Monthly Archives: September 2012

’68 Mustang ramps up Mom’s cool quotient

Posted on September 30, 2012 by chrisbohjalian

If you want to be the hip high school health teacher, here are two tips: First, drive a 1968 Mustang. This is the strategy employed by Mount Abraham Union High School health teacher (and field hockey coach) Ann Pollender. “It … Continue reading →

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The silver lining in the silver furniture — or why my parents’ bedroom looked like a brothel

Posted on September 23, 2012 by chrisbohjalian

Once upon a time, my father came home from a business trip and my mother had spray-painted all of their wooden bedroom furniture silver. He was not angry, but neither was he pleased. He was incredulous. He reacted with sit-com … Continue reading →

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Of Moose and Men: Antlers Trump Camcorder in Westford, Vermont

Posted on September 9, 2012 by chrisbohjalian

It was a week ago today that a moose went Tom-Cruise-on-Oprah’s-Couch crazy in Brent Olsen’s yard. Olsen, a retired IBM senior packaging analyst, lives in Westford. Actually, the moose, based on the video, was behaving more like Mel Gibson than … Continue reading →

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Perhaps the happiest room on Earth

Posted on September 2, 2012 by chrisbohjalian

According to Faith Resnick, “People who hate cats will come back as mice in their next life.” That means that people who hate kittens will come back as a laser light. Or the plastic seal at the top of a … Continue reading →

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