad.  I spent Christmas Eve on Google attempting to find the President of this Company and his email address so I could let him know of my frustration.  Sure enough, I found his email address and that of his top 25 executives.  BINGO!  I wrote a very detailed email to him and the rest of them about how I was left on hold for hours, hung up on, and told everything but that this would be fixed.  I honestly did not think I would get a response from anyone.  I was wrong.

I received and email on Christmas morning informing me that I would be contacted the next morning by a high ranking service rep to take care of the problem and apologized for my trouble.  I was very delighted that this worked.  Sure enough, a guy called me the next morning and took care of everything.  I could now relax and enjoy my phone.  Wrong.

Month after month and bill after bill I had something wrong.  Over charges for text even though I had unlimited text, data charges for a phone that did not have data.  At one point they billed me for health insurance.  Okay….I may be exaggerating a bit now.  But, each time I had to get back on the phone and go through the hell of being on hold to get nowhere.  Not once was anyone able to explain or help me with my simple issues.  So once again, I shot an email to the big dog and his crew and received a prompt answer, apology and resolution to the problem.  And then the next month came and the same thing happened.  At this point these Executives must feel like idiots because their own customer service people could not figure out that I had an unlimited text plan and should not be getting billed for going over my limit.  That is the key to unlimited text….there is no limit!!  Now they had to have a guy deal with this who probably makes 6 figures a year and has much bigger things to do than this.

So all was well with 1 month and then I go to make a payment by phone 2 says ago.  I go through the automated system and paid $130.  I wasn’t sure what it should be, but figured that would cover it.  So after I do it, I get a message saying that there was a technical issue and I needed to be sent to a rep to take my payment over the phone.  So I wait on hold for a bit and then a rep picks up and I tell them what happened and she says she will help me and that I only need to pay $123.31.  I give her my info and I am all set.  Until the next morning.

I go to my online banking and check my account.  After reviewing all of my purchases and seeing that they are all for gas and are like $80$120 (makes me sick!!) I see 2 charges from the cell phone company.  They charged me for the automated payment that supposedly did not go through and the one I did on the phone.  So I take a deep breath and call.  The 1st guy has no clue as to what I am talking about and after doing his best to think about it, he sends me to someone else.  Then that guy tells me he will review it and be back in a moment.  He comes back on the phone and says in a very happy voice there is nothing he can do, but I now do not have a bill due for awhile as the money will be applied to my account.  Yay!  You charge me twice, tell me you cannot reverse it and I am supposed to be happy?  So I tell him that cannot be legal and go ask his boss what we can do.  He comes back and tells me he cannot do anything but will send me to his boss.  So that guy gets on the phone and just says “I am sorry, but we cannot do anything”.  I finally give up and write another email to the big wigs letting them know of my newest issue.

Within 5 minutes I get a response.  The same guy who has helped me calls me as well.  He looked into it and realized what had happened and fixed it.  At this point, they really must think I have a black cloud over my head when it comes to service and their company.

So, my point in this long winded blog about nothing, is that why do these companies have customer service but do not train their people to deal with issues and then do not empower them to make decisions?  It is like they just hire anyone and stick them in the chair to take calls.  All it does it make us MAD!

I have been to a popular fast food place where I ordered something and the person asked me what it was!  Are you serious??  It is on that big board behind your head!  Or when I go to this Chinese place and order a #24 (as it says on their menu) and the waited asks what that is.  IT IS ON YOUR MENU!  Why put the damn number there if nobody that takes the orders has a clue as to what it is?  Just eliminate the #!

Anyway…that is it for now.  My cell phone works, I was able to get a nice credit and the Celtics parade is today.  I hope I have good luck in the cafe today!

OMG!  I cannot believe we did it!!!  Banner #17 is going to be hanging in the Garden!!!

I watched that game last night with this gut feeling it was going to happen.  If you refer back to my earlier blog about Game 1, I predicted the Celtics would win it in 6!  If only I put some loot on that….oh well!

