I saw this sign on the way home.
What’s the matter; you can’t read it? It shouldn’t matter. Neither can the audience it is welcoming. Under the DoubleTree by Hilton part it says, “WELCOMES NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND.” This amuses me to no end. I wonder if in their amenity packages they offer free pay per view movies while highlighting that the foreign films are all subtitled for their viewing pleasure. If the DoubleTree hosted the National Federation of the Deaf, I’m sure the entertainment would be live music in the lobby. Yeah yeah, I know deaf people can feel the vibe and see the action, but still! The fact that the DoubleTree put up a sign welcoming blind people to their facility is delightful.
I was also delighted by my Rain Man of a son.
He guessed that there were 328 pieces of candy in the jar. 327 was the correct answer and he won the whole loot. My sweet little idiot savant!! How nice that days before Halloween he acquired 327 pieces of candy, because he needs it. After all, when I moved in July, I finally threw out a jar full of last year’s Halloween candy.
Further delight was provided by the name of this place.
This place is located in Salem, MA, rich in history with witch-hunts and colonists. The average joe may assume that ‘bunghole’ refers to the hole bored in a vessel such as a keg, barrel or cask through which liquid is poured in and out. However, we all know a bunghole is an anus. Beavis and Butthead utilized ‘bunghole’ quite often in everyday conversation, like I’m sure you do on Monday mornings around the water cooler. I wonder if Cornholio will be part of the reemergence of Beavis that I’ve heard is coming soon.
Another delightful time in my world is having dinner with my boys. We usually just have stimulating conversation about school, books, friends and life. But sometimes Drew gets all Shaun White on me with his threads and decides to play on the Mac instead.
And sometimes Will decides to go all Zombie on me and talk about eating brains for dinner.
And sometimes I just like to eat pumpkin brains.
Delightful things can make my day. What has delighted you lately?
Reading your posts always delights me!
ReplyDeleteDitto to Eva! You (and your awesome photos) just delighted me!
ReplyDeleteWhat has delighted me lately? Just hanging with friends and family -- more so than usual. Maybe it's the ramp-up to the holidays, but I'm feeling pretty great.
ReplyDeleteAnd your post was fun. So there's that.
Every time you mention "eating brains" I remembered how you chastised me when I told your kids I was going to eat their brains. Double standards brother man, double standards.
ReplyDelete@eva: Delighted to delight you!
ReplyDelete@6FM: You are easily amused, which I respect.
@fragrant liar: And your sweet 60s garb (and I'm still not buying the age thing).
@kimmie: It is true that I talk about eating brains all the fricking time. But I don't tell young innocent children I'm going to eat their brains while I'm drooling and holding a butcher knife over their noggins.
Things that delight me. The fact that your Dracula has a major cowlick. That you take your children to eat at Einsteins which has an amazing asiago cheese bagel with sun dried tomato schemear. Toasted of course. That bunghole is basically the same as buncak..which naturally is one of my favorite words. And that you're eating pumpkin brains for Halloween. When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling saaaad. I simply remember my favorite things...I think you know the rest.
ReplyDeleteBut in case you don't.
ReplyDeleteAnd then I don't feeeeeel.
Soooo Bad!!!!!
@vapid vixen: You and your blog have delighted me lately. And I love the Sound of Music. I think that fact is even in my bloggy profile. I'm man enough to admit the hills are alive...
ReplyDeleteHa ha... The Bunghole. Awesome. I used to live near a place called Master Bait & Tackle. Never took a picture of it, so this will have to do:
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I always got a chuckle out of that. And I am psyched that Beavis & Butthead are back. No Cornholio yet, but they did start the episode with Beavis yelling "Fire! Fire! Fire!"
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ReplyDeleteThere are simply so many delightful things about life, its difficult to choose...
ReplyDeleteAny reference to Who's on First.
No line for the ladies room.
Throwing up the bunny ears behind tourists' heads when they're taking pictures.
Segways.
Strategically placed cement balls.
An Irish Jig with a shot of tequila.
Oh, and there's nothing more delightful than walking the line.
1. People with impulse control. (Seriously? Eleventy-million times at Dunkin and no donut?)
ReplyDelete2. Halloween. Because candy is dandy and liquor is quicker.
3. Life. For years, I suspected I was high on it. Lately, however, I'm beginning to think it's just the brain cells popping, one at a time.
Delightful things of late:
ReplyDelete1. Seeing a fiddle player snap a string during a live show (it was just that awesome of a show, for real).
2. Fancy-dress dates that last until the wee hours of the morning.
3. Toddler getting extra candy during trick-or-treat because of her awesome PBS-inspired costume. (WordGirl.)
4. Backyard bonfire season.
Around here, those would be punkin guts that you are eating...still delightful!
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ReplyDeleteAnd apparently I cannot spell!
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I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween. Instead of throwing out the candy- recycle it. Give it away first this year... Just kidding. Chocolate that has sat that long has lost its calories. along with the flavor.
What delights me lately? The little things. A childs laugh, the soft breeze, the moon in the sky... the pictures on your post and the pumkin brains. You crack me up Wow! Thanks, I need that now and then.
BTW - if you didnt notice the Bunghole web address, you should check out the history! It delights me that people used to get illegally trashed in an embalming room they called the bunghole!
ReplyDeleteI won't lie. The amount of chocolate my boys brought home from trick-or-treating is what is currently delighting me.
ReplyDeleteBut I thought slutty midgets delighted you?
ReplyDeleteGood grief, that boy looks like you. :)
The Bunghole just makes me think of Beavis and Butthead. Which by the way... is back on the air... and new! lol cause that has anything to do with this.
ReplyDeleteDelights me today... 5 rambunctious pups who frazzle me and yet I love putting them to bed at night. Just like you would a baby. :) And cold crisp snuggly fall weather.
"WELCOMES NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND". hahahahahahahahahahaha! oh, SNAP.
ReplyDeleteSleeping in, coffee, red wine and cold fronts. Who could ask for anything more?
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the blind sign. That made me laugh out loud. As did the bunghole (I wanted to just type "Ass did the bunghole). I'm going to Boston next week, so I'll keep an eye out for it...
ReplyDelete@insomniac4: That is damn funny. Reminds me a little of Beaver Liquors near Vail.
ReplyDelete@periodically: I concur on all of those!
@moi: I know it's hard to believe I passed on donuts. I think its just a phase that I'll get over soon.
@goldengirl: LIve music is always a blast.
@alwaysbackrow: Guts, brains - they all taste like chicken.
@onebadpixie: The moon ALWAYS delights me.
@amber: I know.
@dawn: That is a given. It's like saying I'm delighted to breathe.
@ahbrowne: I like crispy weather too.
@kage: Right?!
@consciouslysedated: Well, there is sex, candy and rock n roll.
@mel: You snuck in here! I saw the Red Stripe comment too smarty pants. You have to go to Salem to see the Bunghole. Boston is such a great city. Go to Mike's Pastries in the North End for dessert.
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog. What a stitch! I love Salem, and I can say with all honesty that it was the only time I've been in the bunghole. Haha. Following.
ReplyDeleteAhh The Bunghole! I have a picture of me in front of this exact building from when I was 18. How do you NOT that picture?!!
ReplyDelete@haven: I'm glad the bunghole brought us together.
ReplyDelete@gotjack28: I wonder how many people have taken bunghole pictures?