From: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
A doggie worth almost $100 million.
The BBC has a page of wonderful lists, something to peruse at work on a Monday morning! The link below will take you to:
The world's 10 richest pets and pampered pooches
and a list of other fun lists.
£1 million = about $1.65 million
£1 million = about $1.65 million
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Must be authentic, it's spelled with a Z
There is a sign in a yard along the highway coming back from town that reads HANDSPLIT COOKING WOODZ FOR SALE. How many people could there be who still cook with wood?
My grandmother had a wood cook stove. She also had an electric stove but she preferred the wood stove. I never could tell any difference with foods cooked on top but most things cooked in the cook-stove oven were definitely better. The only analogy I can think of is the difference between a pizza cooked in an ordinary kitchen oven and one cooked in a brick-lined pizza oven. Cakes, pies, breads, even roasts cooked in the wood stove were far superior in both texture and taste.
But, back to my original question: How many people could there be who still cook with wood?
My grandmother had a wood cook stove. She also had an electric stove but she preferred the wood stove. I never could tell any difference with foods cooked on top but most things cooked in the cook-stove oven were definitely better. The only analogy I can think of is the difference between a pizza cooked in an ordinary kitchen oven and one cooked in a brick-lined pizza oven. Cakes, pies, breads, even roasts cooked in the wood stove were far superior in both texture and taste.
But, back to my original question: How many people could there be who still cook with wood?
Friday, June 26, 2009
Best comment on a blog this week!
"Jon and Kate are divorcing because somewhere in the country two gays got married."
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Oooops!
The picture above is a Verizon Blackberry Storm.
The picture below is what happens when a Verizon Blackberry Storm slips out of your hand and then a large stone falls on it.
"Anything that can go wrong, will." Murphy's Law
The picture below is what happens when a Verizon Blackberry Storm slips out of your hand and then a large stone falls on it.
"Anything that can go wrong, will." Murphy's Law
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The new rules
No more saying 'more proud' instead of 'prouder' -- same for 'more funny' and 'more heavy.'
No more standing and staring at the meat cooler in the grocery store.
No more talking on your cell phone when you're riding a bicycle, on the highway, in traffic. (Few roads in Illinois have shoulders.)
No more standing and staring at the meat cooler in the grocery store.
No more talking on your cell phone when you're riding a bicycle, on the highway, in traffic. (Few roads in Illinois have shoulders.)
Monday, June 15, 2009
once you know the facts..
Fact One: My riding mower has two side-by-side blades.
Fact Two: The paper boy throws the newspaper onto the front sidewalk.
Fact Three: I have to cross the front sidewalk with my riding mower to get from the front yard to the back yard.
Could you see this one coming!
Wham! Swoosh! Newspaper confetti everywhere! Like New Years Eve. Like a NYC ticker-tape parade. My front yard looks like someone blew up a recycling bin! Swoosh!
And then we had rain.
Fact Two: The paper boy throws the newspaper onto the front sidewalk.
Fact Three: I have to cross the front sidewalk with my riding mower to get from the front yard to the back yard.
Could you see this one coming!
Wham! Swoosh! Newspaper confetti everywhere! Like New Years Eve. Like a NYC ticker-tape parade. My front yard looks like someone blew up a recycling bin! Swoosh!
And then we had rain.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
They've never met a teenage boy, I guess!
The image above is from the Candies Foundation website. This is the organization that is sponsoring Bristol "Do what I say not what I do" Palin's Abstinence Tour. The "Be Sexy Tees" (see more below) can be yours for $15.
Explain to me how this differs from Hooters? Because the teenage boys are reading the abstinence message on the t-shirt? You bet, that's exactly what they're doing!
Friday, June 05, 2009
no buy lotto ticket this week
cable and Internet were working.
cable and Internet stopped working. made appoint with cable company to have fixed.
cable and Internet started working. canceled service appointment.
cable and Internet stopped working. made another appointment.
cable and Internet started working. canceled appointment.
cable and Internet stopped working.
cable and Internet started working.
cable and Internet stopped working. made another appointment.
day before appointment, saw cable truck in street. cable and Internet were working. canceled appointment.
trash truck snagged cable wire between my house and pole, pulled down wire. cable and Internet once again not working. made yet another appointment.
guy came and strung new cable across street. cable and Internet working. how you all been?
cable and Internet stopped working. made appoint with cable company to have fixed.
cable and Internet started working. canceled service appointment.
cable and Internet stopped working. made another appointment.
cable and Internet started working. canceled appointment.
cable and Internet stopped working.
cable and Internet started working.
cable and Internet stopped working. made another appointment.
day before appointment, saw cable truck in street. cable and Internet were working. canceled appointment.
trash truck snagged cable wire between my house and pole, pulled down wire. cable and Internet once again not working. made yet another appointment.
guy came and strung new cable across street. cable and Internet working. how you all been?
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