Category: Random Thoughts
Babies born today won’t have another genuine birthday for four years. This year is a leap year, and today is February 29th. As I explained last year, February is a month that was tagged onto our calendar in an effort to make up for the difference between the moon’s monthly …
Ahhh, Valentine’s Day. The day couples express their love, and single people wish all those dang couples would just burst into flames. It’s also the one day of the year no one will look at you funny if you eat chocolate for breakfast.…
I’m getting pretty sick of this whole “winter” thing. I’m tired of being cold and chilled to the bone. I’m tired of wearing a zillion layers. I’m ready for the sun. I’m ready for my fingers to actually be warm. I’m ready to wear as little as possible (but still …
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His birth name was actually Michael Luther King, Jr. but in 1935 his father, Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. changed both their names Martin; in honor of Martin Luther, the German monk and theologian who is often …
And we wonder why our children are turning out the way they are….. These are real notes written by parents…. Spellings have been left intact. • My son is under a doctor’s care and should not take PE today. Please execute him.…
Well it’s about time! The New Year is finally here. I’m so ready for it. There are going to be a ton of changes in the near future for me, including acquiring a roommate and rearranging my house (and hopefully increasing my income).…
I love Halloween. LOVE it! It’s probably my third favorite day; behind Christmas and my birthday. Now, if I could only figure out how to get gifts from people on Halloween… The term Halloween (and its alternative rendering Hallowe’en) is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the eve of “All …
What happens when a Pepsi delivery guy and a Coke delivery guy cross paths at Wal-Mart in Pennsylvania? The Coke guy gets punched in the face. The two deliverymen were “apparently bickering back and forth” while unloading their wares at the Indiana County store, police said.…
The following piece was written by a personal friend of mine, after her experience at this year’s Folsom Street Fair. I was actually in San Francisco the day before for the Love Parade, but from the sound of things, Saturday’s festival was very different from Sunday’s.…
Cute “little” Nadia is the 12th child born to Siberia’s Tatyana Barabanova, 43, and weighed in at a whopping 17.1 pounds (7.75 kg). “I ate everything, we don’t have the money for special foods so I just ate potatoes, noodles and tomatoes,” she told the reporter, adding that all her …
Today I learned that there are adults who don’t know who Kurt Cobain was and can’t name a Nirvana song. It really made me feel old. They didn’t know what grunge was either. Then they informed me that they were in elementary school when I was in high school – …
It’s a wet Saturday morning in my neck of the woods. Which is fine, except I have a turtle living in a kiddie pool in my backyard without a heater. Any suggestions on how I can make a better outdoor fall/winter home for my turtle without it costing an arm …
The holiday began in 1882, originating from a desire by the Central Labor Union to create a day off for the “working man”. Wikipedia Through the years the nation gave increasing emphasis to Labor Day. The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886.…
For shame! For shame! So not cool man. There are unspoken rules at things like this. And you go stepping over the line! For shame! That’s what I would have said to Paul Addis, the 35 year old (mellow harsher) from San Francisco, if I were there when he set …
In the spirit of learning something new every day…..today we’re going to learn a bit about Sailor Moon Games. Did you know that the Japanese Anime character Sailor Moon actually means “Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon?” Neither did I! Did you know that this is what it looks like in Japanese?…