[Boomer]

I have met Boomer. She talks just like she writes. Boomer is prone to hyperbole sometimes.

I like Boomer OK..... most of the time. She acts a lot like I do. Boomer smiles at you. Boomer likes to be around people. Boomer's favorite person is Mr. Boomer.

Somebody once told Boomer that she has a knowing look in her eyes. I do not know what that meant. Perhaps Boomer just needs to have her eyelids done.

Boomer never tells anybody what her job was. Some people seem to think she was an English major. But Boomer won't even tell if that part is true. Boomer is awfully cagey about what kind of job she had.

One time somebody told Boomer that she must have been a tavern wench in her last life. The person who told Boomer this said that because Boomer likes to get around the room a bit and chat people up. Boomer tells stories sometimes. But Boomer likes to listen to other people's stories, too. At least that is what I think that woman who said that to Boomer must have been talking about. The woman smiled and even laughed when she said it.

Upon being called a reincarnated tavern wench, Boomer said, "Thank you. I do like to get around the room and smile and talk with people and have fun and I guess it shows." Boomer was not offended. hmmmmmmm..... should she have been????

Anyway, the next time Boomer was in an antique store, she spotted a beer stein that had a picture of -- you guessed it -- a tavern wench who was chatting up some German guys who were drinking beer. And Boomer bought that beer stein and took it home and proudly displays it on her mantel.

It could happen that before 2009 is over, Boomer may show up sometime at Crispers. But she will insist that nobody takes her picture. And Boomer has been nagging me to try to get her to TV in time for Oktoberfest.

Yes, I have met Boomer.