And speaking of signs

Who was the pretentious idiot who started naming businesses with _____ a restaurant or _________ a taqueria?  If someone can't figure out what your business is by the name, maybe it's time for a new name.  ___________'s Steakhouse, Jane's Bar and Grill(no E please), etc.

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If there's one thing I really can't stand to see when I'm driving through town is a sign that is either spelled wrong or has an apostrophe where it doesn't belong.  I don't know why, but a misplaced apostrophe drives me mad enough to not patronize someone's business if I see their sign soon enough.  Take "Hot Wing's Cafe" for instance.  Is it possible that the owner is a very attractive Asian person named Wing?  Maybe.  Is it also possible that, being so beautiful, he or she has been nicknamed "Hot Wing"? Not likely, but possible.  If this is, in fact, the case then I humbly apologize to Wing.  Otherwise, change the sign! Those wings don't own anything, neither do those boiled peanuts for that matter.

For most of you reading this, all 3 of you, this isn't such a big deal.  But it drives me absolutely crazy to see such a failed grasp of one of the easiest punctuation rules in the English language.  Does it own something? Yes. Apostrophe.  Is it a contraction? Yes. Apostrophe.  That pretty much boils it down right there. Or, if you will, that pretty much boil's it down right they're. 

Greetings from Maine

Well, the trip to Boston for the game was a blast. My day started at 5:00 AM. It was actually a little brutal - At the airport at 7:00, land in Boston at 11:15, wait for luggage till noon. Then to the rental car place for a bit of a cluster then straight to TDBanknorth Garden to watch the Thrashers win the game with 18.7 seconds left. Then back to the car for a drive north to Augusta to see grampy. Check into the hotel at 8:00 then off to dinner. It was definitely a whirlwind day that was worth every minute of stress and exhaustion.

A minute about the fans in Boston. Several people talked to us on our way out of the arena. All of them were absolutely awesome. Even though their team just lost to ours, they were all asking us about our trip and wishing us a good stay in Boston. Class acts.

And then there was this guy. Last year when we went to see a game at Madison Square Garden we ran into another Thrashers fan. He was from Atlanta but going to school in Boston so he decided to come up to the Garden. When we got home we went to a game at Phillips and saw him again. It was a little strange, but understandable since he was on spring break. So here we were sitting in the Boston Garden and guess who plops down next to me to say hi. 15,000 people in the arena and he's sitting two sections over from us. Freaked me out just a little bit.

So now it's Sunday morning and the day is looking beautiful out the window. Highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s. Gonna go see grampy for lunch and then take in some sights.