Happy Grits Week!
Big News
Republican Senator Arlen Specter said Sunday President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney should speak publicly about their involvement in the CIA leak case so people can understand what happened. Cheney immediately invited Spector to go quail hunting.
- We know because Bush leaked the phone conversation to Fox News.
- Which is okay because the President has authority to declassify a phone tap.
Marvelous Monday
This is Grits Week in St. George, South Carolina. Grits is a Southern dish that most people agree tastes better if you don’t look at it when you eat it.
- It is absolutely wonderful, though, if you’re primary goal is a fun food fight.
Monday is sportscaster John Madden's birthday. John will spend the day, as usual, on his bus touring the country, searching for his dream—a hardware store with an all-you-can-eat buffet.
- John never gets to eat his birthday cake. By the time he's through explaining how he's going to blow out the candles, the cake's on fire.
- Last year, not only did John blow out the candles, he also blew off the frosting.
Actor Steven Seagal was born on April 10 in 1951. He’s not a great actor, but he’s a martial arts specialist so you have to be careful what you say. His ambition is to break Roger Ebert’s thumbs.
Lindsay Dodd set a record in England on April 10 in 1976 by walking backwards 80 miles in 24 hours. That's over 3½ miles an hour -- which is fast enough when all you can see is where you've been.
Learning Fun Stuff
Pop Talk: Beth Orton - In the late ‘80s, Beth Orton found herself performing on the Lillith Fair tour, but she also found it to be a “painful experience.” Now she is finding the “Comfort of Strangers.”
Cup of Questions - Major League Soccer is in its 11th season, and as always for a professional soccer league in this country the mission remains the same: Keep moving forward, or at least keep moving...
Thoughts While Listening to Talk Radio
Where do moral people get the idea that everybody else is immoral?
I don't own a leaf blower, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm anti-wind.
Remember, there is no morning after pill to reverse the results of drunk driving.
Today's blog is brought to you by Junk-For-Less, the discount store where everything is cheaper every day than it will be tomorrow.
- And remember, by offering inferior merchandise, we'll be able to pass the savings on to us.
Republican Senator Arlen Specter said Sunday President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney should speak publicly about their involvement in the CIA leak case so people can understand what happened. Cheney immediately invited Spector to go quail hunting.
- We know because Bush leaked the phone conversation to Fox News.
- Which is okay because the President has authority to declassify a phone tap.
Marvelous Monday
This is Grits Week in St. George, South Carolina. Grits is a Southern dish that most people agree tastes better if you don’t look at it when you eat it.
- It is absolutely wonderful, though, if you’re primary goal is a fun food fight.
Monday is sportscaster John Madden's birthday. John will spend the day, as usual, on his bus touring the country, searching for his dream—a hardware store with an all-you-can-eat buffet.
- John never gets to eat his birthday cake. By the time he's through explaining how he's going to blow out the candles, the cake's on fire.
- Last year, not only did John blow out the candles, he also blew off the frosting.
Actor Steven Seagal was born on April 10 in 1951. He’s not a great actor, but he’s a martial arts specialist so you have to be careful what you say. His ambition is to break Roger Ebert’s thumbs.
Lindsay Dodd set a record in England on April 10 in 1976 by walking backwards 80 miles in 24 hours. That's over 3½ miles an hour -- which is fast enough when all you can see is where you've been.
Learning Fun Stuff
Pop Talk: Beth Orton - In the late ‘80s, Beth Orton found herself performing on the Lillith Fair tour, but she also found it to be a “painful experience.” Now she is finding the “Comfort of Strangers.”
Cup of Questions - Major League Soccer is in its 11th season, and as always for a professional soccer league in this country the mission remains the same: Keep moving forward, or at least keep moving...
Thoughts While Listening to Talk Radio
Where do moral people get the idea that everybody else is immoral?
I don't own a leaf blower, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm anti-wind.
Remember, there is no morning after pill to reverse the results of drunk driving.
Today's blog is brought to you by Junk-For-Less, the discount store where everything is cheaper every day than it will be tomorrow.
- And remember, by offering inferior merchandise, we'll be able to pass the savings on to us.
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