I think I now have a better understanding of what “writer’s block” is all about. While, by no stretch of the imagination, do I consider myself a writer, I’ve been having difficulty placing another entry to this Blog Site. I write some great stuff in my head while laying in bed or day dreaming in a chair, but when I sit down in front of this screen it all seems to vanish. There’s a good chance that I’m unable to move it from brain to screen because deep down I wonder if anyone is ever going to read it. How will anyone ever find these gems that I create…..lol.
So far my creative efforts have all been bitches about things I find wrong in our world, especially restaurants. Unfortunately getting more material has not been easy. For some strange reason my recent visits to restaurants have been rather pleasant and without incident. In fact we went to the Red Lobster in Rocky Hill this past Friday and were fortunate to be served by one of the best waiters I’ve had in the last few years. Not the super polished one’s you get in up scale restaurants, but very entertaining, attentive and helpful. One who knows the menu is not afraid to make recommendations like Arctic Char that was recently placed on the menu. He was quite a salesman. Go us to order an appetizer although we usually never do. Also got the four of us to split a large dessert though he knew we really weren’t considering one. His performance was worth it since it moved us to leave a much larger tip than we normally leave.
Since creating this Blog Site, I’ve been able to bitch about highway traffic, lousy restaurant service, crummy breakfasts and modern packaging. Now I’ve got a new one. Flat screen TV’s. I’ve been waiting for a ten year old 32” set to die to give me an excuse to get me one of those “Flat Screen” beauties so I’m trying to decide what to buy. You’ve got to be kidding me, Plasma, LCD, DLP, ED, HDMI, Pixels, Contrast ratios, 1080, 720, built in tuners, box required, equipped for card, dual channel tuner. Give me a break, I’m not a friggin engineer. How the hell do I know what to buy and do you think the salesmen do? I realize that competition creates these diversities, but pity the poor consumer who tries to figure all of this out, but I think I have the answer. I have a good friend whose son is an electronic Guru. I’m strongly considering giving him a check and send him shopping for me, because I just know that each exploratory trip I make will only increase my frustrations and give me more Blog material.
