As my kids and wife will tell you….I am the KING of trendy…….NOT!  I am about as out of touch as they come.  And it was very clear to me as Amanda, Ben, and I stopped today at the “Orange Leaf” frozen yogurt extravaganza shop….or at least I think that is what it is called.

First of all, the furniture is all from the 60’s….the decade in which I was born and desperately worked so hard to escape.  Why people think that stuff is cool I do not know.  I was a kid then, but the adults who ran everything were morons (thus the furniture and CLOTHES).  Why would you want to eat anything from a place with such judgement?

But there we were……them eating frozen yogurt and me watching?  Why?  Because yogurt is YOGURT. If you are going to eat something frozen, eat ice cream.  But who am I to make such a bold statement?  Gee whiz, the dining room chairs and all the appliances in my mom’s house were the same color as these yogurt chairs.  And look how well I turned out?  You would think that we could report them for a decorating violation or something.

But in truth these places are filled with people who look like they are forcing themselves to be happy to pay $5.00 for a yogurt and sit in a Tang-colored plastic chair as if it were some status thing.  I however, am committed to not giving in.

I have worn t-shirts, blue jeans (the manly kind), and plain white tennis shoes for as long as I can remember.  And give me a cheeseburger and a Bonnie Doon ice cream, but let’s not get all weird.  There is nothing wrong the drive-ins and hamburger joints, I love them myself.  But the orange furniture and the 60’s in general are past…..and I survived them!  There is just no need to make me do it all again!

Goodnight my friends and God Bless!

Tommy+