I’m on “away-cation”

I’ve been in Pennsylvania since last Saturday, driving out of Hartford a few hours before all of the shooting started going down in the North End. I coincidentally checked out Courant.com right around the time that the reports of violence started, then went to WFSB to see if they had more information.

The WFSB site had the most unfortunate ads accompanying the initial news report: CT “Staycation” and Hartford Hospital. I’m not sure when I’m coming back.

Fat Tuesday

We don’t know why, but the item, Worm Found In Fast-Food Chili Unsubstantiated, has been freaking us out all day. Yeah, the claim can’t be proven, but if you’ve ever had Wendy’s chili with its mealy texture, you can believe that someone would have made the mistake.

“This summer in Connecticut, Austin Grimaldi and his attorney, Jeff Cohen, called the Channel 3 I-Team back in June, claiming they found a worm in a bowl of chili.Grimaldi, a teen from North Haven, said he was at Wendy’s on Route 5 in Wallingford with two friends, when one of them ordered a bowl of chili.

“She took a couple bites, maybe like four bites, and it was like the fourth bite when she found it,” Grimaldi said.

The teen and his friends said they found a worm in the chili.

“The look on her face, it was just disgust, and then she spit it up,” Grimaldi said.”

Drive-In Drove-Thru

Yeah, we know it hasn’t been open for years but it’s still too bad.

Turnpike Drive-In Torn Down For Housing

“For more than 60 years, the Hartford Drive-In loomed large over the Berlin Turnpike. But on Wednesday morning, a wrecking crew made quick work of demolishing the decaying landmark, clearing the way for construction to begin on 71 luxury townhomes.”It was kind of sad, but it’s progress,” said [Newington] Mayor Rod Mortenson, who grew up in Newington and went to the drive-in with his parents in the 1950s and ’60s. “The Berlin Turnpike changes slowly over the years, and I think the changes are for the better.”

There should be a preservation act to ensure that any new developments on the turnpike have to be designed according to strict historically seedy aesthetic standards. God bless that weathered stretch of glory.

Connecticut’s For Fucking

So 2 minutes ago on Sirius Satellite “Alt Nation” channel online:

Jesus H. Christ And The Four Hornsmen Of The Apocalypse: Connecticut’s For Fucking

More info and the mp3 here. A bit too poppy overall for us, but the chorus is catchy:

Connecticut’s for fucking
There’s nothing else to dooooooooooooo

He Said, She Said

It should go something like this:

“But, Eddie, I wanna be in the show!”

“Jo-deee, how many times do I haf to ’splain it to you? You can’t be in the choh!”

“Waaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!”

From today’s Hartford Courant: Rell, Perez Trade Shots

After 16 people were shot in five days in Hartford, Mayor Eddie A. Perez and Gov. M. Jodi Rell fired accusations at one another Wednesday in a high-profile clash of public letters over how to stop the bloodshed on the city’s streets.Rell claimed Perez had turned away the state’s helping hand. Perez said no such thing was even close to true. As the day continued, much ink was spilled by the two political rivals as each lobbed explosive letters at one another. …

Ghost Like Swayze

There’s no one reason why Connecticut has such an uncool rep. And so it continues…

First, a ban on soda in schools.

Now they’re whispering about cupcakes:

“SHELTON, Conn.–Shelton school officials are considering a ban on cupcakes in the schools. … Shelton High School Athletic Director John Niski is leading a committee formulating a new school district wellness policy. The committee is considering policy changes that would include, among other things, the prohibition of the popular sugar-topped treats.”

The school nutrition bill that passed in the House yesterday does not include candy and junk food distributed from vending machines.

But you can guess the next step–no Twinkies! No HoHos, no Suzy Q’s, no Ding Dongs, no Fruit Pies, no Drakes Cakes, no mini-donut holes, no Devil Dogs, no Funny Bones, and no Yodels.

It sounds like an under-cover sex code, actually… and we didn’t even get into listing “Mounds,” “Milky Way,” and other vending treats.

But–DON’T THEY REALIZE WHAT CRAZY DELICIOUS STUFF THEY’RE FUCKING WITH?

Holy Sheet

An inspirational item from Manchester. When we last checked eBay (item # 6257739218), the high bid was $1,025.

Hardware store workers selling “image of Jesus” on sheet metal

MANCHESTER, Conn. — Thomas Haley was unloading supplies for his job at Hardy’s Hardware when he said something odd caught his eye: the face of Jesus Christ on a piece of sheet metal.

Now, Haley and a co-worker are hawking the holy hardware on eBay, hoping potential bidders will agree that the blurry oil stain on the sheet metal does, indeed, resemble Jesus.

“I mean, it hasn’t done anything miraculous as of yet, but seeing it is kind of groovy,” said Haley, 23. “Just seeing it brightens people’s day.”

…Since then, Haley and 18-year-old co-worker Jonathan Jackson have shown the piece to a few other workers and customers, and even took it on a short pilgrimage to a nearby hair salon. They say several people agreed with their assessment, although a few suggested it looks more like legendary rock singer Jim Morrison of The Doors.

Link to full article…