I woke my 12 year old son Tyler up last night at 11:40 to watch the final minutes.  He is a huge Celtics fan and I wanted him to experience on LIVE TV the Celtics winning the Championship.  He gladly woke up and chilled in my room watching the game.  I think he thought he was dreaming when he saw the score…after all, being up on the Lakers by like 40 points is really amazing.

We watched the Celtics school the Lakers and run circles around them for the last few minutes and then the celebration kicked in.  It was so awesome to see all the Celtics greats in the crowd and the smile on the players face knowing what they have accomplished.  You kind of had to think this was going to happen when KG and Ray Allen came on board, but to actually see it happen was so cool.

We have been spoiled by the Red Sox and Patriots and after last season, who would’ve thought we would be watching this 1 year later.  Now, all we need is for the Bruins to kick it up a notch and we will truly be the best sports town EVER!  Think about it….the Patriots, the Red Sox, BC Football & Hockey, The Revolution, all of the other great college teams we are lucky to have….these are teams that over the past few years have either won the big game, been in the big game or have been nationally ranked as a top team.  It is really amazing.

I am just in awe of this great city.  As much as the price of gas stinks, you cannot be mad today.  We are the Champions!  And best of all, this team is pretty much all coming back next year.  Add that to what the Sox are doing now, and Football right around the corner and it looks like we are in for a very long, entertaining ride.

Thank you Celtics ownership, Management and the Players for making this happen.  My, have we come a very long way!

Now we must prepare for the Parade Thursday.  I plan on being there….after all, they can’t expect me to “work” on a parade day, right?

Now we can chant…..WE BEAT LA!!

Well, my mother has been reading my blog posts and is worried for me.  She is under the impression that my bosses read my blog and will fire me due to my clear remarks that I have nothing to do with my day and my comments about encouraging others to waste time at their jobs as well.  I tried to tell her that nobody here really knows what a blog is, and therefore, will never read mine.  She likes to worry and is really concerned about this.

I tried to explain to her that I do work around here.  After all, I write the blog, take some pictures for the blog, research my thoughts on the web (for my blog), have lunch with my friends (to hear what they want to read about in my blog), talk on the phone (to get ideas for the blog) and a ton of other things I could never explain to make this page a great little blog.  I am also the Assistant (to the) Fire Warden, which is a HUGE responsibility.  In case of a fire alarm, I have to hold the door open in the stairwell and make sure my fellow employee’s make it down the stairs safe.  I then have to ensure that they move across the street to our secure area.  That is a lot of pressure and I need to be free and available at all times in case of an emergency.  I lose sleep at night over the responsibility I have.  People’s lives are in my hands.  You just have no idea of the pressure!

So, that’s it for now.  Hopefully my mom will read this and understand that I am really overworked and not worry so much.  And, if anyone in management is reading this: this blog is for entertainment purposes only and the views expressed by Big Daddy do not reflect those of reality and what he really does here.  As a matter of fact, he doesn’t even write this…the cleaning guy does, so if you think Big Daddy has nothing to do, you are wrong.  The cleaning guy has nothing to do.  He just writes this to help out Big Daddy who is always busy and in important meetings.  Please do not even ask him about this blog so he won’t fire me.  I have kids and a cat to feed.

With that said, enjoy your day and get to work!

Well, that is not really true.  What I hate is coming into work and heading to our kitchen to grab a nice cold Diet Coke and gag from the smell of old food that is sitting on the table.  Now, when I say old food I do not mean that someone left their lunch out by accident.  This is truly just someone in the building not using their head!

You see, when you work in the media, there are a ton of cool benefits.  For instance, you can get a job like mine and really have nothing to do with your day except for write blogs and have lunch, you get cool tickets to shows and you get free food drop offs!  I want to focus on the free food drop offs for a second.

