Fried Pop Tarts + Journey to the Sun + My Kind of Exercise

If you notice any typos, please forgive me. Following cataract surgery on my left eye, close work is still a challenge. In order to type or read I have to tilt my head as far back as I can I squint through my right eye glass. I can say, however, that colors do appear sharper in my left eye. And it's easier to drive w/o using my glasses any more than necessary. My right eye's turn is on 9/18.

I'm not saying that we take our Nebraska FB too seriously, but our governor announced that this SAT 9/1, the date of our home opener, has been declared Scott Frost Day. [No, I am not making this up.]

State Fair Odyssey

I worked a 6-hour shift at the LLL/Lutheran Hour Ministries booth yesterday (8/30). That was too many consecutive hours, especially since foot traffic was pretty slow. If I do this again in the future, I will only volunteer for a 3-hour shift.
          Food is a necessary part of the State Fair experience. What I had:  a gyros, which was mediocre, & ice cream from the UNL Dairy Store [peach + black walnut chocolate fudge] which was delicious. I also bought some kettle corn to take with us to Nathan's this weekend. [I may have sampled it once or twice.]
          Although Iowanians can rightly claim that the exotic food items at their State Fair are the cream of the crop--or butter of the crop, if you include the butter sculpture of an Iowanian cow--here are two exotic food items from the NSF that I did NOT sample.

From Omaha World Herald (8/31):  "Jalapeno Floer Pot Bread & Fried S'mores Pop-Tart.

Whimsical Feature on Free-for-All Friday

OWH (8/13):  "NASA probe aims to 'touch the sun.' NOT POSSIBLE, YOU SAY? I SAY IT'S POSSIBLE IF THEY GO AT NIGHT.

OWH (8/28):  "Omaha's first 'cat cafe' is scheduled to open Sept. 18." iNQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW:  ARE WE TURNING INTO CALIFORNIA?

OWH (8/22):  "PETA pressures beasts to roam free on boxes.Nacisco's animal crackers break out of their cages." I WILL THINK OF PETA WHENEVER I CHEW UP A FREE-ROAM ANIMAL CRACKER IN THE FUTURE.

There Is No Place Like . . . 

. . . California. (OWH 8/27):  "California man had 800 lbs of stolen lemons."

. . . New Zealand (DITTO):  "New Zealand official bikes to hospital to give birth."

Dept. of Shameless Joke-Stealing

From Reader's Digest (May 2018):  'An exercise for people who are out of shape. Began with a 5-lb potato bag in each hand. Extend your arms straight out from your sides, hold them there for a full minute, & then relax.
          "After a few weeks, move up to a 10-lb potato bag. Then try 50-lb potato bags. & eventually get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato bag & hold your arms straight out for more than a minute.
          "Once you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag."