TUESDAY'S GONE WITH THE WIND....

~ The average lead pencil can draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.

~ Australia did not have any memebers of the cat family, hoofed animals, apes, or monkeys until they were imported into the country.

~ Halifax, Nova Scotia, has the largest number of bars per capita of anyplace in the world.

~ Experienced waitresses say that married men tip better than unmarried men.

~ To keep cool, ostriches urinate on their legs; it then evaporates like sweat.

~ The main library at Indiana University sinks more than an inch every year, because when it was built engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books.

NO SUGAR TONIGHT

Yesterday, as Rachel and I were carrying Brad's car battery to be tested (no hint of hostility there!) we listened to Widespread Panic's version of the song "No Sugar Tonight." I told her it was a real old song from the 70's, and then we both wondered who originally recorded it.

It was the Canadian band The Guess Who. It was side B to their first #1 record "American Woman." Them being from Canada gives new meaning to that song. I don't think I like it as much anymore.

This is the van that Dan bought....

Last Tuesday night Tim called and asked if I would do him a favor. Of course, without hesitation I answered yes. A friend of his in Denver had bought a volkswagon van on Ebay from some guy in Huntsville. Tim was going to go pick it up and drive it to his house to keep until Dan came to town on business. So, I was to take him to work the next day and then take him to pick it up after work.

We should have known we were in trouble for a number of reasons:
1. The van was parked at a house directly behind Bandito Burrito on Govenors
2. The guy asked Tim if we were towing it
3. When asked did it run, the guy answered, "Yes, but you know how volkswagons can be. They can be hard to drive."
4. Once there, the guy told Tim he had to give it gas all the time or it would conk (is that a word) out.

When Tim left the safety of my car to start driving home, I told him I loved him, and wished him luck. It could have been the last time I saw him alive!


An Ode to the Volkswagon Van...

This is the van that Dan bought on Ebay.


This is the van that Dan bought on Ebay, that burned oil and smoked all the way from Huntsville to Decatur, broken down on Wilson Street.

This is the van that Dan bought, that burned oil and smoked all the way from Huntsville to Decatur, that broke down on Wilson Street, getting assistance from a tow truck.

This is the van that Dan bought, that burnt oil and smoked all the way from Huntsville to Decatur, that broke down on Wilson Street, got assistance from a tow truck, now sitting at its temporary (final?) resting place on Pennylane.

Just makes you sigh!

Oh, I forgot to mention there is a wasp nest in the back window vents! And, keep your eyes open, it might be back on sale on Ebay real soon.

BRING IT ON!!!!!

Rachel and her peeps have been addicted to Dirty Board ever since we showed them the game. When they are around they will play several rounds of it. They love it! Here is Rachel, Griffin, Josh, and Gram playing. In the heat of the battle, it can get pretty "dirty."
Dirty board is not a game you can buy in the stores. You have to have someone make a board for you. It is kind of like Sorry, or aggravation....you move your marbles around the board, sometime going to the middle if you are lucky, and kill anyone who gets in your way by landing on them. All this while trying to make it safely home. It sounds real lame, but it can get very exciting....trust me....

....anything to keep these guys attention for more than 2.4 minutes is unusual!

I AM BACK....AND USELESS INFO.

Hey - Good to be back in the land of the living. I am still a little congested and still have a cough, but I am much improved. I can't believe it has been a week since I blogged. You must have just been going through withdrawals.

Super busy though, because of the long weekend....here's what you all have been waiting for:

~ The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument.

~ Harry Truman's middle name was just S and was not short for anything. His parents could not decide between two different names beginning with S.

~ The first motion picture theater was called a nickelodeon because admission was a nickel. It opened in McKeesport, PA on June 19, 1905.

~ One hundred and seven incorrect medical procedures will be performed by the end of the day today.

Missed you!

I AM.....

...HOPE TO BE BACK SOON.

You know what it is called....

~ Four people played Darth Vader: David Prowse was his body, James Earl Jones did the voice, Sebastian Shaw was his face (what face?), and a fourth person did his breathing.

~ When your sink is full, the little hole that lets the water drain instead of flowing over the side is called a porcelator.

~ Tug-of-war was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920. (Rich, does that make it a sport?)

~ More than 200 varieties of watermelon are grown in the United States.

~ Isaac Newton was only twenty-three years old when he discovered the law of universal gravitation.