Let’s just “role play” here for a moment.  Let’s say that you have a….well….I don’t know….a radio show and it gets over sometime at night.   Now during your show, let’s just say a delivery comes in from a local restaurant that really likes you and wants to feed you or wants you to try a new dish that they have.  You graciously eat the food and then finish off your show nice and full.  Now, your show is done and you have a lot of extra food.  What should you do with it?  I can only come up with a few options.

1) Take it home with you

2) Throw it away

3) Leave it out all night, all weekend and into the morning just in case someone likes 3 day old open and exposed to the warm air meat and vegetable dishes.

I have a feeling that most of us would select #1 or #2.  Well, guess what?  There is someone here who consistently picks #3!!  I never like to look a gift horse in the mouth (or however that goes) but can anyone logically think that

“I could just place this in the trash bucket right in front of me, or put it in the refrigerator in case anyone may want some of this…but I really think it would be best to just leave this out and open on the table.  I know it is Friday night, but you never know…someone could walk in Monday morning and really want a bite to eat.  I guess I will just leave it out.”

GROSS!!!!

Anyway, if you work at a place that has had this happen, please let me know how you handled it.  I am thinking about posting a sign that says “Just Toss It” but but don’t want anyone here to know I did it.  But, they are all really busy and I seem to be the only one escaping the “daily grind” around here, so I may be safe.  Enjoy your Monday! Anyone hungry?

Ok…so I am in a little bit of a mood today.   Let me give you a little rundown of my day, as that may help explain my issue here.

I get up at 5:30 AM.  I turn on the FOX 25 Morning News and lay in bed for a few minutes watching all of the fun that they have, and even imagining one day that I want to sit between the beautiful Kim, Q and Cindy and anchor the news and then follow it up with a trip to Hampton Beach where we all just lay in the sun, sharing funny little stories about our lives while we eat Popeye’s Chicken and drink Diet Cokes and have a splendid afternoon together getting our (well, I don’t tan, so really their) tans on.  And of course we would be joined by Maria and all of the other smokin’ reporters from FOX 25.  What a great time that would be!  SMACK!  Oh…reality just hit me in the face…NOT GONNA HAPPEN BIG GUY!  Oh well, back to my point.

So I get up, shower and hit the road for my 1:30-1:45 hour commute to “work”.  When I get here, I am in meetings for things I have no idea about (but just smile and act like I do), take a few calls from my friends, play the new slot machine game on 937MikeFM.com (if you haven’t wasted time at work playing this yet, get going already!  I killed 2 hours playing it today!!) and then get ready for my 1st & only meal of the day….LUNCH!

Now here at the place we call home to MIKE-FM, we have a nice little cafeteria.  It has everything from a Grille Station where you can get Burgers, Grilled Chicken, Fries etc, an Entree section that has 2 real meals like Thanksgiving Turkey (my favorite) a Sandwich Bar, Salad Bar, Pizza Station and a rotating section that has Sushi (gross), Special Salads and Omelets.  As you can see, there is a lot of variety.  But for those of you who know me, I could care less about variety.  I hate almost everything and only really like chicken, turkey and fried anything (except for fish or any vegetable).

But let me ask you this.  Have you ever ordered something and felt like you got short changed?  Like, it seems lately I go and order like a chicken sandwich and fries, and I get the sandwich ok, but the “side” of fries is more like a “sample”.  The other day I had like 7 fries and the lady was acting like she may have put too many on my plate.  Is she getting profit sharing or something?  Did my Doctor send her a note telling her I need to lose a few pounds and drop my Cholesterol 100 points?I paid $1.75 for the “side” and the true cost was probably $.02!  I gave her this look like, “ummmm keep putting fries on my plate until they fall off”, but I think the message got lost in mental translation as the plate was handed to me with the same 7 fries on it.

