The other day my young daughter and I were taking advantage of a beautiful spring day (low 60s) by visiting a lake park to feed the birds. While my daughter merrily chased after any animal with wings (pelting them with the bread they were supposed to “want” to eat) I noticed three men ice fishing on what was left of the frozen lake water. Ice fishing on a 60-degree day when the lake had already started thawing? That deserved a second look (make that a long stare) and a cellphone “in case ice breaks call…”
I have a feeling the looks I gave those men are the same ones passers-by will be giving the new mail boxes recently unveiled by the United States Postal Service. R2-D2, the little robot popularized by the “Star Wars” movies has a new job—mail collector. Unfortunately, he won’t be going door-to-door. Rather, the postal service is wrapping mail collection boxes in some 200 cities around the country to look like R2-D2.
Hard to believe (for me anyway) it’s been 30 years since the “Star Wars” phenomenon was launched. The R2-D2 mailboxes will help commemorate the anniversary. In addition, the post office is unveiling a new stamp to coincide with the “Star Wars” festivities.
About 400 mailboxes nationwide will be covered to look like the height challenged droid. But, be warned postal officials are urging people not to tamper with them—doing so is a crime.
People in Nashville were doing double takes recently when a certain celebrity breezed into town.
Award-winning singer Mariah Carey turned some heads in Nashville while filming scenes for the upcoming movie “Tennessee.”
According to TV’s “Extra,” the movie stars the R&B diva as an aspiring country signer who flees her controlling husband in New Mexico by moving to Nashville with two brothers.
Carey and crew have been filming on location in several Tennessee cities, including Dunlap, about 20 miles north of Chattanooga, and at Cumberland Caverns in McMinnville. But, it was along the train tracks between Nashville and Lebanon where Carey got the most stares.
“There I am, sitting on the edge of a boxcar with Mariah Carey, breezing through town,” a movie extra told a news reporter. “We slowed down to go over a bridge, and there were people sitting in cars. I think they did a double-take: ‘I swear I just saw Mariah Carey on a boxcar.’”
Rubbernecks of the world unite!
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