Live and learn

Well, I have officiall survived my second week at work, and a productive one at that! What better way to celebrate than by posting a blog entry and enjoying a cold, refreshing, Sam Adams seasonal summer ale? I can think of nothing.

So a few things have been brought to my attention since I moved here:

1. UK Wildcats basketball is dwarfed by the Boston Red Sox craze


2. The Red Sox bug has bitten me hard as I recently bartered one of my kidneys for three tickets to the last Mets game of the series in June


3. The roads here are the worst I have ever seen. If necessary the pothole at the end of my driveway could house a low-income family


4. The major coffee distributor in the world is Dunkin' Donuts. The number of franchises in the area is ridiculous. They sell 30 cups of coffee every second. I read that somewhere.


5. Everyone has an accent here. This is the first time I've really felt like I stand out from everyone; as if they will instantly realize I'm an alien by the way I speak. No one has, though, so it's probably me just being paranoid.


6. Most people with whom I work commute about an hour each way


7. My roommate, Matt, and his friend, "G-Lo," (I don't get it) know more about bourbon than I, the Kentuckian, do


8. Bourbon and the Red Sox make for an interesting evening


9. Everyone and their dog shops in New Hampshire to avoid paying sales tax, but no one wants to live there because the property tax is outrageous


10. I live 2 miles from the New Hampshire border.


11. There is a Mexican restaurant on said border named "On the Border"


12. I have never eaten there


13. There is also a Trader Joe's nearby wherein I met a woman from New Mexico. She said the secret to getting to know New Englanders is to just open up to them. "They're naturally introverts," she told me, "but once you get to know them they're quite wonderful."


14. I have yet to test this, but my roommate Matt seems to fit her description to a tee.