Then there is the Sandwich guy.  I must say…no complaints there!  I intentionally wait for him to make my sandwich.  I get plain turkey on a plain roll.  I hate everything else that you normal people put on your sandwiches and am really happy with it plain.  But it freaks me out when they cut the sandwich.  If the person in front of me had one of those “just put everything on mine” sandwiches and when the guy cuts it with a knife, I get all freaked out if I see mustard, mayo and tomato drippings on the knife.  I pray to god that he wipes it before he cuts my sandwich!  Usually he demonstates his professional sandwich making skills and wipes the knife.

But, the cool thing is the guy just doesn’t take the pre-measured & weighed portion that wouldn’t even fill up a 2 year old…he realizes that I am not getting anything else on my sandwich and puts maybe an extra slice or 2 in to make me feel like I didn’t order a kids meal but pay the adult price for it!  He….is a good guy!  He appears to care about my lunch happiness and I appreciate that.  There is another worker down there who I like…he realizes I am a complex Big Guy and have had to work very hard to get where I am today (in a lunch eating sense) and always makes my odd requests happen.  Overall, the place is good once you get past Ms. Dainty Serving.

But, I also notice when I go to a certain fast food place and get my kids a…..well…I better just call it a “kids meal” (so all the sales reps here don’t come hunting me down for exposing this big scandalous issue), that if I ask for more than 1 packet of sauce they act like we are on a sweet & sour drought and how dare I ask.  Of course, they are happy to let me have as many as I want for like $.25 each.  But, at least I can go in the store and use up 1,543,321 ketchup packets for free if I want.  These 16 and 17 year old employee’s probably give their friends free food and don’t do their homework at night, but if someone asks for an extra sauce, they turn into Sam Walton and nickel and dime me.  It’s like they get a commission for every extra sauce packet they sell. 

Anyway….I just wish people wouldn’t worry so much about the little things like fry proportion and just give them to me.  Don’t tell me how many sweet & sour sauces my kids should be using for their nuggets, just put it in their bag and know that you made them happy.  Be like the sandwich guy….just do the right thing!

Now…I am going to eat my ice cream sundae!  On Friday, that is the little treat we get.  Of course, the guy who made it was nice enough to ration me 2 cherries!  Yay!! 

I had the pleasure of providing the music at a High School Graduation Party last weekend.  It was held at a Function Hall and had all of the typical things you would find like food, balloons, lot’s of recent Grad’s and something that made me laugh….lots of old people!  Now, I love old people, but this was actually funny.

You see, at a High School Graduation Party, the kids pick most of the music.  They don’t want to hear the songs that we like…they want to hear what they like.  So, with that said, I had been playing the top songs that were in the Rock, Pop and Hip Hop charts.  That was great for the students, but NOT for the old people!  Now, when I say old, these people had to have been on there late 70’s-early 90’s.  And I have to tell you, watching the look on their face when I played any Hip Hop Song was PRICELESS!  I mean, they looked so uncomfortable, but all they could do is sit there with a dazzled look on their face as the kids danced and had a jolly time getting down to such recording legends like Plies, Kardinal Offishall, The Dream & Yung Berg!  (Surely, you can sense my Sarcasm calling them legends….but back to the story.)

I just kept thinking that they must be so miserable, but being there was better than being at home (or in the “home”) doing nothing!  Not once did any of them talk to each other…they just sat there with a blank stare.  I was tempted to put on a Frank Sinatra track to see some sort of a smile on their face, but I feared that the kids would throw cake or chairs at me.  At least with the elders, I don’t have to worry about that stuff.  They have manners and the inability to lift, never mind throw anything at me.  You can see I have to side with the lesser of the 2 evils.

Anyway, as the night went on, not one of them left.  I was very surprised.  I really thought that after playing “Baby Got Back” (I am sure most of you have heard that song, and know the opening lines to it), it would put them over the edge and they would pick up their walkers and head for the mini-vans to go home and call it a night.  But to my surprise, they continued to sit there and enjoy the beats and lyrics of a song about Big Butts!

Anyway, it was funny.  And for those of you who have never heard the song “Baby Got Back”, I was able to find the music video for it.  I had never seen the video until today.