Monday, May 28, 2007
THE BLOG AS A HISTORY BOOK
REMEMBER, THE ORIGINAL BLOG IS STILL ACCESSIBLE AT
http://noonski.blogspot.com
THIS WILL REMIND YOU OF WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE--BEFORE IT IS GONE, TOO!
http://noonski.blogspot.com
THIS WILL REMIND YOU OF WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE--BEFORE IT IS GONE, TOO!
A VISIT TO BOB & GAIL'S NEW PLACE
TOM AND PEGGY ARE IN THE TOP PHOTO FOLLOWED BY MOE AND BOB, A GROUP PHOTO, AND FINALLY, OUR HOSTS, BOB AND GAIL, WHO JUST MOVED INTO THEIR NEW PLACE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT IN A BRAND NEW BUILDING IN AN UPSCALE DEVELOPMENT IN VERNON. WHILE IT IS BILLED AS A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT, IT HAS MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAN WE HAVE IN OUR SIX ROOM CAPE. YOU COULD PARK SEVERAL CARS AND YOUR BOAT, IF YOU HAD ONE, IN THE BASEMENT.A SMALL RIVER RUNS NOT FAR FROM THE PLACE. IN FACT, AFTER DELIVERING THE FURNITURE, THE DELIVERY MEN PARKED THEIR TRUCK AND WENT FISHING.
WILDLIFE ABOUNDS----CANADA GEESE, TURKEYS, DEER AND BEAVER HAVE BEEN SPOTTED IN NEIGHBORHOOD.
Labels: GAIL AND BOB
Saturday, May 26, 2007
MEMORIAL DAY 2007
PEGGY AND TOM HOSTED A COOKOUT ON SATURDAY. IT WAS A MEMORIAL DAY GET-TOGETHER. PEGGY'S FRIENDS, REGINA AND TOM AS WELL AS MARA, MOE AND BOB HAD A FEAST ON THE DECK, AND AN ALL 'ROUND GOOD TIME.
HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES TO GIVE YOU THE PICTURE--WE WISH YOU HAD BEEN THERE.
Friday, May 25, 2007
MAX HONORED
MAX CO-AUTHORED A PAPER WHICH WAS DEEMED TO BE "TOP INFORMATION SYSTEM PAPER" BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION INFORMATION ASSOCIATION, AND WAS INVITED TO PRESENT THE PAPER AT A CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS WEEK. THE PAPER WAS CHOSEN OVER SEVERAL THOUSAND ENTRIES, SO IT REPRESENTS QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT. LAST YEAR, HE HAD A SIMILAR RECOGNITION AT A CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO. WOW!
MAX IS A DOCTORAL STUDENT AT UCONN.
HERE ARE MARA AND MAX
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
ANGRY? WHO, BOB? NAH
WHEN NOONSKI HAD TO WRITE ABOUT SOMETHING HE ALWAYS HAS WITH HIM IT WAS EASY. HIS TOPIC WAS SORT OF FREUDIAN, AND NOT REALLY A SURPRISE TO SOME PEOPLE WHO MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAVE THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING HIM. NOONSKI LEAPED TO THE TASK:
"WELL, I ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE AN AGGRAVATION WITH ME. IT VARIES FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT AT THE MOMENT IT IS THIS GOLDEN, ITCHY, SCRATCHY METALLIC WATCH WITH THE STRETCH BAND. IT HAS A
DIAL YOU CAN LIGHT UP BY PUSHING A BUTTON. PART OF THE AGGRAVATION IS THAT I CAN SEE THE DIAL IN THE DAYTIME AND HAVE THE STRESS OF THE REALIZATION THAT I AM PAYING FOR SOMETHING I DON'T NEED.
I LONG, BUT NOT FOR LONG, FOR MY NICE BIG POCKET WATCH WITH A LARGE DIAL WHICH WAS NICE EXCEPT THAT I NEVER COULD GET IT OUT OF THE TINY WATCH POCKET PROVIDED IN THOSE CHINTZY BLUE SERGE PANTS WE WORE IN DEPRESSION DAYS. SO YOU SEE, MY AGGRAVATIONS ARE OF LONG STANDING----MAYBE THAT'S WHY I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE."
"WELL, I ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE AN AGGRAVATION WITH ME. IT VARIES FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT AT THE MOMENT IT IS THIS GOLDEN, ITCHY, SCRATCHY METALLIC WATCH WITH THE STRETCH BAND. IT HAS A
DIAL YOU CAN LIGHT UP BY PUSHING A BUTTON. PART OF THE AGGRAVATION IS THAT I CAN SEE THE DIAL IN THE DAYTIME AND HAVE THE STRESS OF THE REALIZATION THAT I AM PAYING FOR SOMETHING I DON'T NEED.
