Author: MichelleMcHatton

I'm a writer. I'm also a wife and a parent who works too much and lives too little. In addition to writing I also love to read, listen to music, travel, cook, I enjoy looking for bargains at flea markets or thrift stores, Christmas, football and of course writing! How did I come up with the title of my blog? Two things: 1. I live in New England (duh) and 2. Canadian singer Alan Frew once arrogantly told me to "get a New England life"--again--DUH! I already HAVE one!
It’s All People

It’s All People

by MichelleMcHatton

The best way I can express my thoughts on the latest conflict happening in Israel is by bullet-points:

  1. Yes, it was wrong for Hamas to attack Israel. Whatever their reason for the attack, the people really hurt were citizens of Israel.
  2. I can understand Israel’s retaliation. A retaliation against Hamas. In your own country. Again, the people really hurt were citizens of Israel.
  3. I agree that Israel’s retaliation has led to extreme inhumane conditions. Again, the people really being hurt are citizens of Israel.
  4. Interestingly enough the only thing that Israel and and Palestine can agree on is that East Jerusalem is the capital. Yet that doesn’t change the fact that the citizens of Israel are the ones being hurt.
  5. Bibi, having been the longest-tenured prime minister of Israel, has faced international criticism over his decades-long policy as prime minister of expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, deemed illegal under international law. Interestingly enough, he’s been buddy-buddy with SHITHOLE since the 80’s and like SHITHOLE, was indicted in 2019 on charges of breach of trust, bribery and fraud. Hm…birds of a feather. And his very citizens of Israel are the ones being hurt.
  6. Once everyone in Israel and the surrounding Middle East countries can accept one another for whatever they believe in or don’t believe in, there will be peace. Until then, fight on, I guess.
Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum

Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum

by MichelleMcHatton

If you’re ever looking for an inexpensive trip down memory lane, visit the Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum in Cheshire, CT.

Here you will find nostalgic toys and cartoon items dating back to 1873. Even if the younger set gets sick of hearing you exclaim “ooh, I remember that when I was a kid!”, they will still get a kick out of seeing characters who are still familiar today.

Aside from all the great memorabilia, the price of admission can’t be beat:

Kids under 3 are free

3-18 – $3.00

Students with ID – $4.00

adults 19-64- $5.00

seniors 65 and up – $4.00

Start your visit in the Barker Animation Art Gallery (which is where you pay admission) and admire the many works of cartoon and character art for sale. Be sure to get your picture taken with one of the many life-sized character cut-outs found on the outside grounds of the museum. Then enjoy the interior of the museum itself and get ready for flashbacks of a lifetime. There will be many. Even the TV theme songs that are playing as you browse the many bits of your childhood will make you feel nostalgic.

My husband and I reminisced about school lunches when we saw the collection of lunchboxes hanging overhead. Just so you know, they are hanging alphabetically from the end of the alphabet to the beginning of the alphabet (those are upstairs). So I didn’t get to see my “Little House on the Prairie” lunchbox. And I failed to get a pic of the Donnie Osmond doll that I used to have when I was a kid. Oh well!

This collection is so extensive, there is an upstairs section as well. On our visit, we didn’t get a chance to get upstairs due to being so overwhelmed by the downstairs.

NOTE: the main museum and even the art gallery are very tight quarters. It is unknown if there are any handicapped ramps on the premises. I did not visibly see any, nor do I believe there is an elevator to the second level of the museum. If you wish to visit and have a question about accessibility, it may be best to call ahead.

This museum does have something for everyone, even the younger generation. It’s great especially if they appreciate older-style cartoons and characters, such as my teen-age daughter does. She was ecstatic to see Fraggles there, along with many other Jim Henson characters, as they are her favorites.

Enjoy the pics!

One of the many cartoon/character cut-outs you’ll encounter on the outside of the museum. Yay! Scooby-Doo!
Who remembers this TV show? Such a young John Travolta! I had this very coloring book when I was a kid and I freaked out when I saw it!
A huge M & M with Ernie from “Sesame Street” lurking in the background
A “Wizard of Oz” collection
Garfield
Here’s Ernie with some Wheaties boxes behind him
More “Wizard of Ox” stuff
Of course they have Disney stuff there! Woody!
A bigger than life Hulk
Muppet stuff
My daughter felt bad for Boober Fraggle being crammed into this case!
Miss Piggy in the tub while a Cabbage Patch doll watches.
Wembley Fraggle stuffed in the case. With a reflection of my husband’s face. LOL!
Even the Beatles are here
More “Sesame Street” and Muppet stuff
They Be Scheming

They Be Scheming

by MichelleMcHatton

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, by now you know about the 19 individuals indicted in the Georgia election interference scandal. Eighteen of them are out on bond, including the leader SHITHOLE, inmate PO1135809. These charges stem around a scheme, and not even a very well planned out scheme, to create and submit to Congress fake electoral votes. Because SHITHOLE is a narcissistic baby who can’t handle losing.

This group of schemers even had the gall to name the scheme the Pence Card. SHITHOLE #2 (Pence) didn’t do much for the United States when he was “VP”, but at least he had the common sense and integrity to refuse to help these idiots. Or he’d be indictee number 20.

So here we are. At least one or two of these asses (Meadows and Clark), feel that they’re too good to be tried at state level and have been trying to get their cases moved to Federal level. Meadows even feels his case should be tossed out. Because, as you know, even though he was SHITHOLE’S Chief Of Staff, it was okay to perform illegal acts while in that position. Just as it would be okay for a teller to rob a bank because hey, they work at the bank.

The Cheese Man wants a speedy trial, as does Queen Liar Powell. Nobody wants to be paired with Powell because of her consistent lies. And rumor has it that Cheesy has been chosen as the “sacrificial lamb” in all of this, to see how his trial goes. So his trial is supposed to start October 23. And if SHITHOLE plays his cards right, he’ll be tried right along with him or certainly by the end of the year.

Pretty Boy Floyd is in the despicable Fulton County Jail and will stay there until his trial (whenever that is). Because he doesn’t qualify for bond. And because he’s an asshole for intimidating Ruby Freeman.

I have read so much about the shit these assholes tried to pull off and a few things cross my mind:

  1. They are extremely stupid
  2. To intimidate and threaten the people that they did, especially Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye is beyond reprehensible.
  3. If there was so much “voter fraud”, as they all claim and SHITHOLE is STILL claiming, show us the proof. And we don’t mean edited videos and gross Rudy rambling on about USBs being passed like heroin or cocaine. He wishes.
  4. Speaking of Rudy: oh how the mighty have fallen. He will die penniless in prison. Such a sad spectacle of a person.
  5. Same goes for SHITHOLE
  6. If any of them were NOT guilty, they would have proven it by now.
  7. None of these people gives a flying fuck about anyone in America, especially SHITHOLE. Because if they did, they wouldn’t have done what they did. Real Americans don’t do illegal shit like they did.
  8. Misty Hampton and Ruby Freeman had similar jobs. Both women were coerced into doing something illegal. Ruby said no. Misty chose the wrong road. Oh well.
  9. On Tuesday, November 8, 2016 I told myself that SHITHOLE would regret the day he even ANNOUNCED he was running for President. I told myself he would fall from the highest pinnacle. I was right.
  10. I’m sick of seeing their ugly mugs all over the place. Especially SHITHOLE’S.
  11. For most, if not all of these people, it is not going to end well or be very pretty. Especially for SHITHOLE.

So that’s where we are with the scheming bunch. Such deplorables, aren’t they? Lock them ALL up!