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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL January 14, 2015 11A Hi, my name is Ned. And I am addicted to Post-Its BY NED HICKSON News Media Corporation W I wallet as the attendant handed me a yellow slip of paper. “By the way, this fell off the back of your card.” I took it from him and stared at my handwritten reminder: “Call about gas card.” After handing the attendant my cash, I reluctantly stepped from the truck and, with no small amount of humiliation, dug the Post-Its back out of the trash, opened it and made myself a note. “Get more Post-Its.” Ned is a syndicated columnist with News Media Corporation. His book, “Humor at the Speed of Life,” is available online at Port Hole Publications, Amazon Books and Barnes & Noble. Write to him at nedhickson@icloud.com We Want Your News! The Cottage Grove Sentinel wants to be your source for all things Cottage Grove. But we need your help! If you’ve got a news tip, we’d be glad to hear about it: $ PUUBHF ( SPWF 4 FOUJOFM In person: 116 N. Sixth Street, Cottage Grove Email: cgnews@cgsentinel.com Office phone: 942-3325 JOIN US FOR BREAKFAST or LUNCH Be Sure to Savor One of Our Bakery Items Country Donut Under new ownership th 25 S. 7 • CG 541-767-0233 Now Open Now featuring cakes by Candy Weddings- Birthdays Anniversaries Order yours today! 60 Gateway Blvd Cottage Grove Open: 541-942-9080 5am Mon-Sat 6am Sunday Home Of Mocha Mondays & Two Punch Tuesdays Mangiano’s Pizzeria Great Prices & two Drive-thru Windows to serve you New Owners, formally Gold Rush Espresso 541-942-7874 • 185 Thornton Lane Across from Wal-Mart next to Taco Bell Homemade Pizza ~ Lasagna ~ Spaghetti Everything made from scratch! 2 PASTA DINNERS & 2 SALAD BARS $25.00 NEW MENU!! WE DELIVER! Starting at 5 p.m. Closed Monday, Tue-Thur 11am-8pm Friday & Saturday 11am-9pm Sunday 12pm-6pm G U “Breathe?” “Swallow?” “Don’t drink soda with Alka- Seltzer?” So, I decided enough was enough. It was time to end the addiction. For those of you who followed my at- tempt to give up coffee, you prob- ably know where this is going. Still, I reached into my shirt pocket, snatched my last, still-cello- phaned package of pads and tossed them out the window and into the trash. This was my moment, some- thing I would long remember with- out a scrap of yellow paper conve- niently laced with “stick-um.” “Excuse me, sir,” the gas atten- dant said, interrupting my moment of triumph. “You got another gas card? This one’s expired.” Confused, I thumbed through my Grab a BITE of Cottage Grove D E estaurant hen my wife called to re- mind me about letting the dogs out at noon, I instinctively retrieved a Post-It from the desk drawer and scrawled “Dogs at noon,” then stuck it to the computer monitor. This required shuffl ing a series of other yellow Post-Its into order of importance, with things like “Call about hair cut,” “Go to dry cleaners” and “Clean out van” written on them. That one, of course, was moved to the very end of the line. Sadly, they’re all things I should be able to remember on my own and usually do; like when I’m star- ing into the closet for a pair of pants to wear. Later, I climbed into van and was gently reminded by a shocking- yellow piece of paper to “get gas.” It was while sitting at the pump a short time later that the notion of Post-It dependency hit me. In the beginning, I was only an occasional user, jotting down out-of-the-ordi- nary reminders. You know, things like a doctor’s appointment, or that it was time to change the oil. Then, “Change cat box” and “Take out trash” began appearing on the bathroom mirror, or stuck to the alarm clock — painfully obvi- ous things that were reminders in and of themselves. My life was becoming sort of a dot-to-dot, or in this instance pad- to-pad, existence, moving from one reminder to the next. What was next? Hot-N-Ready Lunch Combo 11am-2pm EVERYDAY! $ R only Daily Specials $7.95 Breakfast w/coffee NEW Bottomless Homemade French Fries Salad Bar & Fun Lottery Room 2915 Row River Rd • 541-942-5432 5 00 CARRY OUT ONLY PLUS TAX BAR DAILY NACHO MONDAYS 5-8PM H LUNC NEW HAPPY HOUR R E N FOOD MENU 3-7PM & DIN SPECIALS KARAOKE THURSDAYS • 9PM-12PM EL TAPATIO (541) 767-0457 'IBBS s #OTTAGE 'ROVE Mexican Restaurant & Cantina Open Daily for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Sun-Thurs 6 a.m. - 10 a.m. Fri. & Sat. 1590 Gateway Blvd. • Cottage Grove • 541-942-7144 “The little blue box with the food that rocks” “Th e best in American comfort food.” Burgers, Philly Cheese Steaks, Salads, Fish & Chips, Jumbo Prawns, Soups, Chicken Breast Burgers, Chicken Strip Baskets, Tots, Fries and lots more! Call ahead for ready-to-go pick-up orders Mon-Sat 11am - 6pm Corner of 9th and Whitaker 541-968-1134 Check out our facebook page!