I LONG, BUT NOT FOR LONG, FOR MY NICE BIG POCKET WATCH WITH A LARGE DIAL WHICH WAS NICE EXCEPT THAT I NEVER COULD GET IT OUT OF THE TINY WATCH POCKET PROVIDED IN THOSE CHINTZY BLUE SERGE PANTS WE WORE IN DEPRESSION DAYS. SO YOU SEE, MY AGGRAVATIONS ARE OF LONG STANDING----MAYBE THAT'S WHY I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE."
Monday, May 21, 2007
THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE
MOE AND NOONSKI WENT TO THEIR FIRST CLASS AT THE SENIOR CENTER TODAY. IT WAS A WRITING CLASS LED BY A FORMER TEACHER WHO IS A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR TO LOCAL PUBLICATIONS. AMONG THE ACTIVITIES, THE PARTICIPANTS WERE ASKED TO WRITE A SHORT PIECE ON THE ASSIGNED TOPIC,
"SOMETHING YOU ALWAYS HAVE WITH YOU. " MOE'S ARTICLE WAS VERY TOUCHING. IT IS AS FOLLOWS:
"I ALWAYS HAVE THE LOVE OF MY EIGHT CHILDREN. I HAVE NEVER REGRETTED HAVING A LARGE FAMILY AND I OFTEN WILL THINK OF THEM DURING THE DAY. IT IS A WONDERFUL FEELING KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE EIGHT DIFFERENT BEINGS WITH DIFFERENT TALENTS AND PERSONALITIES. THIS IS TO ME MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN MY LIFE. I EAGERLY LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR PHONE CALLS. MY SENSE OF PRIDE IS MY GREATEST SENSE."
Thursday, May 17, 2007
THE ANSWERS TO THE WHATZITS BELOW
1. LEGAL SEPARATION
2. TWO LEFT FEET
3. BALANCED DIET
4. MAN ABOUT TOWN
2. TWO LEFT FEET
3. BALANCED DIET
4. MAN ABOUT TOWN
Sunday, May 13, 2007
SATURDAY NIGHT RE-DEFINED
A FEW GENERATIONS AGO, WHEN NOT EVERYBODY HAD HOT WATER, SATURDAY NIGHT WAS BATH NIGHT FOR THOSE WHO TOOK BATHS. SATURDAY NIGHT AT NOONSKI'S NOW IS IDENTIFIED WITH GAME NIGHT WHEN MARY, MOE, NOONSKI, PEGGY AND REGINA GATHER AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE TO GET SOME MENTAL EXERCISE IN THE FORM OF GAMES. TO DATE, THE GAME HAS BEEN WHATZIT, IT'S A GAME WHERE THE CLUE TRANSLATES INTO A COMMON EXPRESSION. IF YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN YOUR JOB, THIS IS GREAT WAY TO DEVELOP LATERAL THINKING SKILLS. HERE ARE A FEW FOR YOU TO WORK ON. INTERESTED PARTIES CAN GET THE ANSWERS LATER. INCIDENTALLY, THE COURANT RUNS A WHATZIT EVERYDAY--MAYBE YOUR PAPER DOES, TOO.
Friday, May 11, 2007
BOB THE BUILDER
OUR NEIGHBOR, SID, RECENTLY BUILT A SANDBOX FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN. THIS RECALLED TO BOB THE TIME HE, TOO, BUILT A SANDBOX. BOB WAS BETTER AT GETTING IDEAS THAN IMPLEMENTING THEM. IT SEEMS. BOB DECIDED THAT HIS SANDBOX WOULD HAVE TO BE 9 FEET BY 3 FEET BY ONE FOOT IN ORDER TO FIT THE NEEDS OF HIS CHILDREN ADEQUATELY.
BOB'S ANALYTICAL MIND QUICKLY DEDUCED THAT THESE DIMENSIONS TRANSLATED INTO THE NEED FOR ONE SQUARE YARD OF SAND . ACCORDINGLY, HE DROVE UP TO THE SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY, AND WHEN ASKED HOW MUCH SAND HE WANTED, HE WAS READY FOR THE QUESTION AND REPLIED HE WOULD TAKE A SQUARE YARD. THE MAN ASKED, "WHERE'S YOUR TRUCK?" BOB REPLIED HE DOESN'T HAVE A TRUCK, BUT THE SAND COULD BE PLACED IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR. THE MAN SAID, "BUT IT WEIGHS 2500 POUNDS. " BOB, ALWAYS THE FLEXIBLE PRAGMATIST, QUICKLY REVISED HIS ORDER TO A COUPLE OF BUCKETS
WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE PLENTY OF SAND.
Monday, May 07, 2007
JOEY POOCH
HERE ARE RITA AND JOEY POOCH, OF WHOM WE HAVE HEARD SO MANY NICE THINGS.
Friday, May 04, 2007
OLD TIME IS STILL AFLYING
Next time you feel immortal, take a peek at the attached. I'll bet they thought they were, too.
Let me do the math---looks like 84 years.
