New Kids on the Block-c’mon don’t laugh

I was very excited to see a little “shout out” to New Kids on the Block on the season finale of Lost last night.  If you missed it, or have given up on Lost, said shout out was  in the form of a lunchbox.   Just a little something unexpected.

I’m looking forward to the New Kids at SPAC next month.   I don’t care that my co-workers laugh when I mention the show, I’m genuinely excited.   I have no shame in my New Kids on the Block tickets, I haven’t listened to a New Kids song since my friend Kim’s wedding two years ago, but to be able to see a band that I all but idolized at age 9 will be satisfying.    Perhaps I can make an attempt on my 9 year old fantasy of joining the band as a backup singer and marrying Jordan Knight…all while wearing hot pink leggings and crimped hair.    Anything’s possible.

photo via kaboodle.com

Thacher Park Pool

We had a fantastic day at Thacher Park over the weekend.  Perhaps tomorrow I’ll post the pics of the ice cave we ran into on the Indian Ladder Trail…it was 80 + degrees on the day we saw it…bizarre and beautiful.

Thacher Park is full of surprises, there’s just so much to do.  Playgrounds, picnic areas, opens spaces, great trails and at one time a pool.    I don’t know the full history of the Thacher Park pool, a quick google search tells me it opened in 1953 and finally shut down in 2005.   There have been rumors of reopening the pool here and there, but with the recession and the state of the economy in New York, I’m sure it will be some time before we see an improved Thacher Park pool.

Sadly, this is the state that I found the old pool in this weekend.   The fences put up had been torn down…

View from what was the shallow end…the pool house used to be in the background:

Another view of the shallow end:

Side of the pool:

Deep end…remember the HUGE diving board?

I feel like there was a snack bar here too, and of course the tiny diving boards:

 

Many thanks to All Over Albany for sending some link love my way via the neighborhood.   The Thacher Park Pool is quite quite sad.  I know it will not open this summer, but perhaps there could be just a little bit of money found to put the fences back up:

and also cover this…I’m not even sure on what is is….well?  Whatever it is, it’s a hazard for a little one.  I’ve been trying to figure out the best point of contact for Thacher Park to let them know…

coincidence or plastic surgery?

I’ve heard/read/thought this statement so many times over the last week:

“That octuplet mom kinda looks like Angelina Jolie…”

Nadya Suleman (octuplet mommy) DOES look a lot like Angelina Jolie…but it’s just a weird random coincidence, right?  

The above before and after photos of Suleman add another layer to this very strange cake of a story.   I know features can change on a woman after pregnancy, but I didn’t know having 14 kids could plump your lips, thin your nose, smooth your skin and make you look just like Angelina Jolie!   Amazing.