Juggling + Mixed Marriages + Unconfirmed Rumors + Stinky Flowers

CORNHUSKER BLOG LITE (MON 5/29)

From Omaha World Herald (5/28):  "Judge rejects man's request to juggle during his trial. A judge has denied a man's request to juggle during his trial to show jurors he was just clowning around when he allegedly tried to rob a convenience store."  MY ADVICE: Appeal it to the 9th District Court.

From Lincoln Journal Star (5/19):  "Marriage. More & more Americans are marrying people of different . . . ethnicities . . . "  MY COMMENT:  I can relate. Lois was born & raised north of I-70. I was raised south of I-70. For most of our married life * things have gone smoothly, except when the topic of the War Between the States ** comes up in conversation between us.
* Our 42nd wedding anniversary will be celebrated on WED 5/31. I haven't figured out how to set up a GoFundMe acct yet, so checks made out to "Cash" would be an acceptable alternative.
** D--n Yankees refer to this as the "Civil War." ***
*** An alert blog follower **** who wished to remain anonymous pointed out that this blogger was born in Odell, NE, located well north of I-70.
*** It was me.

From Norfolk Daily News (5/19):  "Suing for a Ticket. A TX man is suing a woman he went on a date with for the price of a movie ticket after he said she texted through the film & left him at the theater. Brandon Vezmar filed the claim for $17.31 recently . . . he met the woman online & they went to see 'Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 . . . He said the 35-year-old woman refused to stop texting. Vezmar said he suggested she step outside to text. The woman then left the theater & never returned. The woman told the newspaper Vezmar asked her later for the cost of the ticket, but she refused because 'he took me out on a date.'"  MY COMMENT:  Caveat emptor. *
* I shouldn't have to remind you, but I am multi-lingual.

From NDN (5/19):  "Trump: 'Very close' to naming FBI director . . . " MY COMMENT:  I can neither confirm nor deny that his short list includes Larry Bird, George Brett, & me.

From OWH (5/29):  "Despite ill-time bloom, stinky plant attracts droves. Father & son David & Michael Ferrah made near-daily trips to Lauritzen Gardens [Omaha] last week, hoping to catch a rare whiff of one of the smelliest plants on Earth. They, like so many others, were awaiting the flowering of Amorphophallus titanum, an odoriferous tropical plant whose flowering has been documented only 220 times in a cultivated setting . . . 
On Sunday morning the Ferrahs of Omaha were among the record crowd at the gardens. The more than 10,000 people who came got a chance--albeit a diminished one--to smell the 'corpse flower,' as it is known . . . The flower blooms largely at night & emits the odor of rotting flesh to attract nocturnal carrion beetles & flies as pollinators. It takes 7 to 10 years to produce a flower, & the blooming period typically lasts less than 24 hours. 'People could learn a lot from the flower, including patience & beauty,' Ferrah said." MY COMMENT:  He's gotta be talking about Iowanians.