when fandom and real life collide
Sep. 26th, 2009 05:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
primroseburrowsVery nice cashier at The Grateful Heart: Did you see the new show based on The Witches of Eastwick??
Me: *gives review that is basically a giant pimpage of Paul Gross*
VNC: *actually looks interested* Did you know that the name "Eastwick" is an amalgam of East Greenwich and Wickford, RI?
Me: OMGNO!
VNC: Yeah, John Updike's ancestors are from here. There's even an Updike Park named for them. And Wickford's original name was Updike's Newtown.
Me: Woah. Really?
VNC: Yeah.
Here, have a pretty picture of Wickford:
In other news, it's time to unclog my drain. I bought some of this. *crosses fingers*
Me: *gives review that is basically a giant pimpage of Paul Gross*
VNC: *actually looks interested* Did you know that the name "Eastwick" is an amalgam of East Greenwich and Wickford, RI?
Me: OMGNO!
VNC: Yeah, John Updike's ancestors are from here. There's even an Updike Park named for them. And Wickford's original name was Updike's Newtown.
Me: Woah. Really?
VNC: Yeah.
Here, have a pretty picture of Wickford:
In other news, it's time to unclog my drain. I bought some of this. *crosses fingers*