Whimsy
New Dog Odyssey: On SAT 10/10, I ventured into the backyard & scooped up 7 doggie "Facebook messages," if you catch my drift [returning to a previous theme]. Yet I found it much more satisfying than following my dog around our surrounding neighborhoods, as well as the hiker-biker trail around nearby Skyview Lake, "message carrier" in hand, pausing while he delivers a "message," scooping it up, then carrying the aforementioned "message" in the aforementioned "message bag" until we reach an appropriate receptacle, which sometimes isn't until we reach home. * Do I need to draw you a picture? *** Example: This morning (10/14), as we were walking adjacent to Bel Air school @ approximately 7:45a, he stopped to deliver a major "message--if you catch my drift--as parents & children were arriving. There I was, furtively encouraging my animal to "pick up the pace," so to speak, so I could quickly "secure the crime scene," so to speak, before the bulk of students & parents arrived. Yes, in case you're wondering, it IS all about me.
** As an aside, there doesn't seem to be any discernible pattern re: where he leaves his aforementioned "messages, if you catch my drift, in our backyard. Next to our 4 stately pine trees, fence line, the posts supporting our deck . . . makes no difference to Sammy. Also helps me sharpen my eyesight.
Excerpt from Norfolk Daily News (10/6): "Happy horses. Carrots might no longer tempt horses at one Oregon rescue ranch--because they've been munching on tons of them for days. The Bend Bulletin reported that the facility in the central city of Bend accepted a donation of 44,000 lbs, or 22 tons, of carrots after a truck carrying them crashed." [According to my unnamed source, these horses achieved a remarkable transformation in the improvement of their eyesight within a matter of 48 hours!] *
* Please don't bother to correct me. I already know that this was a myth put out by our own intelligence agencies during WW II, trying to forestall the Nazi's discovery that we had developed capabilities re: night-time radar. The word was out . . . OUR airmen were eating tons of carrots! Stupid Nazis.
Excerpt from Omaha World Herald (10/10): Which franchises have the most box office upside? 15. Iron Man. 14. Mission Impossible. 13. Pirates of the Caribbean. 12. Bond, James Bond. 11. Ice Age. 10. Star Trek. 9. Spider-Man. 8. Despicable Me. 7. X-Men. 6. Fast & Furious. 5. The Avengers. 4. Jurassic. 3. Avatar. 2. Transformers. 1. Star Wars. [Before you bite my head off, I am only reporting, not commenting re: this list & it's ranking. I will say that I was initially crushed that I did not see The Naked Gun & Airplane among the franchises listed, but then I realized. Without Leslie Nielsen, you'd have no franchise. Am I right?
Settled Science
97% of the world's scientist's agree that global warming is man-made! How do I know? Check out this testimony from the President of the Sierra Club.My Favorite Taglines from the Drudge Report *
From Thu 10/8: "800-lb man kicked out of hospital for ordering pizza."From Tue 10/13: "Woman sues 12-year-old nephew over hug that broke wrist."
* Seriously...who's got time to read the articles?
Criminal Minds
Also from Drudge Report (10/10): "Armed robbery suspect tries using UBER as getaway vehicle." [And, no, I didn't bother reading this article either.]Food for Thought
Also from NDN (10/7): "McDonald's serving breakfast all day long." [Best fast food breakfast? Two McD's sausage burrito w/mild picante sauce + large coffee. Yes, McD's coffee is the real deal! Second best? Egg McMuffin w/pancakes & sausage running a close 3rd.] ** Lois, I promise this is based on nostalgia, not my regular, current practice. **
** Maybe it would be more accurate for me to say that I can neither confirm nor deny that I occasionally treat myself to breakfast @ the big arches, if time permits.
There is No Place Like . . .
California?
Excerpt from Parade Magazine (10/11): "Oktoberfest: American Style. Who doesn't love a festival that celebrates beers, brats & polka dancing? Make your way to oktoberfestinformation.com to find one near you. Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest, Big Bear Lake, CA. Every weekend from Sept. 12-Oct. 31, the mountain town of Bear Lake is transformed into a scene out of Germany, complete w/authentic German entertainment, food &, of course, steins of beer. bigbearevents.com/oktoberfest.Nebraska!
Also from OWH {Go Magazine} (10/8): "Celebrate Gumbo Day with Shucks. * Shucks is celebrating Monday's National Gumbo Day with flights, or small servings of various recipes. The restaurant will serve gumbo Mon, Tue, & Wed @ its Omaha locations. The gumbo will be available in a variety of flavors & will be served in a cup, a bowl or a flight. The varieties, all made in house from scratch, include the original, made w/shrimp, Andouille sausage, chicken & okra; the turducken, made w/turkey, duck, chicken, corn & red peppers; the crawfish, made w/crawfish, house-made smoked tasso, & a red roux; alligator, made w/seared alligator meat & sausage & tri-colored peppers; & a root vegetable gumbo made w/sweet potato, parsnips, carrots, red onion potato, parsnips, carrots, red onion and collard & mustard greens." [National Gumbo Day was MON 10/12, so if you are reading this now for the first time, you already missed it. And, no, I don't feel sorry for you. I can't do EVERYTHING for you.]* That would be Shucks w/locations in Omaha at 1218 S. 119th St, 16901 Wright Plaza, & 1911 Leavenworth St. That would be Omaha, Nebraska, NOT Louisiana. As in, "LOO-SEE-ANUH, just about a mile from TEX-AR-KAN-UH." **
** If Alan Wollenburg is reading this, nice picture of cotton fields in southeast Missouri. I for one did not know that they grew cotton in Missouri. ***
*** Did you know that we grow hops in Nebraska?
Throwing Down the Gauntlet
The high temperature in Norfolk, NE, was 98 degrees on SUN 10/11, as reported in the OWH on MON 10/12. I did not do a Leckband Temp Challenge last Sunday, so my crack team of temp consultants has advised me that I cannot do a Temp Challenge in retrospect, even though this is MY blog.
I will, however, challenge ANYBODY on EITHER side of the LECKBAND or HILL family [I apologize for shouting, but I let this get me a little worked up. I better check to see if I remembered to take my medicine this morning.] to top that temperature last SUN 10/11!
Hearing none, I declare Norfolk, NE, winner of the "Generic" Temp Challenge on SUN 10/11.
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